So this may be a bit long but I need to talk to someone.
I work in a hospital and we had a patient come in that we found a bedbug on. We cleaned and sprayed, etc but that is when my anxiety started. Since then (a couple of months now) I have been hypersensitive to anything bedbug related. I am nervous going to the movies and out in general because of horror stories I have read online. I have checked my bed and when I come home from work everything goes in the hot dryer. (I was not an active participant in the cleaning of the room BTW, just there at my desk. No other sightings)I have been honestly a bit terrified.
I have four young adult sons, two of which stay here occasionally. I just found out over the weekend that they have been in and slept in an apartment that has bedbugs but not in the room where the bedbugs are. I tried to explain to them that that doesn't matter. They can be anywhere and they can take hitchhike with them. They have also stayed at an apartment where one of them slept on a couch and woke up with 3 bites on him. My other son stays in the place a lot and swears there are no bed bugs and that he has checked. I don't believe him and he has bites on him he swears are mosquitos from being outside (they are still very active where we live). They also go over to other people's homes, including one of my other son's, who comes over here. I am connecting all of these dots and thinking this is how that movie Outbreak started (insert nervous laugh here 
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Needless to say I freaked out. I told them not to go to those places and frankly I don't want them to come here, but THAT is easier said than done.
Then this morning I wake up with my left arm covered in bumps. Before all of this I would have said hives and called it a day. I get them when I am stressed or exposed to an allergen. I have had no bites, bumps or anything until this morning. No blood marks, bugs or shed skins.
I feel like I am losing my mind. I think part of my stress is knowing that I don't have a lot of money to deal with this if it were to happen. I live with my mother and she is no help. We would have to put any treatment on a credit card and I know her. She will think we can do some do it yourself cleanup. None of them get it. Also now I am afraid to clean anything for fear of spreading something I haven't even found. Where the boys sleep really needs to be cleaned and my room has clutter in it too. Both needed a deep clean BEFORE I was even thinking about bedbugs. Can I go ahead and do that?
I know I sound like a lunatic. I feel like one. I am hoping someone on here can help me. I have read so many threads and everyone seems really nice. Sorry this is so long. Thank you for your time.
Terrified