Ok so I know for a fact that the apartment my family and I live in has bed bugs. My mom can't sleep at night because she gets bit so much, and during the day she doesn't sit on the couch because of how bad she's bei.g bitten. We can physically see the bedbugs crawling sometimes, which I know from research is the result of an infestation. My friend sleeps on the floor in the living room and she gets bit also. So my mom got her cushions, pillow, and blanket and put them on the cot I sleep on when I was gone the last two days. And today I've killed 4 bedbugs total. And now I feel like I'm going crazy because anything that touches me I think it's a bug and not to mention I feel disgusted of the thought of me sleeping and bugs crawling on me and around me. My mom got some kind of spray that's supposed to kill bedbugs and the eggs, but it doesn't seem to work. And I would love them to get out of my bed and out of the apartment but Idk how. Does anyone know of a solution or has had this problem? Please help!!! All opinions are greatly appreciated.
Additional info, added Friday May 10 2013, 12:53 am: And we live in an 1 bedroom apartment. My mom sleeps on the couch in the living room, my friend sleeps on the floor I. The living room, and I sleep on a cot in a corner in the kitchen. My brother has the bedroom, but he doesn't get bit. My friend also keeps her clothes in a corner next to my bed, so the bedbugs could come from there. We're suppose to throw the couch away tomorrow, bi then my mom won't have anything to sleep on. We have sprayed the couch with the spray plenty of times, and about a week ago we sprayed the whole couch with bleach, bit that did work either.. Want to answer more questions in the Domesticity category? Maybe give some free advice about: Cleaning? Godsangel answered Wednesday July 3 2013, 8:49 am: Fact: Bedbugs cannot stand temperatures more than 120 Degrees. The only thing you can do is get a "Heat Treatment" done to your house. You will have to leave the house for a while and these people put a vent into your house and it makes your INTIRE house 150 Degrees. You would need to move everything that is perishable out, but it WORKS and it kills every single one of those pests. It might cost "some" money, but it's worth it! :) [ Godsangel's advice column | Ask Godsangel A Question ]
santos answered Friday May 10 2013, 4:50 am: reading your whole story .i suggest you call professional to kill bugs.speak onwer to do seal off the appartment ,taking care proper cleaning and open windows for sun light .heat also is best way to kill them.i also feel that problem in last rainy season so i done past control in my appratment you also can do it . [ santos's advice column | Ask santos A Question ]
Dragonflymagic answered Friday May 10 2013, 3:52 am: In all the stories I have read, people had to call professionals in to kill the bugs. Bedbugs are best killed by heat even the eggs which a spray won't kill.
It's next to impossible for homeowners to be rid of them. A professional will seal off the house, while you and all family members and pets leave the house. They then pump the house full of very hot air which kills the bedbugs.
Sorry, there's no easy answer. [ Dragonflymagic's advice column | Ask Dragonflymagic A Question ]
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