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I can't say I can relate to every question that comes my way (probably most though!), but I guarantee I'll understand. And sometimes that's all you need...a little understanding :)

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Long story short, I went to my boyfriend's yesterday afternoon. His apt is infested with bed bugs, and didn't know until I sat down and saw one crawl out of a pillow. Freaked out, left, and inspected myself.

I went home a nervous wreck thinking I have bed bugs now. I looked clean when I inspected my clothes and purse. I have no worry about my car because it sits in 100+ degrees heat anyway. My mom helped me clean my room, my bed, including the mattress, the sheets, she and I did my laundry, did everything! Dusted walls too. I kept inspecting for bed bugs several times yesterday, but found nothing. I found one small blood spot on my sheets afterwards, and I don't know if was me (because I have a skin infection, I sometimes bleed at night) or an actual bed bug. No evidence of fecal matter either.

Well this morning, I woke up with light red, small bumps on my hand. Freaking out, I again inspected my bed. Nothing again. Did research to try compare mosquito bites with bed bug bites. Only thing I got was bed bug bites have a white center, and mosquito bites usually don't. And bb bites last for a weeks; however mosquito bites last a day or two.

That being said, they were small, light red, and itchy. I applied calamine lotion, and relieved it. Well it's been approximately 7 hours, and the redness and itching already went down. My take is it was a mosquito bite, but never thought they bite multiple times..

I just need second opinions on this. Please, don't call me super paranoid, or insane. I already have staph on my skin, I don't need any more skin problems right now. It'll just make it worse.

Thanks.

WOAH! Reading your passage I could totally feel the intense paranoia you got there. Even if you didn't want to hear "Your too paranoid", TOO BAD. You also asked for 2nd opinions :)


So, let me get this straight. Your freaking out because you have skin issues. It's probably one of those things that's ALWAYS on your mind. So, your real paranoid about anything ruining your skin more than it already is?

You've inspected your house...cleaned everything...even walls...YOUR FINE.

Calamine lotions good. Take a hot bath, too.

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(Rating: 3) No. I am paranoid of bed bugs. I like how you lack comprehension.

I can accept that you call me paranoid, but I think I have a rational explanation why.

So far, nothing yet.. so I stopped looking around. I already do calamine lotion, and the bath part is a no brainer.

Thanks for the advice.
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