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BED BUGS??

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Loz12340 · 04/02/2026 13:32

Hi

wondering if anyone has experienced this

so for the last few days I have been waking up with bites every day, usually two a day.. not in a line just in random different places on my body

I live next to a river and in summer I cannot open my windows due to the gnats we have a major problem that the council got involved in, however it is not the time of year for them

this happened before last year spring time and i got my mattress checked by pest control who found no signs

this time I thought it was just a one off and maybe a midgey or something but then it kept happening everyday I suddenly had the thought of bed bugs again

I checked my mattress flipped it over looked everywhere with a torch in all the cracks and creases of my mattress , joints in the bed frame, and found no signs, went down the cracks with a credit card / wet wipe nothing , washed bedding on 60 degrees

i got pest control out who checked and also checked my sofa and he said I do not have them and there's no signs, however again this morning I wake up to two bites in the crease at the back of my knee.. weird thing is I slept with long legged pjs on and online it says they cannot penetrate fabric how mosquitos can

he looked at my bites and said there is no puncture mark and that he did not think they were bed bug bites as usually you get loads not just 1 or 2 a night and it may be a reaction and u should see my doctor.. I am not convinced as this is only happening at night

does anyone know what this could be or experienced similar ??

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Passthecake30 · 04/02/2026 13:38

Scabies? I’ve recently had those, they liked the backs of knees, elbows, between toes, soles of feet, ankles, wrists, between fingers.

Loz12340 · 04/02/2026 13:53

Had a look online and doesn't look like scabies the rest of my bites are on my back, stomach , thigh and legs so in none of those places but they are just random one here and there

they look and feel the same as when I get mosquito bites but they can't be that in February

praying they are not bed bugs

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