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shortone05
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Even though you have checked your mattress for bedbugs, have you checked around the mattress, and in the head board and such?
I've had an issue before with bedbugs and it took me ages to figure out what it was. (Bought a new mattress, but they were living in the headboard!) Here's a site I found that should explain a lot about bedbugs and what to look for::
http://medent.usyd.edu.au/fact/bedbugs.htm l
These link is a fact sheet about bedbugs, which offers advice on how to spot and get rid of bedbugs
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/pdf/ 2105.pdf
Hope this helps
I've had an issue before with bedbugs and it took me ages to figure out what it was. (Bought a new mattress, but they were living in the headboard!) Here's a site I found that should explain a lot about bedbugs and what to look for::
http://medent.usyd.edu.au/fact/bedbugs.htm l
These link is a fact sheet about bedbugs, which offers advice on how to spot and get rid of bedbugs
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/pdf/ 2105.pdf
Hope this helps
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shortone05
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since bedbugs has been eliminated, i'm starting to think it may be chigger bites. since you do now live in the south, it's a pretty common thing, but allergic reactions to them are a lot more rare.
this is even more likely if you work outside, live near thick woods, or have tall grass in your yard. the reason you wife may never get bit is because she probably doesn't have the same reaction as you do, therefore her bites (if any) may be mistaken as mosquito bites or no bite at all.
chiggers are incredibly small, and usually only the adults are even visible. that's possibly why you never happen to see the bug that's biting you. i've found a few more links with some pictures and info on chiggers. if you are still seeing your dermotologist, you may want to bring this possibility up to him and see if he can't identify a chigger on a fresh bite.
http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/derm/nitrou s/20bi.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvest_mite# External_links
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2100 .html
hope this helps some more
this is even more likely if you work outside, live near thick woods, or have tall grass in your yard. the reason you wife may never get bit is because she probably doesn't have the same reaction as you do, therefore her bites (if any) may be mistaken as mosquito bites or no bite at all.
chiggers are incredibly small, and usually only the adults are even visible. that's possibly why you never happen to see the bug that's biting you. i've found a few more links with some pictures and info on chiggers. if you are still seeing your dermotologist, you may want to bring this possibility up to him and see if he can't identify a chigger on a fresh bite.
http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/derm/nitrou s/20bi.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvest_mite# External_links
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2100 .html
hope this helps some more
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