Signs of Bed Bug Rash

Your favorite hotel may have bed bug infestation and you don't even know it. Do you know that there is a 90% chance that a famous hotel--a presidential or suite room in a five star hotel--may have bed bugs?

How would you know? What are the signs and symptoms of bed bugs infestation? If your hotel has bed bugs, what should you do so that your home won't be infested when you get home? Common signs and symptoms of bed bugs infestation:

Bed Bug Rash 

The first sign is itch. Bed bug rash starts with an itch but the rash won't be visible as yet when you feel the itch.

Bed bug bites are more itchy than mosquito bites. With mosquito bites you will feel its sting and sucking of blood while it is up to it. But with bed bugs, the itch will be felt an hour after the skin has been bitten.  This is because of the anesthetics in bed bug's saliva. Bed bugs inject anesthetics and anticoagulant, to avoid blood clotting, before it will suck blood from your skin.

Bed bug rash will appear about an hour after you were pierced.  However, for some people, the bed bug rash appears days or about a week after they've been bitten by a bed but. This depends upon the body's reaction to chemicals being secreted by bed bugs.

What does a bed bug rash look like?

Bed bug rash starts with a single, small, red (from being inflamed) round, bump which look more swollen than mosquito rash. Bed bug rash when it becomes visible, may just be a single, swollen bump. But days after, the bed bug rash will multiply. This only means that the other bed bugs are biting you. But for some people, bed bug rash look like an in-line bite marks. This kind of bed bug rash are seen on people who moves a lot when asleep. Bed bugs return fast to their hiding place once they have noticed any movement around them.

When you have a rash that you suspect as a bed bug rash, observe it for some days. Bed bug rash are itchy even after days that the bed bug rash appears.  Also, bed bug rash does not heal as fast as mosquito bite marks. It stays swollen for weeks.

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