Julie Camden-Field, who lives in Thalia House, London Road - a block of 88 flats housing elderly and vulnerable people - has been unable to sleep in her bed since June 5 because of the bugs.She had been sleeping in her recliner chair in her lounge until July 4, when she was awoken to find eight bedbugs on her and a number of bites.Julie said she has requested Optivo - the housing association that operates the flats - allow her to sleep in one of the two guest rooms but this has been refused.She has also tried sleeping in an upright chair, but w

How can I treat bed bug bites?Bedbug bites usually clear up on their own in a week or so but there are things you can do to alleviate them.The NHS recommends: Things you can do include:Putting something cool, like a clean, damp cloth, on the affected area to help with the itching and any swellingKeeping the affected area cleanNot scratching the bites to avoid getting an infectionYou can also ask a pharmacist about using a mild steroid cream like hydrocortisone cream to ease bed bug bites, says the health body.If the bites are still very painful

Julie Camden-Field, who lives in Thalia House, London Road - a block of 88 flats housing elderly and vulnerable people - has been unable to sleep in her bed since June 5 because of the bugs.She had been sleeping in her recliner chair in her lounge until July 4, when she was awoken to find eight bedbugs on her and a number of bites.Julie said she has requested Optivo - the housing association that operates the flats - allow her to sleep in one of the two guest rooms but this has been refused.She has also tried sleeping in an upright chair, but w

A PRIVATE contractor has been brought in to tackle a persistent bed bug problem in a Kilmacolm sheltered housing complex. River Clyde Homes have admitted to councillors that there is still an issue in Glebe Court despite working with Inverclyde Council's pest control team. A letter in response to concerns admitted that as of July 3 there was still an infestation in six flats - many months after the problem first came to light in October 2019. The letter said: 'RCH has been working closely with Inverclyde Councils pest control team to treat

Scabies, lice, and bedbugs dont care if were in the midst of a COVID-19 pandemic.But some of the strategies weve been using to prevent COVID-19 transmission in shelter are relevant to these other, longstanding public health threats.In a previous article, I described how Bethesda Projects Church Shelter Program has been using a form of community-based surveillance (CBS) in response to COVID-19. Recently, I took a closer look at CBS initiatives in Cuba, Uganda, and Ecuador to learn how other communities in resource-limited settings creatively and

Helu Wang|Times Herald-RecordNEW WINDSOR - Cheryl Greene woke up around 2:30 a.m. with a bug bite and found several bedbugs on the edge of her mattress. She removed the mattress from her apartment and dumped it in the trash. On Monday she received a notice of tenancy termination.Greene said she has lived in the New Windsor Senior Housing for two years and had never seen a bedbug until her neighbors unit was infested three months ago."It's not my fault. They run the building and they're responsible for it. I have to sleep with my lights on now,"

Bed bugs are small, reddish-brown parasitic insects that prey on you while you sleep. Although bed bugs aren't known to spread disease, they can leave you feeling ruffled in your own home. Their signature style is to leave bite marks on your skin, which can be itchy and red.To make matters worse, some people may have an allergic reaction that can include severe itching, blisters or hives.Bed bugs can be fiendishly difficult to capture because they hide in small nooks and crannies.According to the NHS, typical hideouts include on bed frames, mat

Are you fearful of bed bugs when you are traveling or on vacation? Heres how to overcome that fear. (Newswire.net -- July 8, 2020) -- Bed bugs are usually something that you do not want to think about when you are going on vacation. However, it is not uncommon to come across them when you are at one of your favorite vacation sites. Even though bed bugs are not very pleasant, this should not stop you from going on your planned vacation. You might even have them in your home, but that does not mean all hope is lost. There are precautio

Bed bugs are flat, rust-coloured parasites about five millimetres long. The bugs have developed resistance to chemical treatments, making eradication of the pests more difficult. How can you tell for sure that you may have a bed bug infestation?Bed bugs are tiny insects which feed exclusively off the blood of humans.Theycan easily spread and lead secretive lives thus making the little critters so difficult to spot.Only female bed bugs are able to lay eggs and when they do, as many as 300 eggs are laid in their lifetime.Waking up and feeling a n

Coronavirus has indelibly changed the way people live, from how we run errands to howand wherewe work. And while many of those changes have been less than well-received, one silver lining is that coronavirus may actually be the thing that eradicates a common household problem for good: bed bugs.Bed bugs are everywhere, from private homes to retail stores to five-star hotels. According to the National Pest Management Association's "Bugs Without Borders" report, 97 percent of pest specialists treated a case of bed bugs in the past year, with summ

Bed bug bites are itchy, annoying, and just plain creepy. Although the bites are generally harmless, it's important to get rid of bed bugs, otherwise they will keep biting you.Meanwhile, there are a few at-home treatment methods you can use to relieve the itchiness from your bed bug bites. If those don't work, you may want to see your doctor for stronger, prescription medication.Here's how you can recognize bed bug bites and treat them effectively. Bed bug bites can be grouped in a line or zig-zag pattern.

A friend, whose suitcase became a bedbug vector apparently during storage in the luggage room of a high-end hotel in upstate New York, found one crawling on her when she donned nightclothes and sat down to read shortly after arriving home in Brooklyn. She spent $1,300 to get the house fumigated, and now routinely quarantines her luggage and its contents out in the freezing cold after a trip to minimize the risk of a repeat invasion.What my friend didnt know, however, is that bedbugs can live for many months without feeding on human blood, so wa

Bed bugs are small insects that feed on human blood. Since they're less than a quarter of an inch long, they're almost impossible to spot. But they can be found anywhere, from houses to nursing homes and hotels."Normally the first signs of bed bugs are bites," says Rick Young, owner of UK-based Young's Pest Control.The tell-tale sign is small bites clustered in a group or line on your skin.Although bed bug bites are itchy, they're usually harmless."In the vast majority of cases, bed bugs are a nuisance rather than genuinely dangerous to health,

Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by dragana991/iStock/Getty Images Plus. Care and Feeding is Slates parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here or post it in the Slate Parenting Facebook group. Dear Care and Feeding, I have a 2-year-old son who recently developed a problem going to sleep in his own bed. One night, after our bedtime routine of reading stories, his dad and I were saying good night and his dad added the dont let the bedbugs bite! saying. Immediately, a look of horror crossed my sons face and