The following are some typical causes of bed bugs in your home:
1. Used Furniture: Bringing contaminated used furniture, particularly chairs, couches, and mattresses, home.
2. Travel: Getting back from vacations with bed bugs concealed in clothing, luggage, or personal belongings.
3. Human Contact: Unknowingly carrying bed bugs on your body or property while visiting infested residences, lodging facilities, or public areas.
4. Used Boxes or Containers: Keeping goods in boxes or containers that are infected and may contain bed bugs.
5. Nearby Infestations: Living close to a home, flat, or building that has bed bugs, which allows them to spread.
6. Bringing infected books, plush animals, or other goods that may harbour bed bugs: Bringing in used books or items.
7. Using public transit: Bed bugs can conceal themselves in seats or luggage when travelling by bus or train.
8. Shared Laundry: Using shared laundry facilities or washing contaminated clothes without taking the necessary safety measures.
9. old Mattresses or Bedding: Investing in or obtaining potentially infested old mattresses, box springs, or bedding.
10. Poor Housekeeping: If you don’t routinely check, clean, and maintain your house, you’re making it more likely that bed bugs may infest it.
To reduce the possibility of introducing bed bugs into your house: When travelling, look for indications of bed bugs; use mattress covers and wash bedding frequently; dry clean or place anything that cannot be washed in plastic bags; and seal gaps and crevices around your house. To avoid bed bug infestations, stay watchful and proactive!
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