These Are the Consequences of Sleeping With Bed Bugs and Why a Rash Like This Can Happen in a Minority of People, How the Human Body Reacts to Repeated Bed Bug Exposure, What Is Actually Happening Under the Skin, and When This Reaction Becomes Serious
Sleeping with bed bugs can have consequences, but those consequences are not the same for everyone. Human responses to bed bug exposure exist on a wide spectrum, ranging from no visible reaction at all to highly dramatic skin inflammation. While many people experience only small, itchy bites—or remain completely unaware they’ve been bitten—a minority of…