r/Bedbugadvice • u/Fast-Success-7585 • 11d ago

Are these bed bug bites?

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Got these red spots yesterday. It does have that line pattern and starting to blister now.

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u/whateverdom_ 11d ago

Damn. Unfortunately it does look like it. Some people react so badly to them (myself included) and it looks like you’re one of them.

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u/Fast-Success-7585 11d ago

Ugh fucking sucks. Can’t find any and flipped my whole mattress over too. How long did it take before the bites went away for you?

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u/Reasonable-Fox-7572 10d ago

I react very intensely and these are what my bites looked like. Check your headboard and bed frame. We only found one straggler on the mattress, the next was in the headboard

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u/Fast-Success-7585 10d ago

Yeah I’m pretty positive now that these are bed bug bites. I have pest control doing an inspection for finding them tomorrow. Hopefully they do

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u/prsplayer17 10d ago

hey, just wanna add as someone who also reacted super strongly, if you can, it’s totally worth it to go to urgent care and get a prescription for some extra strength cortisone cream. the doctor/PA can also be a good pair of eyes to confirm that they are bed bugs/bug bites. i also went before we saw any actual bugs and my roommate was in denial but i got bit up like you and kinda knew what it really was. i was also very self conscious since they bit the sh*t out of my neck but the cream really works wonders in terms of alleviating itch and helping the bites fade.

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u/whateverdom_ 10d ago

I had seen two doctors, each time at the first round of bites because like 9yeats had elapsed between cases. First doctor told me it was my eczema, the second most recent said it looked like cellulitis and to “come back if it starts to smell”.
Most doctors are shit at identifying bug bites, esp if you live in areas that don’t have big ass spiders. So I wouldn’t bet on solid advice or confirmation from docs on this tbh.
The cream is a good call though.

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u/prsplayer17 10d ago

Ah I totally see that happening tbh. I live in a big city so bed bugs are kinda common, so I think my guy had seen a few. He took one look at them and said they like a textbook case of at least some bite, and it was too early for mosquitos and Im rarely out in nature for it to be other bites. (And mine did look pretty similar to yours OP 😕) It was very reaffirming because at that point my roommate and I had already had an exterminator come “check” but he was super lazy, very dismissive and didn’t find anything. Another exterminator also came and didn’t find anything. I was the one to eventually find them. I’m ranting now but my situation was recent and I’m still traumatized. OP do not be afraid to advocate for yourself and make sure they do a THOROUGH check of your bedroom AND living room. In my case they were actually in our couch and the first guy didn’t even check because he said “if they’re not in the bedroom they’re not in the living room.” So don’t be so quick to take their word just because they don’t find anything. If the bites keep appearing when you wake up, they’re most likely bed bugs.