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    Well I'm never an expert but on the 13th floor it may not be things flying in. Best bet is look online for bite pictures that look similar to yours and go from there. If bed bugs as u recall you need to boil wash all bedding and affected clothing, spray the bed and if affordable get a new mattress. Look herehttp://www.badbedbugs.com/bed-bugs-photo/


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    I would also recommend mesh for the windows if you open them. Try a mozzy incense stick. They seem to work. If bedbugs they will leave red/brown flecks on the bedding which is their poo after a blood meal.

    Good luck


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    Quote Originally Posted by Oxygen:
    Well I'm never an expert but on the 13th floor it may not be things flying in. Best bet is look online for bite pictures that look similar to yours and go from there. If bed bugs as u recall you need to boil wash all bedding and affected clothing, spray the bed and if affordable get a new mattress. Look herehttp://www.badbedbugs.com/bed-bugs-photo/
    Hi Oxygen ,

    First , thank you very much for keep following and replies .....

    As mention before , I don't think it's bed bugs and no blood traces on bed sheets or cloths ... I look around and read online , usually bed bugs able to be seen . Here I don't see nothing ... Just bites on skin ...

    As you can review on last comments from user 7 , he/she also suffer from same problem and decided to actually change furniture and bomb smoke their place ... I wish I could afford changing all my furnitures but its not doable ...

    Also , i wish I could find a reliable company which can actually tell me - this is the insect name and we can get rid of it ,

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    I have the exact same thing!! I had unknown bite ( red and itchy) on my leg, arm, hip everyday or every other day. I did pest control, thorough bleach cleaning, my company did pest control at work and i spray bio kill around my desk twice a day. I threw half of my clothes away and sent the the other half to hight temp laundry. It stopped for 3 days and then i just saw two new bites at work this noon. I saw generalist, expensive dermatology specialists. They didn't know what it is and they didn't seem to care about anything other than money. I sometimes got new oness at work sometimes weekend. There is no clear pattern ans i dont know what to do...if anyone knows a dermatologist who is at least willing to try to help, it will be life saving....

    Quote Originally Posted by o_s_best:
    Hi All, please help !recently over a month I wake up with a small red itch bites at my neck , upper shoulder and belly. At first I though I got bed bugs or Mosquitos but after turning up side down my mattresses , sofa and cover , deep clean it with osim steam vacuum , I couldn't find any trace for bed bags or fleece. I spray my mattress sofa with bio kill , but nothing , I still get those bites . I don't know what creature live in my bed , sofa and starting getting bites while wearing cloths .. I can't see them ! ! !

    Is anybody here suffer from same problem ? Is anybody know the name of this creature / bug / insect ? Is anybody know how to get rid of it ?? I try spray my house with those smoke bombs ... Nothing ...

    Please help ...

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    This does make me wonder if the bites are bites at all or just reactions to something in the sheets (a new washing powder, for example).

    I now have red blotches all down the back of my calves. NO IDEA what causes it - not big or lumpy enough for mozzie bites and why only on the back and not the front? Wierd.


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    Quote Originally Posted by MovingIn07:
    This does make me wonder if the bites are bites at all or just reactions to something in the sheets (a new washing powder, for example).

    I now have red blotches all down the back of my calves. NO IDEA what causes it - not big or lumpy enough for mozzie bites and why only on the back and not the front? Wierd.
    Intensely itchy erythematous papules ( ie hive like )in this distribution is most likely insect bites.

    If they are macules( ie not raised above the surrounding skin) much less likely

    Take a photo when they are at worst with your cell phone in daylight if possible and show your Dr will help to arrive at the diagnosis

    The distn sounds like delayed reaction to insect bites

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    U r spinning ur wheels until u determine exactly what is biting u. If bedbugs then no need for mozzy incense or window screens. Bed bugs are the most likely problem. Look carefully at the bite marks on ur body. Bedbugs usually leave two tiny bites close together on the skin. Once you see those marks then you can be certain (99%) that you have bedbugs in ur place. Ridding your place of these bugs is a huge and expensive task. I am sorry 4 u. Good luck.


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    You may have eczema and the reason your skin is irritated in the back is because you sleep on your back and your sheets are rubbing against your skin. Try to switch to detergent for baby clothes.

    Eczema can occur all over but often focuses on the inner and outer elbows, hips, back and joint areas.

    I only get this in Hong Kong and sometimes when traveling and staying in dusty places. The Chinese medicine doctor said foreigners sometimes build up a reaction to the HK environment and it comes out as eczema.

    Last edited by 1denisiel; 23-06-2013 at 09:40 PM.