Treating Bedbug Rash Effectively
After all of these years, the medical profession knows how to treat bedbug bites. And there are ointments available over-the-counter in most general pharmaceutical stores — often referred to as drug stores. Alcohol offers a 100% kill rate for bedbugs. Even the eggs cannot stand alcohol. There are several over-the-counter bedbug solutions that contain mostly alcohol. With only one or two treatments of an alcohol based product, the bedbugs will be gone. Sometimes isopropyl alcohol, dabbed on the bedbug bites, will give an almost instant relief from any itching — it is the cooling effect. Some of the Neosporins and Poloysporins also have a soothing affect on the bites. These ointments also help prevent infection and further biting; the bedbugs do not care for the lubricant these ointments contain.
Another very simple solution is to put double-sided tape on the floor completely around your bed. After feeding on human blood, the bedbug almost always leaves as they can last a few months without further sustenance. The bedbugs will be trapped by the sticky tape as they try to exit. Those bedbugs that have been in hiding somewhere else in the bedroom will also be captured as they try to cross the sticky tape to gain access to the bed.
The bedbug bite can affect the human skin by causing a rash or infection that can be cured only with the help of proper self-treatment or by a physician. Sometimes these bedbug bites can develop into a red bump or welt that may last for two to three days — not everyone is affected that way. These bumps can also develop into an infected rash if scratched. To avoid the rash or to cure it, the bite should immediately be washed with an antiseptic, alcohol, a mild soapy water, or one of the bedbug spray products sold by the Kleen corporation.
The bedbug bite rash can be felt within an hour of the bite due to the natural ingredients in the bedbug's saliva. Bedbugs inject both anesthetics and an anticoagulant. This is done to avoid blood clotting so the bedbug can continue feeding. It actually causes an allergic reaction in some people. Luckily most of us are immune and the bedbug bite goes unnoticed.
Sometimes after a bite, the bedbug rash appears within a day, and sometimes it takes almost a week. This depends upon the person's reaction to the chemicals being secreted by the bedbug. The rash starts with a single, small, red bump, which looks more swollen than a mosquito bite. Bedbug rash enlarges after a day's time, though at first it is noticeable as just a single, swollen bump. This usually indicates that more than one bedbug, has bitten the person.
