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CHARLESTON (WVVA)-You hear the reportsthe last hotel you stayed in may have bed bugs, your child's classmate has head lice. You immediately cringe at the thought. Nothing makes your skin crawl quite like the thought of little pests like bed bugs or head lice.

What do bed bugs and head lice have in common?

The West Virginia Poison Center provides these tips to safely deal with these unwanted pests:

For bedbugsuse a professional exterminator. These pest are great at hiding and pesticides needs to go where they are. Odds are you will end up using more pesticide than you need, a more toxic pesticide than you need, and applying the pesticide in most of the wrong places if you do it yourself. Get rid of them by a professional and be done. This will likely be less expensive in the long run.

For licedo not apply pesticides to non-living objects.

Nits and lice on non-living objects will die; nits need body heat and humidity to survive and lice need body warmth and blood to live. Nits and lice will not live long if not on a hair shaft next to the scalp. If someone is concerned about bedding, simply wash and then dry with high heat.

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Bed Bugs and Lice: The Safe Way to Say Goodbye