II. What harm can happen when a bed bug bites you during your sleep. A. Bed bugs are blood feeding insects in which they inject their saliva into your skin during their bite. 1. After several bites you will tend to get sensitive to the saliva which can lead to some mild allergic reactions to it as well. B. Now according to the April 1, 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, studies go on to show that the bites turn red like mosquito bites but evidence shows they do not go on to transmit any disease of any kind with their bites. 1. Dr. Richard DeShazo from the University of Mississippi Medical Center, reviewed around 50 studies in the last 50 years and his results showed about only half of the people show signs of a bite. HEALTH DAY CONSUMER NEWS SERVICE Since we just covered the harm the bugs bites can have let's go onto how we can get rid of them if we see them in our mattress or clothing.
III. Now if we do have them, here is how to get rid of them. A. You can actually see these critters if you lift up the seam part of your mattress so you can clearly see if u have theses critters and see if you need to clean