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Keep reading to learn more about the health hazards caused by bed bugs and how our bite remedy products can provide relief and healing after an infestation.

Human Blood Is A Bed Bug’s Main Source Of Food

Like mosquitoes and other blood-sucking bugs, bed bugs are parasitic insects, meaning they live off of the blood their host provides. In the case of bed bugs, the host is you! When bed bugs can’t find a human host, they don’t just crawl off into a hole and die in no way. They look for different life forms to feed, such as cats, dogs, rodents, and other animals. Bed bugs can survive for up to a year without feeding! One whole year!

Bed Bugs Bite At Night Because They Can Smell You Breathing

So where do bed bugs carry out this diabolical task of munching on your flesh and sucking your blood? Right there in your bed, of course!

These bugs often make a beeline for people’s beds for a straightforward reason, but it’s not what you may think. Yes, your bed has many nooks and crannies in which they can hide, and yes, a sleeping human is much easier to bite than a conscious one. But that’s not why bed bugs bite when you’re asleep.

The truth is that bed bugs can smell your breath. Does that sound too weird to be true? Allow Scientific American to explain:

"Bed bugs find people in part by sniffing them — and the carbon dioxide that people breathe out appears to strongly attract the bugs. The insects also respond to human skin scents detected from more than twice a human arm's length away. Whiffs of skin oils or earwax seem to be bug versions of "Mmm, what's for dinner?" scents," writes Susan Milius.

Remember, the cleanliness of your home is irrelevant to bed bugs. However, as a human who breathes, you're essentially a beacon, attracting bed bugs from a radius of 100 feet. This universal attraction to human breath underscores the importance of proactive prevention measures, empowering you to take control of the situation.

Not Everyone Reacts To Bed Bug Bites!

So what happens when a bed bug smells you, crawls into bed with you, and starts biting your leg? Bed bugs have needle-like mouthparts that plunge into your flesh like two hypodermic needles. And just like those needles, these mouthparts are perfectly designed for sucking up the blood. While the blood flows into the bed bug’s tummy, its needle mouth deposits saliva into the hole created in the human’s skin. This saliva creates the red, bumpy, spotty, and itchy bed bug bites that our plant-based, natural treatments for bed bug bites are designed to soothe.

However, there’s the shocking truth about bed bug bites: Not everyone is allergic to the bed bug’s irritating spit! Only 40–50% of people react to bed bug bites. The other half of us can be bitten repeatedly without knowing that a bed bug has been in our vicinity. If you’re one of these, consider yourself unlucky. It’s even harder to see that you have a bed bug infestation when you don’t have the telltale signs of a bite to warn you.

Get Relief With Our Bed Bug Bite Remedy

If you’re one of the lucky ones who react to bed bug bites, you’ll want something that takes care of the itch—FAST! Shop our full selection of natural bed bug bite products online today.

Our natural, plant-based Bed Bug Patrol Killer Spray provides an all-natural solution to infestations of bed bugs, as well as fleas, spiders, and other common indoor bugs. Our 100% natural solution is made in the USA. It relies on the power of natural ingredients like citric acid, clove oil, and peppermint oil to naturally deter these bugs from living in your furnishings and upholstery. Just spray our solution on affected surfaces twice per day, and it will get to work on exterminating your bed bugs and preventing their return. To keep you safe from bed bugs on your travels, arm yourself with our Bed Bug Blasting Travel Spray, which comes in a handy, TSA-approved travel-size bottle for your convenience.