The topic of bed bugs is another one of those subjects where there are many areas of overlap

between medicine and the environment and they cannot be separated.

And maybe the best way to start things off would be to answer a few questions.

So are bed bugs really bugs?

Yes, they are true insect bugs. So are they parasites?

And yes, that's the problem because bedbugs are parasites that must feed on blood to survive.

They don't constantly feed on the human host, but rather they feed and then scurry off and go hide.

They don't fly, they run because they're small, non-functional wings are really just vestigial,

kind of like the human cossacks, so that's known as our tailbone, and that's a vestigial from the days when

mammals had tails tails and subsequently we

have evolved from that time. Now there is an exception to saying bedbugs don't fly. Should be acknowledged

that some humans are prone to overachieving imagination, sometimes getting the not so bright idea to use a blow dryer to try and

burn away their bed bugs and that forced air will get them flying through your room. And that is

one blow job you don't want to give, but these insects only fly with your help. Another question is, why don't

they just live on our bodies? And the answer is that they actually don't like heat. So they won't

stay on our skin or hair for that matter for long. Warm clothes close to the skin are just not their thing.

They will happily travel on clothes you are no longer wearing, like those that you wore at the hotel

and either threw on the bed or through onto the floor. And some people who have had the bedbug

experience, they learn to travel with sealable plastic

bags that they put their laundry into.

There is also some risk they will catch a ride on a backpack or a suitcase.

And likewise, that used couch you decided will look good in your house could have bedbugs.

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