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Q: Unknown Bites (pictures Included) Help Please!
asked by: DM5496 on February 9th, 2007
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Shocked eek! Ok, so these "things" keep biting me and they itch! I have narrowed it down to dust mites, and the reason being is cause I have not dusted my room in like 6 months. I'm a college student so I don't have time to. These bites come and go. Sometimes there will be up to 5-7 bites and some only 2-3, they happen mostly on my arms and legs....(for now) the bites dont last more than an hour..Meaning they stop itching and you cant see them anymore. I have good hygiene and bathe every morning/night so i'm a pretty clean person...And these bites came out of nowhere. I never see anything nore do I even feel when they bite....Just itching then red/white welts...They also mostly only happen when i'm on my bed, i've washed my sheets and pillow cases like 50 times! ... I think they are microscopic (dust mites) but I do not know for sure. I'm so scared and dont want people getting them when they come to my room! Here are some pics...Both pics are of my left fore arm. Thanks for any replies!!! Exclamation

by the way, these also look like when I get bit by a mosquito, but there are none here cause of the cold I think..But I do not see any mosquitos anywhere..

Pics: http://dm5496.50webs.Com/
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eforcinito
replied on February 12th, 2008
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Could be bedbugs. Check the mattress and boxspring for any dark staining primarily around the piping. Also look on the frame for any bugs.
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xRavenWolfx
replied on June 12th, 2008
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If you have the time, go through everything and clean it, you might find something. Those look similar to bites I get, they might possably be spider bites. Bedbugs tend to get somewhere from 20-100 bites per day and dont go away in an hour but you should check that anyway.
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worrywart01
replied on June 12th, 2008
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it looks like a mosquito bite to me...especially if it itches...check around for a mosquito floatin somewhere in your room!
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flower2009
replied on August 27th, 2009
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what could these bites on my bed be?
I just had this happen to me last night. I took a nap and woke up with about 5 mosquito look alike bites, they itch a lot but went away within an hour. They completely disappeared. I went to bed six hours later woke up in the middle of the night to itching all over my back, front and face. I took a shower again, washed all my sheets and bedding and went to sleep in another bed. I woke without any bumps. It's definitely not a mosquito or bedbug bite because it doesn't last long. what could it be?
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