Bedbugs (or bed bugs) fleas and lice cause great discomfort, and may spread disease.

This page is intended as a general guide to reduce such pests. For the specific pest, see its own page:

• Bedbugs
• Fleas
• lice

What is biting me?

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.

If there is a definitive guide to identifying bites, please add it here!

Control

Beware of pesticide use, especially on beds: significant amounts may be needed, which is harmful for the people using the beds.

These methods are recommended for bedbugs - would they work for fleas and lice as well?

• Hang or spread sheets and blankets in the sun often.
• If there appear to be bedbugs, pour boiling water on the bed and wash the sheets and blankets.
• Salt water kills bedbugs. Soaking a bed in salt water is a method used by locals in Kenya.