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I woke up and noticed some strange white grains in my bed. My first thought was that my husband had probably eaten in bed again and spilled rice or something similar. I was about to just shake them off, but suddenly decided to take a closer look.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The longer I looked, the stronger the strange feeling of anxiety grew inside me. These \u201cgrains\u201d were tiny, oval and shiny\u2026 And then I saw that something moved inside one of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was overcome with horror. I grabbed my phone and started searching for information on the Internet. My heart sank when I realized what it was\u2026\u00a0Be careful if you notice something like this in your home\u2026 Continued in the first comment\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bedbug eggs are small, about 1 mm, white, oval, shiny, similar to rice grains. The female bedbug lays them in secluded places: in the seams of a mattress, behind baseboards, in cracks in furniture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 6-10 days, larvae hatch from them, which begin to feed on blood. Bedbugs rarely carry infections, but their bites cause itching, allergies, irritation and insomnia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They can be accidentally \u201cbrought\u201d home in a suitcase after a trip. They get in with used furniture or things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They can also get over from neighbors through ventilation or cracks in the walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to get rid of them:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Do a deep cleaning, vacuum all cracks, seams and joints. Wash linen and clothes at a temperature of at least 60 \u00b0C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use a steam cleaner on the mattress and furniture. Contact a professional pest control service \u2013 otherwise there is a risk that the bedbugs will return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now I understand \u2013 if I had not noticed these \u201cgrains\u201d today, in a week I would have had a whole army of these parasites in my house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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