Bed bugs are small insects commonly found in the bed, walls or shelves. It is mostly hidden in cracks or crevices or under the mattress and appears only when dark. They move very fast and feed on human blood. They have a sharp beak which pierces through the skin and suck blood of human beings or any other warm blooded animals. The skin then gets red eruptions, similar to mosquito bites.
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In human beings, they are often found in the exposed parts of the body like hands, legs, neck, back or face. One rarely feels anything when being bitten but feels the itching after few hours. Scratching the area may make the skin redder and cause infection.
The intensity of effects of bites varies from one individual to another. For some the red welts disappear on its own after a couple of days. But in many cases they take up very bad shape. For allergic-prone sensitive skins, these bites take weeks to go away and also require medical intervention. They may be quite incommodious but are otherwise harmless and usually do not lead to anything serious.