For the past 3 weeks I have been getting random small red bites all over my body and it hasn't subsided but no itching and they are gone within a few hours. I had a cluster in a triangle 3 weeks ago then the following week I had 3 small bumps in a row... Concerning, to say the least. I convinced myself that it was other bugs because I live in a national swamp area and had no other signs. However, last night I found a spot of blood and a smear of blood on the side of my fitted sheet where it tucks under the mattress. I've been washing my sheets every other day to be on the safe side and this stain wasn't here two days ago. It came out with Tide to go stick and did not go through to the other side of the sheet. It was rusty and in a perfect circle and the other smear like stain was almost as if someone accidentally got pen on the sheet - except it's blood like rusty. Please help - what do you guys think? I'm going crazy over this and have an exterminator coming tomorrow morning to check my apartment…
I know that bed bug fecal is darker, but I have been reading that they excrete some watery-blood like liquid if they feed too much… Like I previously stated, these stains were found on the side of my fitted sheet, almost where the sheet tucks under the mattress. So I'm very concerned because I do not think that my landlord will pay for a k9 inspection which is what I really would like to ensure I do not have them.
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