{"id":16206,"key":"Bedbugs,_fleas_and_lice","title":"Bedbugs, fleas and lice","latest":{"id":1206312,"timestamp":"2025-11-27T19:54:32Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:Male human head louse.jpg|thumb]]\n\nBedbugs (or bed bugs) fleas and lice cause great discomfort, and may spread disease.\n\nThis page is intended as a general guide to reduce such pests. For the specific pest, see its own page:\n\n* [[Bedbugs]]\n* [[Fleas]]\n* [[lice]]\n\n== What is biting me? ==\n\n[http://www.biteremedy.com/ BiteRemedy.com Spider and Bug Bite Treatment Guide] has pictures, but the bed bug bites don't look the same as many other pictures available.\n\nIf there is a definitive guide to identifying bites, please add it here!\n\n== Control ==\n\nBeware of pesticide use, especially on beds: significant amounts may be needed, which is harmful for the people using the beds.\n\nThese methods are recommended for bedbugs - would they work for fleas and lice as well?\n\n* Hang or spread sheets and blankets in the sun often.\n* If there appear to be bedbugs, pour boiling water on the bed and wash the sheets and blankets.\n* Salt water kills bedbugs. Soaking a bed in salt water is a method used by locals in Kenya.[http://web.archive.org/web/20160804104228/http://www.make-digital.com/make/vol13/?pg=104]\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| description = Controlling pests means knowing what you’re facing. Appropedia explains how to spot and manage bedbugs, lice, and fleas safely.\n}}\n\n[[Category:Pest control]]\n[[Category:Public health]]"}