We surely can’t escape something that we can’t actually see and notice with our bare eyes. Parasites that attack too consume our blood is really a horrifying sound to the ear. These tiny little vampires are called bedbugs. In our homes and travel, we excitedly look forward to rest after a long, busy and tiring working and traveling day.
Making our bed the most special thing on earth, giving us a warm and cozy feeling and treats us like an innocent child as we sleep, obviously, we won’t allow anything or anyone to disturb our deepest slumber. Would it be so disappointing when something’s making us feel itchy and waking up with skin rashes and worst, with skin allergy? This is really a serious and frightening threat that there’s a need for us to take action.
Bedbugs are known and usually a nocturnal parasite, peak attacks normally exist within 10:00 pm till morning, greeting you with red patches all over. These parasites are just staying in dark corners while eggs are nestling with your fabric seams. Even though bedbugs are strictly parasites, they just temporarily stay on their primary host ad transfers to the closest possible host to again perform the next feeding.
They can be eliminated through some certain ways such as vacuum cleaning for your bed sheets and fabric mattress. The combined power of disinfectants, heating (preferably steaming, and drying treatments are considered to be the most effective. These parasites can endure starvation in a period of a hundred to three hundred days.
It is encouraged by the health authorities to seek help from the local pest control services most especially when you are residing in a multifamily establishment. Over a long period of time, there is no found insecticide to be considered effective in total elimination of these parasites. Propoxur, is an insecticide found to be fatal for bed bugs but may become a potential harm to the people exposed especially children that have very sensitive skin and respiratory organs. Researchers found Beauveria bassiama, a fungus that can control the population of bed bugs but not to totally eliminate them.
The saying goodnight, sleep tight, and never let bed bugs bite is a famous line spoken before sleep all around the world, because bed bugs are present in every inch and corner of the planet. True even if you are travelling, tips may be applied to avoid them. Beware for they are found even in a very elegant hotel room. Sleeping somewhere when traveling will cause a big chances of experiencing bed bug bites,
Here are most important things to consider in avoiding bed bugs when travelling;
First thing to do in checking the room is to inspect the bed, look for a certain black spots, an apple seed like spot when blood stains are found. Even the back of the picture frames and paintings, and under the telephone are possible areas for the bed bugs to stay. Using plastic cover for your suit cases will also be a great help. So be watchful, and never ever let bed bugs bite.