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Does this look like bed bug bites?

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Metalhead · 10/07/2017 10:55

So about 2 months ago I woke up totally covered in very itchy bites, they started off as little red spots then developed into fluid-filled blisters and took about 2 weeks to heal. We found some shed bed bug skins under the bed, so got a guy out to fumigate the whole place. He then came back a couple of weeks ago for another treatment as I'd had a few more bites (although this time much smaller). And then this morning I woke up to find all these small itchy red spots on my leg.

The thing is, I'm not sure if these are bed bugs again or something else? The bites are just on one leg, and so far quite small and not showing any signs of developing into blisters. But what else could it be?! I'm getting very fed up with being bitten all the time... (and it's just me, no one else in the house is affected)

Does this look like bed bug bites?
Does this look like bed bug bites?
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Sparklefloof · 10/07/2017 10:59

We just recently eradicated bed bugs so I feel like quite the expert on them now Grin

They look more like a rash than bites to me.

Gunpowder · 10/07/2017 11:52

Bed bug bites look more like mozzie bites and are usually in two or threes diagonal lines. I think it looks more like a rash too.

ihatethecold · 10/07/2017 12:03

My DD was bitten by bed bugs, they looked like Mozzie bites rather than a rash

Metalhead · 10/07/2017 13:08

Thanks all, the lumps have gone down a bit so I think it probably is a rash. Just a bit baffled as to what could have caused it, it wasn't there when I went to bed last night.

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GrumpetLikesCrumpets · 11/07/2017 22:17

Heat rash?
Foliculitis? (Maybe bad spelling sorry)... that's something like the hair follicles getting inflamed- maybe due to using a skin product that has blocked hair follicles up, or irritated the skin a bit.

Not bed bug bites though. They look like mosquito. It's, and are often in a line because the bug bites you then moves a bit and bites again. Nasty little things

DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen · 11/07/2017 22:22

Looks like dry skin, I get the same when I don't use Aveeno. Really itchy!

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