Please help me find a way to get rid of bed bugs as fast as possible
I am losing my mind. I've had bedbugs in my house for a week and nothing seems to be getting rid of them. How do I kill them? Do I just need to bite the bullet and call an exterminator? Do I need to move???? I'm pulling my hair out as we speak. Help, please!
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How you kill bedbugs will depend on the home and on how long the issue has gone on for. That being said, if bedbugs are detected early on, and it's a low-level isolated infestation, it's completely treatable on your own. The first step is always going to be a thorough inspection of your home, starting at the bed and working your way out from there. Ideally, you want to have a good high-powered flashlight with you. You're going to be looking in all cracks and crevices that are starting at something that's about two millimeters wide.
Searching throughout basically the entire home and wherever you're able to find bedbugs, you can simply remove them either by vacuuming and disposing of the vacuum bag, or killing them with Isopropyl rubbing alcohol or something that's at least 80% alcohol. Rubbing alcohol, physical removal, vacuuming, and cleaning the vacuum will treat the issue but the main thing is diligence and perseverance—as long as you are actively searching for the bedbugs, the bedbugs themselves, once you find them, are pretty easily killed. It's totally fixable on your own, but most people start to lose heart once they've done all of their laundries and gone through all of their books, and then they're still getting bitten and they just haven't thought to look in all of the areas that the bedbugs can be hiding.
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Searching throughout basically the entire home and wherever you're able to find bedbugs, you can simply remove them either by vacuuming and disposing of the vacuum bag, or killing them with Isopropyl rubbing alcohol or something that's at least 80% alcohol. Rubbing alcohol, physical removal, vacuuming, and cleaning the vacuum will treat the issue but the main thing is diligence and perseverance—as long as you are actively searching for the bedbugs, the bedbugs themselves, once you find them, are pretty easily killed. It's totally fixable on your own, but most people start to lose heart once they've done all of their laundries and gone through all of their books, and then they're still getting bitten and they just haven't thought to look in all of the areas that the bedbugs can be hiding.
My parent have bed bugs! I feel your pain. We have used sprays and a smoke bomb it has improved but still have them. Most of the bed bugs appeared to be on the padded headboard. This is being thrown out and replaced with a metal one. We are now on the path of getting a professional in. He is going to put down traps to see how bad it is. I am scared that I w take the bugs back to my house! You know yourself when enough is enough and a professional is needed.
I have even bought a handheld steam to do my own property just incase!
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I have even bought a handheld steam to do my own property just incase!
You could try out diatomaceous earth. I sprinkled it liberally around my home, especially on fabrics. Then I waited 2 weeks and vacuumed it all up. It worked! If you want to play it safe you can even do another round, wait another 2 weeks, and vacuum again.
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High heat kills bed bugs. You can get rid of them by washing the affected sheets and clothes in hot water then drying on high heat. I know you can't throw your mattress in the washing machine, so to do a heat treatment on your mattress you can use a steamer or hair dryer.
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Steam was what worked for me when I had a bed bug infestation. They can't survive the heat. Make sure you steam everything that they could possibly be in—your clothes, mattress, other furniture, etc. Be thorough or you may not get rid of them
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A professional exterminator will be the best most reliable option. Rubbing alcohol mixed with water in a spray bottle, spray EVERYWHERE and everything. It kills on contact. Put sticky traps all over the place, vacuum and clean frequently. Diatomaceous earth around your bed, in door ways, and around furniture, anywhere you've seen them crawling put it around that area. If you can get a steam cleaner and hit everything with it that you possibly can. I've seen some videos on how bad it can get if it's never dealt with. Infestations can't be swept under the rug, they need to be aggressively handled.
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