Sunday, November 3, 2013

Bed Bugs and Hotel Lodgings in 2011 - Should You Be Concerned?

You turn on the travel channel on the TV or open up the travel pages in the your local newspaper and all we seem to note is "bed bugs' " a bedbug for every chamber". Advice for travelers currently is check hotels for these pests, wrap your luggage in plastic coverings, and as well pack sealed enclosures to seal up your bed-clothes on the road, or in the cruise ship cabin from these little pests and parasites. Is nothing sacred you think? Here I save my hard earned cash all year long, plan my vacation and out of nowhere these tiny imbeciles are sucking my blood while I sleep. Is this pest of these blood suckers scurrying in the dark nighttime something new or just over exaggerated by the media to create a fuss? After all "cinches" themselves are nothing new. Reports go all way back in history to the ancient Egyptians. It is something to live with for the most part and endure quietly.Yet you may wonder that when you are away from home that as to why you sometimes sneeze when you know you do not have colds? These sneezing episodes seem to crop up and be more prevalent in motel and hotel rooms. Some may tell you it's the hospitality industries cleaning supplies - nil-odor and the like masking odors and making you sneeze and snort. Yet you may suddenly find your coughing even you is not sick? These questions could be answered the moment you understand that there are species thrive in mostly comfortable parts or objects in your house but most often, in your room. This article focuses on the discussion about late night insidious attackers of the sheets and blankets of our evening respite and how to get rid of them.Dust mites are known as allergists simply because they trigger allergies in people (their victims). Once these dust mites hit you, you would know since the most common symptoms you will definitely feel are sneezing and coughing unexpectedly. The worst that they can cause any person is asthma. This type of illness is due primarily to allergens produced by dust mites and if they are not treated well they might even pose bigger problems. Thus, it is important to know more about dust mites.What do we know about dust mites?Dust mites are normally measuring 0.4 mm or 0.016 of an inch in length and 0.25 mm in width. The shape of both female and male dust mites resembles like that of a shape of a rectangle and they look like creamy blue. They have 8 legs and they become visible against dark color background in normal light.A dust mite on the average may live from 10 up to 19 days while the pregnant or mated female dust mite may live as long as 70 days. Female dust mite can produce eggs ranging from 60 up to 100 eggs during the last weeks of life. Dust mites can produce 2000 fecal matters and the can eat scores of dust particles covered with enzymes. Not only the sneezing and coughing that one may experience to conclude that indeed there are dust mites. Other symptoms indicative of the presence of dust mites are reddening of the eyes, itchiness, inflammation of eczema, runny nose, and clogging in your lungs.How then do you treat dust mites?There are several methods through which we can eliminate dust mites in our homes such as by cleaning up the rooms, drapes, pillows, and other clothes suspected to contain dust mites. They cannot thrive in hot places and therefore one of the best ways to get rid of them is to dry your pillows and blankets. If it is sunny, then you may bring your pillows outside the house and let sunshine burn and dissipate what your medical doctor would technically refer to as "Dermatophagoides farinae "All in all these tiny creatures of our bed clothes who devour our blood in the dark as well as similar pests are nothing new. You may experience them in hospitality industry lodgings, you may not. There are certain precautions that most of those on journeys and vacations can take. Yet your local Wal-Mart store, with brand new bedding for sale, may have a sign on their front door advising that their bed-clothes and coverings for sale have been found to be full of cinches and insects as well. Hence bed-bugs are ubiquitous. They are nothing new - either to mankind or the traveling public in 2011. Do your best to ask and steer to clean lodgings. Yet in the end all you can do is endure and try your best to enjoy your travels, holidays and vacations.

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