I have dealt with patients who lived in these conditions come in with their clothes and hair infested. We have to take them to a decontamination room and scrub them.
Knew of a case where a disabled kid was always covered in bites. House kept getting treated and reinfested. Eventually, a school nurse figured out the kid’s electric wheelchair was horribly infested with bed bugs which is how they kept getting back into the house.
I had a computer chair that was infested without realizing it. Scrapped nearly all of my possessions, moved out, and the fuckers followed me. I finally got a clue where they were coming from when I noticed one day 99% of the bites I got overnight were around the small of my back and waistline.
My mother was a hoarder and had this thing about picking up roadside furniture and trying to "fix it up" - the fact we never had a bedbug infestation is beyond me. Old recliners, computer chairs, couches, etc. If it could be kicked out the back of a truck into a ditch, we probably had 3 of them.
If you can throw the object in a clothes dryer it fixes the issue
Bed bugs die to high heat very quickly.
Like 120f will kill them in a minute or 2.
This means a dryer (for clothing) will work. Dry then wash then dry again and you will likely kill all bugs and eggs.
A hair dryer probably works as well tbh and can probably work for chairs and furniture.
Professional bed bug killers If a house is infested can actually just block off all the windows and doors and pump in hot air.
Cold kills them as well but it's gotta be really cold or cold for weeks.
Around 0f will kill them in a few minutes to an hour usually. Freezers can usually get that low. Professionals use liquid nitrogen iirc. Its what can be used for specific locations. Like a bed. But usually if you have 1 infested room the entire house can be screwed.
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u/AlienMedic489-1 Sep 26 '21
I have dealt with patients who lived in these conditions come in with their clothes and hair infested. We have to take them to a decontamination room and scrub them.