Traveling and other overnight stays make you a prime candidate for having bed bugs come into your home. Exposure comes from sleeping on bedding in different areas that may be infested. For what can be a pretty common problem however, most online information tends to sound a bit bleak. Even though once you have these parasites in your home finding a successful bed bugs treatment can be difficult, time-consuming and costly, simple preventative steps can keep your living areas clear and free.
Bed bugs like to feed late at night, making them pretty difficult to spot during the day. Some say that bed bugs have been a common problem for nearly all of mankind’s existence. It is speculated that this is why large boiling pots of water were kept on the hearth or in the middle of the home for many centuries. Using heat to kill bed bugs is a very efficient method of getting rid of them, and both clothes an bedding could be boiled back to safe and usable standard.
Heat is in fact one of the most effective and cost-efficient ways to kill bed bugs. A problem exists however, when the items that need to be debugged are not able to stand up to the heat needed to kill the parasites. Bed bugs also love to crawl into dark hiding places, and items such as luggage can be hard to rid entirely of bed bugs because of difficulty in heating and the many pockets, pouches and compartments that are commonly a part of their design.
The brightly colored clothes of this modern era are not going to stand up well to being dropped into a boiling vat of water. This age old treatment is only likely to damage your clothes, create stains in other areas and have limited success in dealing with the problem. This means that your items may well be destroyed while the parasites remain alive and present.
An alternative method of using heat to kill bed bugs is to lock infested items such as luggage, bedding and clothing into a closed car that is sitting in the sun. By leaving your items here for several hours they will be exposed to magnified heat. This should kill all of the existing bed bugs quite effectively.
This of course, is only a preventative method. It should only be used when you have stayed somewhere that you suspect has an infestation of bed bugs. If when you return from your travels you lock your belongings into the car before going into the house, your will have nearly eliminated the possibility of bringing these nasty traveling companions into your home.
If you find that you are waking with bed bug bites it is likely that the parasites are already well settled into a routine of feasting and breading. Getting rid of them at this stage might be easiest by enlisting the aid of a professional. Home remedies are generally effective in prevention can be quite a headache when performed in the midst of a clutter-filled home.
If you have noticed suspicious bites on your body while away on travels, taking preventative measures upon your return home will help limit the likelihood of bringing bed bugs home. If you miss the mark on that however, and only notice the problem once the parasites are successfully in, enlisting professional assistance immediately can help clear your house and eliminate the possibility of your spreading them to the houses of families and friends.
Goodnight, don’t let the bed bugs bite! Wait, without the proper bed bug treatment, they could bite you! Bed Bugs Treatment will help fight those small critters away!