Reader Question:
Alice
Recently we were at the seaside, and someone bit my daughter there, and badly. It's hard to say whether all the spots are traces of a parasite attack or a strong allergy. But we moved out of the hotel and found another room, a higher class and cleaner. The question arose as to how to help the child. I always thought that the house is inhabited by bed bugs - brown insects, which are often found on the bed, about 5-8 mm long, with stripes on the back.
My daughter and I went to the pharmacy to buy allergy medicine, and the pharmacist looked at me very strangely when I said something about bed bugs. She called them bed bugs. It turned out they were names for the same parasite. I looked online for bed bugs, the pictures with bed bugs are identical, which confirms the pharmacist's opinion - they are the same parasite. But the thoughts of others are one thing, and the weighty word of an expert is another. Can you tell me if this is true, laundry bed bugs are called bed bugs or not. I would be grateful for your time.
My daughter and I went to the pharmacy to buy allergy medicine, and the pharmacist looked at me very strangely when I said something about bed bugs. She called them bed bugs. It turned out they were names for the same parasite. I looked online for bed bugs, the pictures with bed bugs are identical, which confirms the pharmacist's opinion - they are the same parasite. But the thoughts of others are one thing, and the weighty word of an expert is another. Can you tell me if this is true, laundry bed bugs are called bed bugs or not. I would be grateful for your time.
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Opinion of an expert
Sarah
Department of Biology, specialization - entomologist. "We'll save you from bedbugs, even if you fight back!"
Laundry, furniture and bedding are really names for the same parasite. They can be recognized by their bites. The insects leave behind a trail of 2-5 red spots on the human body. You can make sure that the traces of attacks of bed parasites do not differ from the bites of bed bugs, photos with the names of these insects on the background of the affected skin will help to understand. There will be no difference between them. The other signs are also identical: itching, swelling, pain, scratching, a red dot in the center.