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One of the ways of getting rid of bedbugs is by first spraying the bed bugs with rubbing alcohol. Wash all clothes in hot water by using a regular laundry detergent and one capful of Clorox. Finally, vacuum your house to get rid of the bugs and eggs from mattresses, carpet, walls and other surfaces. Visit http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Bed-Bugs for more details.

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did the same thing
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burn thehouse dowm

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Seem you have tried it!!!!
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I tried that it worked a treat never saw them or my family again
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"That's too funny."
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i gotta try that !!
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lmao thats exactly what i was thinking
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hahaha hell yea burnt that bitch until it turned to ashes lol
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change the mattress and then take a bug detector

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you have to be Very careful if you remove a bug infested furniture piece
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You have to vacuum the whole house. Also you need to wash all the sheets and all that other stuff. Maybe buy some bug spray.

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Try this home remedy I found on Pinterest. http://www.make-it-do.com/clean-it/spring-clean-your-mattress/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MakeItDo+%28Make+It+Do%29

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Put the bed or couch or whatever in a different room, and don't sleep on it for 2 years, they will be gone when you get back

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Actaully, I don't know why you would get rid of them.
They eat your dead skin, so you wont have constant peeling skin.

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uuu they drink your blood and lay eggs all the time i would know it was me a few months ago
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Yes ErinHeath....ur right...moreover u can't sleep properly at night...
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on a very sunny day take your mattress an sheets outside an lay them where they will get complete sun exposure and leave them there for 3-4 hours it should kill them you could even leave them outside all day to make sure you dont have any. You can so this with your rugs couches. remember to turn your matress to.

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this is something my grandma told me an it has worked and even if you vacuum there is always dirt under your carpet an the bugs will just do that an come out later after you leave you sheets out do wash them in clorox with detergent.
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Well what you have to do to get rid of bed bugs is that buy some bed bug spray.Then you have to wash your clothes or bed sheets with good soap.Your opinion.Then you have to have a new bed spread.Also i would say that you buy some of the spray bombs and leave the house for a few hours or minutes.

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Get a new mattress...

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right!?
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Ty...
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bed bugs are very hard to get rid of. use a professional if possible. even professionals have trouble getting rid of bed bugs. learn to check for bed bugs and thier eggs in the seems of the bed or furniture like couches especially cloth furniture they love cloth material. then get rid of the furniture thats infected. wash all linens and clothing in hot water and dry in high heat that kills the bugs and thier eggs. then bomb the room or home using poisonous fog. fog the house several times so if an egg hatches you may catch kill them before they relay their eggs. be careful cause all it takes is one bedbug to survive for them to reinfest your house. i lived in an apartment complex that couldn't get rid of them for five years and this is a similar method they used to finally get rid of them.

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well i had the same problem as you they where biting me very where the way you can get ride of bedbugs is to look all around your bed but the best place to look first is the front of your bed if your bed is by a wall on the front move it and check it and another way is to look for little holes around the beds that where they sleep if your bed is mad out off wood good luck

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put lemon juice and melted butter in a spray bottle and use it to kill the bed bugs

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that is gross to put melted butter on a mattress.
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then you would have bed bugs - cock roaches - ants and flys
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the only real way to get ride of them is to call someone to come in. and they bring a dog that will sniff them out and then they will spray them with...what ever it is that freezes them that is the only way to kill them

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you might want to steam clean heat about 120 f

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A bed sheet cover up, I have one for allergies, you can get them at bed,bath, and beyond(:

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Call your local county extension agent and or go to your state univeristy"s website to get the correct facts about bed bugs. This is our resource for up to date correct information. Make sure you have bed bugs in the first place. They can help you determine that.

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i dont know how to get rid of them
but one way to prevent that from happening is by washing ur bed every couple of weeks or every month

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I got them from a used mattress that was already in an apartment that I moved in too. /freaked out whenI disovered them! However we got rid of them by first removing the mattress andthe sheets, they were also in my kiving room! Soooooooo, I went to Ace Hardware and got some spray but it didn't work very well so we went back and got a powder form (sorry I can't remember the name but it will say for bed bugs). It also says to pt it in the corners of the house where hte bed bugs are. I put it EVERYWHERE! In the coouch cushions, alongthe baseboards, down the steps, you name it! in our dresser drawers. Left it for a week and then vaccumed it up. No more bed bugs, And we were totally infested! Of course our kids are grown and in another city. That stuff really worked. Although my fiance' said I almost killed us too! lol

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Listen to @ralphto

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Fumigate the mattress OR an even better solution is to burn the mattress and splurge on a clean brand new one. Would you rather spend some money on a clean hygienically safe mattress, or keep the bed bugs infested mattress that causes a disease or terrible rash on your skin? I fell victim to beg bugs when I had wasted money staying at a cheap YMCA in Queens, New York. The skin rash and bites I suffered on my skin wasn't worth what I saved by staying at a dump like that! Next time, opt for a clean mattress.

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Eat them

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Very dry, hot air.

Get professional grade heating unit to heat a sealed room where they are. They don't like dry, hot air. You could put sheets in a dryer on high heat, but you can't put a mattress in a clothes dryer (unfortunately).

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I suggest getting a really good exterminator or just to move out of your house.

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set that bitch on fire

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get bug spary

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None of these are any good. Go on-line and buy a product called Pack-Tite. It's the only thing that truly works.

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The only thing that works is to wait for a very hot day. Turn up your furnace and rent some portable construction heaters and heat the entire house to at least 120 degree F. Keep the temperature of 120 for at least 24 hrs. Then vacuum and wash all linens

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Call a professional. Heat is the best treatment tool. The entire house must be heated and this takes specialized equipment and knowledge. By the way, you can check for bed bugs using a blow dryer to check a specific area, a bed in a hotel for instance.

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