Bed Bug Bites

Bed bugs have been discovered to harbor 28 different human pathogens, but fortunately, the transmission of these diseases to people has not been demonstrated.

Some people are allergic to the salivary gland injection made by a bed bug and thus show “mosquito” like welts on their body where the insect has fed.

Not everyone is allergic to the bed bug salivary gland excretion, therefore, one person may show signs while a partner sleeping in the same bed at the same time shows no signs on their body, when in fact the bug has fed on them too.

Bed bug bites are red raised bumps that are very itchy. Bed bug bites look and feel very similar to mosquito bites.

Bed bug bites have a distinctive pattern of 3 lines. These lines are sometimes called “breakfast, lunch, and dinner” since the bed bug feeds off human blood making you his “breakfast, lunch, and dinner”!

For more bed bug bite photos, see Bed Bug Bite Photos.

To protect against bed bug bites, protect your bedding with quality bed bug encasement products.