I woke up at 3 in the morning and was itching like crazy. I checked my arms and legs and they had bumps like bites on them. What could it be and how could I get rid of it. Could i spray black magic on the mattress without getting poisoned?
2006-10-15 20:23:19 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Okay, first off have you seen any bugs? It could be that you're allergic to the laundry soap or fabric softener your mom used. Maybe she bought a new brand or her brand was 'improved'. Or maybe you went out in the tall grass somewhere and got covered in chiggers or poison ivy.
Second off, clean up your room, air out your mattress, launder your sheets and covers, use a 'bug bomb' areosol in your room, and then bring the mattress and sheets back in. Don't keep food in your room.
Thirdly, it could be that a nest of spiders hatched out under your bed. The little ones would have needed a quick meal on their way to their new homes. Don't worry, most household spiders are non-poisonous to humans. And you were sound asleep when the hundreds, maybe of thousands of little eight-legged freaks crawled over every inch of your body. Hmmm... wonder how many you swallowed?
2006-10-15 20:35:41 · answer #1 · answered by rumplesnitz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like fleas or bed bugs.
Bed bugs are wingless insects, roughly oval in shape, 4-5mm long when fully grown, and are fast runners. They are rust brown in colour and change to a deeper red brown following a blood meal. Bed bugs are dorsoventrally flattened and being thin means that they can hide in narrow cracks and crevices, making detection often very difficult. They like to live in materesses!
If bed bugs are suspected then a licensed pest controller should be consulted. A careful inspection must be undertaken and all possible hiding places within infested and adjoining rooms examined. Once all likely sources have been identified, then an approved insecticide, which has some residual activity, should be applied to all harbourages. .Some poisins like carbamates and the organophosphates are far more effective for control, but may not be recommended for use on mattresses (check the label). Non-chemical approaches to control involve the use of hot air and/or wrapping up infested materials in black plastic and placing the articles in the sun, thereby killing the bed bugs with the heat generated. However this should only be used for small items, if at all. Clothes can be washed in hot water and dried on the hot cycle of the clothes drier. Delicate materials can be placed into the freezer. Generally, pesticides will need to be applied in conjunction with any non-chemical means of control. Good housekeeping practices and a reduction in possible harbourages such as cracks and crevices will discourage repeat infestations. As bed bugs are cryptic in their habits, complete control is often difficult to achieve with the first treatment. This is especially so with heavy infestations and thus a post control treatment evaluation is always advisable.
2006-10-16 03:32:03 · answer #2 · answered by Scarlet Element 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to walmart or a farm store and get sevin-5 dust. Let it sit on the mattress for a few hours and then vacuum. This stuff kills about anything, and should be safe for you (it's safe for pets)
good luck
2006-10-16 03:32:39 · answer #3 · answered by Theresa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you crazy throw that away and fog your house dude it might be fleas!
2006-10-16 03:31:10 · answer #4 · answered by G girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
either you have fleas or you need a new mattress.
2006-10-16 03:32:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋