Hello,

My boyfriend and I moved into our apartment last week, and I have been getting itchy red bumps fairly consistently since the move on my legs, arms and hands. This area of town has been known to have bed bugs (lots of students buying used mattresses, high turnover apts) so I am concerned that there were bed bugs in my apartment when we moved in (nothing used brought in, only our stuff from clean apts). I've also been bitten before at a friends house years ago, and these seem similar. The bites are very, VERY itchy, and sometimes are in groups of 2, and, though I could be imagining it, they seem to show up in the mornings.

However, my boyfriend hasn't been getting bit at all even though he is in the same bed and I can not find any evidence of bed bugs (no actual bug, no bloodstains on sheets). I have also been outside a lot and mosquitoes tend to like me, and I was getting bit during the summer, but not at this frequency. What continues to concern me is how many bites have been occurring over a long period of time and that this seems similar to my past experiences.

My questions are:

1. Could my bf be immune to bed bugs? That he hasn't been bit is my one glimmer of hope it is something else. He almost never gets bit by mosquitoes.

2. Is there a test or something I can do to rule out its bed bugs or be certain that it is? The current plan is to wear insect repellent to bed and outside for the next few days to see if I get new bites and to keep checking for bugs, but I'm wondering if there is something more scientific.

Any help will help! Thanks.