If you have never dealt with bed bugs before, you may have absolutely no idea what to watch out for.
I can tell you from experience that many people can have bed bugs without even knowing it, for a long time.
The only way I found out was because I had rashes that I couldn't explain any other way.
Today we will discuss some of the most common bed bugs symptoms that you should keep a keen eye out for.
The first symptom is going to be rashes or red marks on your skin.
I woke up daily with new spots and rashes.
Now these weren't necessarily painful, but nobody wants to have this happen to them without knowing.
Silly me ended up blaming my poor wife for the body soap when it in fact was the bugs the entire time! These rashes will appear as red dots or bite marks and may often form in rows.
The next symptom you should watch out for is dark or discoloring of your mattress.
This is a more difficult symptom to see as it can look normal on top, but when you slide your mattress out to the side you will see the dark discolored area's I'm referring too.
This is obviously from the bugs and their droppings after their long nights of feeding.
(hopefully not on you!) If you can keep these symptoms in mind, you will be able to spot the bugs before they reproduce into a larger, harder to manage amount which will often make it extremely difficult to exterminate.
Once you find the bugs, you will be able to formulate a plan to get rid of them which is actually the easiest part to do!