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Old 09-15-2010, 05:01 PM
 
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CNN claims that DC is one of the areas hit by some bedbug infestation?

Are they right or is this overblown?
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Old 09-16-2010, 11:37 PM
 
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Probably true. I've had severe allergies for the past two weeks, like never before. Even woke up at night from sneezing. I just thought it was the air quality or A/C filter. I replaced the filer and vacuumed my apt, but still sneezed a lot. Now I'm on Claritin and 90% allergy-free.
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Old 09-17-2010, 09:57 PM
 
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This is a fear of mine too as I'm looking to move to DC next year....I need a bedbug/pest free apartment!
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Old 09-18-2010, 06:45 PM
 
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Bedbugs don't make you sneeze. They're blood suckers, so if you have them you'll wake up with itchy, whitish bites, usually on your neck and arms.

Bedbugs don't carry disease, but don't scratch the bites because they may become infected. Another way of finding them are the telltale spots of blood you will find on your bed linen after they've had dinner at your expense.
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Old 09-18-2010, 09:15 PM
 
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Link, please. To the alleged article.

Bedbugs don't cause hayfever symptoms. And even if they did, medicine wouldn't get rid of the symptoms unless the bugs were also eradicated at the same time the medicine was taken.
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Old 09-18-2010, 11:45 PM
 
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One thing you can do is buy a cover for your mattress that is designed to protect against bed bugs. This way they won't dig themselves into the cracks of your mattress.
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Old 09-19-2010, 05:08 PM
 
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This should answer your questions & the articule is dated 1/28/09 -




Bed bugs in Washington, D.C.? Yes! And growing in number daily. — Got bed bugs
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