Bedbug Bites and Bedbug Treatment

Bedbug treatment for those bedbug bites using home remedies.

These are the symptoms of a bedbug bite:

• Large wheals which reduce to a red mark then gradually fade over a few days
• Made in orderly rows
• Itchiness
• Reddening of the skin
• Localised swelling
• Formation of blisters
• Small loss of skin tissue in some cases.

Treating Bedbug Bites
Bedbugs are not known to transmit any blood-borne diseases. However, bedbug bites can be very itchy and distressing.

Bedbugs - Bedbug Bites

Bedbug bites treatment include:

• Resist the urge to scratch.
• Use calamine lotion or anaesthetic creams to treat the itching.
• Wash the bites areas with antiseptic soap to reduce the risk of infection.
• Apply an icepack frequently to help relieve the swelling.
• Take pain-killing medication if the bedbug bites symptoms are severe.
• See your doctor if the bite develops into an infection.