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Bugs Biting Me In My Sleep

For the past two nights, something is biting me. I keep waking up with bites on my thighs. Right now on my left leg, there are 3 bites. And on my right leg, I have 6, three of those bites on that leg are in a nice diagonal line.

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I have 2 cats that never go outside and are usually in my room but this just started happening for the first time. I also have hamsters in my room but they have been here for a few months too. Nobody else in the house is experiencing this. I have no idea what to do.

Annie from Columbus, OH

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Bugs Biting Me In My Sleep

I am thinking it is bedbugs, and nothing to do with the animals. Has anyone been to a hotel or slept over at someone else's house? Bedbugs are becoming a more common problem. Do not bother with home remedies. You must contact your local health office and find out how to get rid of these things. (11/13/2008)

By Louise B.

Bugs Biting Me In My Sleep

If it were fleas, you would have lots of tiny bites all over you, and it would be elsewhere in the house. If you have one big bite that itches and stays for days or weeks, it is most likely a bite from a spider or a centipede. Centipedes eat spiders and cock roaches, so they are useful to keep. They eat all sorts of bad insects. There isn't much you can do if it is a random thing. They probably crawled up into your bed and you rolled over on them. I get a spider bite (or centipede bite) about 2-3 times/year. (11/17/2008)

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By Terry

Bugs Biting Me In My Sleep

This sounds like bed bugs. Go to the armed forces pest management board website. There you'll find a video on how to inspect for bed bugs. I would recommend getting professional help on this one. (12/04/2008)

By coco

Bugs Biting Me In My Sleep

You definitely have scabies. If you have bites in your sleep and diagonal lines, that's where they burrow in your skin. They are most active at night. Go see a doctor. (03/23/2009)

By sherri warman

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August 30, 20180 found this helpful

If you've ruled out the bed bugs, no trace of their feces in your mattress or blood spots where you crushed them in your sleep think about this; May seem like bugs but no visible trace. Mold! Spores are microscopic and can be translucent; as are many types of mold root systems(hyphae), if not the actual "fruiting bodies". Personally, I had to move back home, old house lacking in regular maintenance or not kept up on by previous tenants, many previous owners, visible stuff falling from the ceiling, etc... VOC's(Volatile Organic Compounds) can be anything from mold spores to asbestos to eggs or larvae of various species of bugs... or a combo, odds are- because one thing is food for another, yes even mold, you probably have an entire nocturnal ecosystem that springs to life at night. And maybe translucent too. People don't seem to want to hear it, at least not in my household, and since I'm not the owner or anything, everynight is miserable.

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But just take a peek if you can under or over where you sleep, or cut your bed in half if you can't find anything there... I'm getting to that point... mold, mites, termites, worms(yes, worms, search up pinworms or hookworms, which are btw known to come in translucent varieties- try looking at Thelazia Golusa- eyeworms), entire ecosystems you normally don't know about. Eating eachother and you while you are vulnerable; especially while sleeping. The older the house, lower the socioeconomic status, the more likely it is that you are teeming with life! Sorry for the bad news to all you "1 easy answer" types, but its logic. How nature works, and what we get for living in reassembled tree corpses. I hope you aren't surrounded by people unwilling to listen, like me, or worse yet call you crazy for having better eyes, ears, nose, or an allergy to whatever combination you've been dealt. Good luck.

 

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