help!! whats the chepest and easiest way to get rid of bed bugs?

Answer 1

I think there are a lot of people confusing dust mites with bed bugs. Dust mites are microscopic, and live in carpets and linins, feeding on dead skin cells and "dust"--they usually coexist with us quite peacefully, although an overinfestation can sometimes aggrievate allergies in sensitive individuals.

Bed Bugs (Cimex lectularius) are hemipterans--true bugs--and they are definitely not microscopic--the adults are generally 5 mm long or so, sometimes larger when engorged. They seek out humans for blood meals, usually at night when we are sleeping and immobile. Although they are not known to transmit any diseases, their bites can be extremely painful and itchy. For a while ago they were all but eliminated in the "civilized" world, but lately there has been a resurgence due to lapsed control measures and an increase in international travel.

Unfortunately, there really is no cheap OR easy way to truly get rid of them. Taking apart your bed and mattress and washing/bleaching/spraying them may temporarily alleviate the infestation, but keep in mind that bed bugs can find harborage in many other places besides the bed--in the baseboards and walls, in the carpet, in books, even inside electronics. So even if you completely sanitize your bed, there is nothing to stop new bugs from creeping in from the other harborages present in your house. Even if you think you've eliminated every last one, remember that all you need is one gravid female to restart the population anew.

Your best bet is to call a pest control operator (exterminator). Bed bug exterminations are costly and time-consuming, but this is one case where the expense is justified to get the job done right.

Answer 2

Honestly not sure how myself. I have been battling bedbugs for 3 years and when I think I have gotten rid of them the damn things come back. First time I got them I lived in an apartment. I never had an issue until my numbers downstairs moved out. Then I started seeing the bedbugs crawling out of my electrical socket up my wall. I had them on my bed and even on my couches. I told our landlord and they had it professionally sprayed and what not. My husband and I actually got rid of everything with the bedbugs in. Then a couple weeks later I was noticing them on our couch again. I got very upset. Our landlord said that we had to pay for the second treatment if we got them back. Well I said no and bought some bedbug spray and vacuumed. Yet still was seeing the bugs. Then we moved to another apartment and still had them after cleaning our furniture and throwing out the stuff that was infested real bad. Now we have bought our own house and have a brand new bed and furniture. Well our bed is full of them again. We are on our 3rd bed in 3 years and don't have the money to keep going out and buying new. I keep spraying and trying everything I can think of but still nothing works. In my opinion I believe no matter if your a professional or trying to do it our self the bedbugs will never go away.

Answer 3

Bed bugs, real bed bugs the ones you cannot see, should be there and will not go away.
If you are talking about real bugs that you can see then strip the bed and wash your sheets. Vacuum the mattress as best you can, and hope that it gets all of your critters. I guess you could use a spray for the type of bug they are and sleep o0n the couch for a few days.
I don't know of anyway to get bugs out of a mattress, other than to buy a new one and burn the old one. I'm not sure how safe chemicals in your bed would be.

Answer 4

Place the bed under the sun (must be hot and sunny) and keep turning (the bed) every hour. Usually, it'll be free of bedbugs in 2 days. (the easiest way however is to throw away the bed and get a new one) However, you have to disinfect the whole room cause chances are, there are bedbugs playing "hide and seek" when you took out the bed in the first place.

Answer 5

I think there is some confusion here between bedbugs and dust mites. Dust mites are present in everyone's home; they are harmless unless you have severe allergies. Bed bugs--the ones that bite and leave an itchy red mark--are something different. You know you have them if you wake up in the morning and have a pattern of itchy red dots on the parts of your body that were touching the mattress.
To get rid of them, you will need to take your mattress outside and spray it thoroughly with insecticide. Wait one day (make sure it doesn't get wet) and repeat, to kill any bugs that hatched. Wash all of your bed linens and anything near your bed in hot water, and if possible use bleach. Even better--get rid of all your bedding and start over. Good luck!

Answer 6

If you can see them they are not bed bugs. Every single bed has bed bugs but they are microscopic and Carnot be seen. They live on the moisture from our bodies and the skin that we shed all of the time.
They are also in the pillows and duvet,
Wash often what you can, replace pillows every year and put a vacuum nozzle to the mattress vents around the edges from time to time.
You will not get rid of them totally but you can limit the numbers.

Answer 7

Funny enough, I've just returned from the Vets and overheard this same quetion in the Vets.

You can't get rid of them, they are microscopic, they are also needed for your health. Without them the dead skin cells would build up in the bed and cause all sorts of dust or respitory problems.

If you think you have an alergy or something, then a hypo-alergenic matteress might help.

Answer 8

you can't really,, probably need to replace the mattress and hot wash everything else. check it is bed bugs though, they usually bite in a straight line and leave blood on the bedding

Answer 9

Divorce your husband&throw out your kids!
Sorry no easy way,just have too buy new bedding,anti dust mite covers are great,also mattress protectors,then when u change the beds vacuum the every month,sounds mad but you want to see what comes out of them!Hope that helps.

Answer 10

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedbug
google it for other university entomology sites that will prob be good sites
make sure you dont confuse bedbugs w DUSTMITES bedbugs I think are the more difficult one to get rid of-(you can see blood spots I think on sheets from their bites whereas dustmites eat dead skin cells)dustmites are the ones always there but can be reduced and controlled w special covers on mattresses and pillows -the ones the casue asthma attacks etc....