Bed Bugs - How to get rid of bed bugs
Vacuum Bed Bugs Bites
A mattress can gain up to five pounds of weight a year from human skin
cells and debris from our bodies. bed bugs are nature's way of
cleaning up this mess. They eat millions of skin cells/scale daily,
producing up to 20 fecal droppings each day. The droppings are about
0.5 microns, far smaller than the bed bugs's 125 micron size (a human hair
is 100 microns thick), and the droppings contain the protein
"Der.p.1" which is what we react to, if we are allergic to bed bugs.
To get rid of your bed of bed bugs and droppings, carefully remove the sheets,
one corner at a time, folding inward towards the center. Use the least
"motion" as possible, so as not to disturb the microscopic particles.
Make a "bag" of the sheets, pillow cases, etc, to carry out of the
room, and then launder in extremely hot water.
You can then vacuum the mattresses, on all sides, but remember
this: you are dealing with a particle 0.5 microns large, which will
NOT be captured by normal vacuums. You need a *ealed (to prevent
exhaust air from leaking through the case, evading the filter) True
HEPA vacuum cleaner which will filter 99.97% of all particles 0.03
microns or larger. There are now ULPA vacuums which filter 99.999% of
all particles 0.12 microns or larger.
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