Bed Bugs In The Home | New Health and Fitness

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Bed bugs were everywhere before the Second World War, but billions of them were eradicated due to slum clearance plans in Europe, America and Asia. There was so much progress made in eradicating bed bugs that from, say 1945, until the early 1990?s, not many people ever saw a bed bug.

However, since the Nineties, bed bugs are coming back big time. They are now a huge difficulty in every city in the world from Toronto to New York to London, Paris and elsewhere. Bed bugs are happy to live in clean or dirty properties, they do not discriminate.

Bed bugs are occasionally said to be minute, some people even say invisible to the naked eye, but this is total rubbish. In fact, bed bugs are roughly the same size and colour as apple pips. although the colour can vary particularly depending on whether they have eaten recently.

The problem for this generation, which has probably never seen a bed bug, is the resurgence of these blood suckers. The health authorities in the United States of America is particularly worried about the explosion in the number of bed bugs recently.

Bed bugs are notoriously problematic to get rid of and infamously easy to get. Bed bugs are impervious to most insect killers because they have a heavy waxy coat which is meant to stop them dehydrating, but it is also very good at defending them against insecticides.

The best way to kill these particular pests is with steam. So, if you have an infestation of bed bugs in your house you have two alternatives. By far the best option is to call in a professional to clean them out for you, otherwise you will have to rent a steam cleaner.

Clearing your place of bed bugs is not an easy task at all. However, if you would like to go down that route, the first thing to do is clean up. Make sure that your reduce the number of places for them to conceal themselves under. Things like ironing, books and newspapers should all be put away or thrown out.

Next, you must wash all your clothes and bedding in the hottest water they can stand, dry and iron them and then seal them in plastic bags. Block up all the holes in your walls especially where the pipes come through. They are bugs? super-highways from one dwelling to another.

Strip off all your wall paper and plug any holes or cracks in the wall or ceiling beneath. Take up and inspect your carpets and the flooring beneath them.

Seal all the architraves and skirting boards in your house with silicone or mastic. Bed bugs love hiding behind these lengths of wood

Now you are ready for the steam cleaner. Steam the whole house from top to bottom. Steam your curtains, bed, mattress and furniture as well and inside your cupboards and shelves. You could also buy a waterproof mattress pad to retain any bed bugs in the mattress.

Now you can relax and hope for the best. Wait a week and keep your eyes open. If you do not notice one, you can redecorate and get on with your life

Owen Jones, the author of this piece, writes on a number of topics, but is now concerned with decorative bed pillows. If you want to know more, please visit our website at Modern Throw Pillows For Sale.

Source: http://newhealthandfitness.org/2012/02/11/bed-bugs-in-the-home/

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