With bed bug infestations continuing to rage from coast to coast, it’s no wonder that people are freaking out from bed bug encounters.  Unfortunately, bed bugs can be found in any location that humans frequent.  The bloodsucker’s resurgence over the past five years has had the critters turning up at somewhat expected locations like hotels, motels, apartments, and homes.  They have also reared their ugly heads, and are now commonplace at hospitals, airplanes, schools, theaters, retail stores, taxi cabs, buses, jails, offices, courthouses, rental cars, daycare centers, summer camps…and the list continues to grow with each passing day.

Anyone who has suffered through a bed bug infestation can attest to the emotional and psychological strain that the tiny creatures create.  Additionally, enduring a bed bug infestation is a physically exhausting process.  Although logic tells you that having the infestation is not your fault, bed bugs often leave a person feeling isolated, embarrassed, ashamed, and dirty.

Since their resurgence a few years back, pest control professionals coined the phrase “bed bug psychosis” which is now recognized by many health care professionals.

Many people who have suffered through a bed bug infestation have a difficult time getting over the encounter, even years after the bloodsuckers are dead and gone.  Bed bug victims are often on a high state of alert once they have endured a bed bug infestation.  Every speck of lint appears to be a bed bug, a brush of hair is surely a bed bug walking on the skin, and the fear of bringing bed bugs back to their home never seems to go away.  Bed bug infestations often change a person’s life and those who have suffered previously will do everything in their power to ensure that they do not have to endure the nighttime attacks which will leave them physically and mentally exhausted again.

Please check back on Friday for the conclusion.