5 Ways to Avoid Bed Bug Bites While Sleeping

How can I avoid bed bug bites while sleeping during the night?

Nothing is more important than having enough quality sleep after a long, tiring day. But there’s one insect that doesn’t seem to like this idea: yes, bed bugs!

Bed bugs are blood-sucking parasites that actively seek to eat at night. This is why most people get bitten by bed bugs when they fall asleep, and we generally only realise that we have been bitten until we find one or more traces of a very itchy bed bug bite in the morning.

The most important characteristics of a bed bug bite are small red bumps that appear in a line or row on an open body part, such as the neck, hands, arms, or legs.

A bed bug hiding place is generally near where humans are regularly resting or sleeping. This is why the best way to avoid getting bitten by bed bugs during the night is to make sure that the bed area is always clean.

Read more about some of the ways Rentokil recommends that you no longer get bitten by bed bugs!

How to avoid bed bug bites while sleeping

There are several precautions you can take to stop bed bugs from crawling into your bed and biting you at night.

Here are 5 recommendations on how to avoid bed bug bites while sleeping:

1. Wash bed linen and bedding at high temperatures
2. Vacuum the mattress and bed frame
3. Avoid storing items under the bed
4. Wash and dry clothes after returning from travel
5. Contact a bed bug removal service near you

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1. Wash bed linen and other bedding at high temperatures

Washing bed linen and other bedding such as pillowcases, rolls, and blankets with hot water is the easiest way to avoid bed bug bites while sleeping at night.

It is recommended that you wash bed linen and other bedding once a week at the hot temperature setting (40–50 degrees Celsius) to remove all adult nymphs and bed bugs.

2. Vacuum the mattress and bed frame

Regular vacuuming of mattresses and bed frames is highly recommended, especially to reduce the number of adult bed bugs that often bite you at night.

Here are the parts of the mattresses and bed frames that you need to pay particular attention to during the cleaning process:

• Mattress: near seams, folds, buttons, labels, and every corner of the mattress or bed spring
• Bed frame: in the crevices of the bed frame and headboard

Despite the vacuum’s ability to remove adult bed bugs seen in the bed area, vacuums cannot completely remove this one blood-sucking insect, especially for bed bug egg stages.

Bed bug eggs have a sticky texture and often stick to surfaces that cannot be cleaned using a vacuum. In addition, the habit of adult bed bugs to hide in hard-to-reach places, such as small cracks or crevices on walls, will never be easy to remove under a normal vacuum.

Even bed bugs can crawl away from the vacuum hose, and the eggs can still breed in the vacuum bag itself. Therefore, make sure you always empty the hose and vacuum bag after use.

3. Avoid storing items under the bed

Under-bed storage may sound like a good idea, especially for maximising your limited bedroom space. But who knows if the storage space of items under the bed becomes the cause of bed bugs biting you at night.

Bed bugs are not attracted to dirt or dust, but items that accumulate under the bed will certainly provide additional bed bugs near where they find bloody food from their prey.

Be sure to always clean and empty the bed pit of the pile before the danger of bed bugs and bites threatens you every night!

4. Wash and dry clothes after returning from travel

Kabar baiknya adalah kutu busuk tidak dapat hidup di pakaian Anda. Namun seperti yang diketahui banyak orang, kutu busuk sering terbawa ke rumah melalui pakaian yang dikenakan selama perjalanan.

Bagi Anda yang sering bepergian, sangat disarankan untuk mencuci dan mengeringkan pakaian Anda dengan suhu panas tertinggi yang dapat ditoleransi pakaian saat tiba di rumah

Selain itu, jangan menumpuk pakaian kotor yang Anda bawa selama perjalanan di keranjang cucian atau membiarkannya di lantai selama berhari-hari. Karena hal ini hanyalah akan memperluas kesempatan untuk kutu busuk menyebar ke seluruh rumah, dan tanpa kecuali merangkak ke tempat tidur untuk menggigit Anda di malam hari.

5. Menghubungi jasa pembasmi kutu kasur di dekat Anda

If the above steps to prevent bed bugs have been taken to the fullest, but you still find it difficult to stop bed bugs from biting you, this is where professional help is needed!

Removing bed bugs at home would not be an easy job without the help of a professional who fully understands the details of bed bug habits and appearance.

Bed bug removal services will perform a thorough initial check-up of your home before finally providing the most effective bed bug treatment recommendations to remove these pests at all stages of life (eggs, nymphs, and adult bed bugs).

In addition, the professional and trusted bed bug removal service will also provide recommendations in the form of preventive measures that can be taken to prevent the cause of bed bugs from appearing again in the future.

Read more: How do bed bug removal services work?

Remove bed bugs with Rentokil

Rentokil is a professional bed bug removal service that provides long-term solutions to remove bed bugs from your home.

Our bed bug treatment integrates the use of steam heat and conventional spraying methods to eliminate the problem of bed bugs at every stage of their life, including adult bed bugs, eggs, and nymphs.

Our services also come with a 1-month warranty* and follow-up checks to ensure that we’ve effectively removed bed bugs from your home.

Ultimately, everyone deserves a good night’s sleep without having to worry about bed bug bites. Call Rentokil to get ripped off by a bed bug bite at home.

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