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Parasitic insects and their health effects
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Cimicosis, bed bug bites, bedbugs, bed bug infestation
An adult bed bug (Cimex lectularius) with the typical flattened oval shape
Family medicine, dermatology
None to prominent blisters, itchy[1][2]
Usual onset
Minutes to days after the bite[2]
Cimex (primarily Cimex lectularius and Cimex hemipterus)[3]
Travel, second-hand furnishings[4]
Diagnostic method
Based on finding bed bugs and symptoms[5]
Allergic reaction, scabies, dermatitis herpetiformis[2]
Symptomatic, bed bug eradication[2]
Antihistamines, corticosteroids[2]
Relatively common[6]
Bed bugs are a type of insect that feed on human blood, usually at night.[7] Their bites can result in a number of health impacts including skin rashes, psychological effects and allergic symptoms.[5] Bed bug bites may lead to skin changes ranging from invisible, to small areas of redness, to prominent blisters.[1][2] Symptoms may take between minutes to days to appear and itchiness is generally present.[2] Some may feel tired or have a fever.[2] Typically, uncovered areas of the body are affected and often three bites occur in a row.[2] Bed bugs bites are not known to transmit any infectious disease.[5][7] Complications may rarely include areas of dead skin or vasculitis.[2]
Bed bug bites are caused primarily by two species of the insect Cimex: Cimex lectularius (the common bed bug) and Cimex hemipterus.[3] Their size ranges between 1 and 7 mm.[7] They spread by crawling between nearby locations or by being carried within personal items.[2] Infestation is rarely due to a lack of hygiene but is more common in high-density areas.[8][2] Diagnosis involves both finding the bugs and the occurrence of compatible symptoms.[5] Bed bugs spend much of their time in dark, hidden locations like mattress seams or cracks in the wall.[2]
Treatment is symptomatic.[2] Eliminating bed bugs from the home is often difficult, partly because bed bugs can survive up to a year without feeding.[2] Repeated treatments of a home may be required.[2] These treatments may include heating the room to 50 °C (122 °F) for more than 90 minutes, frequent vacuuming, washing clothing at high temperatures, and the use of various pesticides.[2]
Bed bugs occur in all regions of the globe.[7] Rates of infestations are relatively common, following an increase since the 1990s.[3][4][6] The exact causes of this increase is unclear; with proposals including greater travel, more frequent exchange of second-hand furnishings, a greater focus on control of other pests, and increasing resistance to pesticides.[4] Bed bugs have been known human parasites for thousands of years.[2]
Bedbug bites
Individual responses to bites vary, ranging from no visible effect (in about 20–70%),[5][3] to small macular spots, to prominent wheals and bullae formations along with intense itching that may last several days.[5] The bites often occur in a line. A central spot of bleeding may also occur due to the release of anticoagulants in the bug's saliva.[4]
Symptoms may not appear until some days after the bites have occurred.[5] Reactions often become more brisk after multiple bites due to possible sensitization to the salivary proteins of the bed bug.[3] The skin reaction usually occurs in the area of the bite which is most commonly the arms, shoulders and legs as they are more frequently exposed at night.[5] Numerous bites may lead to an erythematous rash or urticaria.[5]
Serious infestations and chronic attacks can cause anxiety, stress, and insomnia.[5] Development of refractory delusional parasitosis is possible, as a person develops an overwhelming obsession with bed bugs.[9]
A number of other symptoms may occur from either the bite of the bed bugs or from their exposure. Anaphylaxis from the injection of serum and other nonspecific proteins has been rarely documented.[5][10] Due to each bite taking a tiny amount of blood, chronic or severe infestation may lead to anemia.[5] Bacterial skin infection may occur due to skin break down from scratching.[5][11] Systemic poisoning may occur if the bites are numerous.[12] Exposure to bed bugs may trigger an asthma attack via the effects of airborne allergens although evidence of this association is limited.[5] There is no evidence that bed bugs transmit infectious diseases[5][7] even though they appear physically capable of carrying pathogens and this possibility has been investigated.[5][3] The bite itself may be painful thus resulting in poor sleep and worse work performance.[5]
Similar to humans, pets can also be bitten by bed bugs. The signs left by the bites are the same as in case of people and cause identical symptoms (skin irritation, scratching etc).[citation needed]
Main article: Cimex
An adult bed bug is about 4 to 5 mm long
Bed bug infestations are primarily the result of two species of insects from genus Cimex: Cimex lectularius (the common bed bug) and Cimex hemipterus.[3] These insects feed exclusively on blood and may survive a year without eating.[3] Adult Cimex are light brown to reddish-brown, flat, oval, and have no hind wings. The front wings are vestigial and reduced to pad-like structures. Adults grow to 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long and 1.5–3 mm (0.059–0.118 in) wide.
Bed bugs have five immature nymph life stages and a final sexually mature adult stage.[13] They shed their skins through ecdysis at each stage, discarding their outer exoskeleton.[14] Newly hatched nymphs are translucent, lighter in color, and become browner as they moult and reach maturity. Bed bugs may be mistaken for other insects, such as booklice, small cockroaches, or carpet beetles; however, when warm and active, their movements are more ant-like, and like most other true bugs, they emit a characteristic disagreeable odor when crushed.
Bed bugs are obligatory bloodsuckers. They have mouth parts that saw through the skin, and inject saliva with anticoagulants and painkillers. Sensitivity of humans varies from extreme allergic reaction to no reaction at all (about 20%). The bite usually produces a swelling with no red spot, but when many bugs feed on a small area, reddish spots may appear after the swelling subsides.[15] Bedbugs prefer exposed skin, preferably the face, neck, and arms of a sleeping person.
Bed bugs are attracted to their hosts primarily by carbon dioxide, secondarily by warmth, and also by certain chemicals.[4][16][17][18] Cimex lectularius only feeds every five to seven days, which suggests that it does not spend the majority of its life searching for a host. When a bed bug is starved, it leaves its shelter and searches for a host. It returns to its shelter after successful feeding or if it encounters exposure to light.[19] Cimex lectularius aggregate under all life stages and mating conditions. Bed bugs may choose to aggregate because of predation, resistance to desiccation, and more opportunities to find a mate. Airborne pheromones are responsible for aggregations.[20]
Infestation is rarely caused by a lack of hygiene.[8] Transfer to new places is usually in the personal items of the human they feed upon.[3] Dwellings can become infested with bed bugs in a variety of ways, such as:
Bugs and eggs inadvertently brought in from other infested dwellings on a visiting person's clothing or luggage;
Infested items (such as furniture especially beds or couches, clothing, or backpacks) brought in a home or business;
Proximity of infested dwellings or items, if easy routes are available for travel, e.g. through ducts or false ceilings;
Wild animals (such as bats or birds)[21][22] that may also harbour bed bugs or related species such as the bat bug;
People visiting an infested area (e.g. dwelling, means of transport, entertainment venue, or lodging) and carrying the bugs to another area on their clothing, luggage, or bodies. Bedbugs are increasingly found in air travel.[23]
Though bed bugs will opportunistically feed on pets, they do not live or travel on the skin of their hosts, and pets are not believed to be a factor in their spread.[24]
A definitive diagnosis of health effects due to bed bugs requires a search for and finding of the insect in the sleeping environment as symptoms are not sufficiently specific.[5] Bed bugs classically form a line of bites colloquially referred to as "breakfast, lunch, and dinner" and rarely feed in the armpit or behind the knee which may help differentiate it from other biting insects.[4] If the number in a house is large a pungent sweet odor may be described.[4] There are specially trained dogs that can detect this smell.[2]
Bed bugs can exist singly, but tend to congregate once established. Although strictly parasitic, they spend only a tiny fraction of their lifecycles physically attached to hosts. Once a bed bug finishes feeding, it relocates to a place close to a known host, commonly in or near beds or couches in clusters of adults, juveniles, and eggs—which entomologists call harborage areas or simply harborages to which the insect returns after future feedings by following chemical trails. These places can vary greatly in format, including luggage, inside of vehicles, within furniture, among bedside clutter—even inside electrical sockets and nearby laptop computers. Bed bugs may also nest near animals that have nested within a dwelling, such as bats, birds,[22] or rodents. They are also capable of surviving on domestic cats and dogs, though humans are the preferred host of C. lectularius.[25]
Bed bugs can also be detected by their characteristic smell of rotting raspberries.[26] Bed bug detection dogs are trained to pinpoint infestations, with a possible accuracy rate between 11% and 83%.[6] Homemade detectors have been developed.[27][28]
Eggs and two adults found inside a dresser
Fecal spot
Roaming on carpet wrinkles
Other possible conditions with which these conditions can be confused include scabies, gamasoidosis, allergic reactions, mosquito bites, spider bites, chicken pox and bacterial skin infections.[5]
To prevent bringing bed bugs to one's own home, travelers are advised to take precautions after visiting an infested site: generally, these include checking shoes on leaving the site, changing clothes in a garage before returning to their home, and putting the used clothes in a clothes dryer outside the house. When visiting a new lodging, it is advised to check the bed before taking suitcases into the sleeping area and putting the suitcase on a raised stand to make bedbugs less able to crawl in. "An extreme measure would be putting the suitcase in the tub." Clothes should be hung up or left in the suitcase, and never left on the floor.[29] The founder of a company dedicated to bedbug extermination said that 5% of hotel rooms he books into were infested. He advised people never to sit down on public transport; check office chairs, plane seats and hotel mattresses, and monitor and vacuum home beds once a month.[30]
See also: Bed bug control techniques
Treatment requires keeping the person from being repeatedly bitten and possible symptomatic use of antihistamines and corticosteroids (either topically or systemically).[5] There however is no evidence that medications improve outcomes and symptoms usually resolve without treatment in 1–2 weeks.[3][4]
Avoiding repeated bites can be difficult, since it usually requires eradicating bed bugs from a home or workplace; eradication frequently requires a combination of pesticide and non-pesticide approaches.[3] Pesticides that have historically been found to be effective include pyrethroids, dichlorvos and malathion.[4] Resistance to pesticides has increased significantly over time and there are concerns of negative health effects from their usage.[3] Mechanical approaches such as vacuuming up the insects and heat-treating or wrapping mattresses have been recommended.[3]
Once established, bed bugs are extremely difficult to get rid of.[3] This frequently requires a combination of nonpesticide approaches and the use of insecticides.[3][4]
Mechanical approaches, such as vacuuming up the insects and heat-treating or wrapping mattresses, are effective.[3][6] An hour at a temperature of 45 °C (113 °F) or over, or two hours at less than −17 °C (1 °F) kills them.[6] This may include a domestic clothes drier for fabric or a commercial steamer. Bed bugs and their eggs will die on contact when exposed to surface temperatures above 180 °F (82 °C) and a steamer can reach well above 230 °F (110 °C).[31][15] A study found 100% mortality rates for bed bugs exposed to temperatures greater than 50 °C (122 °F) for more than 2 minutes. The study recommended maintaining temperatures of above 48 °C (118 °F) for more than 20 min to effectively kill all life stages of bed bugs, and because in practice treatment times of 6 to 8 hours are used to account for cracks and indoor clutter.[32] This method is expensive and has caused fires.[6][15] Starving them is not effective as they can survive without eating for 100 to 300 days, depending on temperature.[6] One expert recommends not trying to get rid of bed bugs exclusively on one's own.[29]
It was stated in 2012[update] that no truly effective insecticides were available.[6] Insecticides that have historically been found effective include pyrethroids, dichlorvos, and malathion.[4] Resistance to pesticides has increased significantly over time, and harm to health from their use is of concern.[3] The carbamate insecticide propoxur is highly toxic to bed bugs, but it has potential toxicity to children exposed to it, and the US Environmental Protection Agency has been reluctant to approve it for indoor use.[33] Boric acid, occasionally applied as a safe indoor insecticide, is not effective against bed bugs[34] because they do not groom.[35]
Main article: Epidemiology of bed bugs
Bed bugs occur around the world.[36] Before the 1950s about 30% of houses in the United States had bedbugs.[2] Rates of infestations in developed countries, while decreasing from the 1930s to the 1980s, have increased dramatically since the 1980s.[3][4][36] This is believed to be partly due to the use of DDT to kill cockroaches.[37] The invention of the vacuum cleaner and simplification of furniture design may have also played a role.[37] Others believe it might simply be the cyclical nature of the organism.[38]
The dramatic rise of insect populations in the developed world, which began in the 1980s, is thought to be due to greater foreign travel, increased immigration from the developing world to the developed world, more frequent exchange of second-hand furnishings among homes, a greater focus on control of other pests, resulting in neglect of bed bug countermeasures, and increasing resistance to pesticides.[4][39] Lower cockroach populations due insecticide usage have aided bed bugs' resurgence, since cockroaches are natural predators. Bans on DDT and other potent pesticides have also contributed.[40][medical citation needed]
The U.S. National Pest Management Association reported a 71% increase in bed bug calls between 2000 and 2005.[41] The number of reported incidents in New York City alone rose from 500 in 2004 to 10,000 in 2009.[42] In 2013, Chicago was listed as the number 1 city in the United States with the worst bed bug infestation.[43] As a result, the Chicago City Council passed a bed bug control ordinance to limit their spread. Additionally, bed bugs are reaching places in which they never established before, such as southern South America.[44][45]
The common bed bug (C. lectularius) is the species best adapted to human environments. It is found in temperate climates throughout the world. Other species include Cimex hemipterus, found in tropical regions, which also infests poultry and bats, and Leptocimex boueti, found in the tropics of West Africa and South America, which infests bats and humans. Cimex pilosellus and Cimex pipistrella primarily infest bats, while Haematosiphon inodora, a species of North America, primarily infests poultry.[46]
1870s–1890s advertisement for a bed bug exterminator. It reads "Use Getz cockroach and bed bug exterminators, sold by all druggists."
1860 engraving of bed bug parts: A. Intestines – B. Antenna of the male – C. Eye – D. Haustellum, or sucker, closed – E. Side view of sucker – F. Under part of head – G. Under lip – GG. Hair of the tube, and outside cases – H. Egg-bag – I. Larva emerging from the eggs
Cimex lectularius may have originated in the Middle East in caves inhabited by bats and humans.[47]
Bed bugs were mentioned in ancient Greece as early as 400 BC, and were later mentioned by Aristotle. Pliny's Natural History, first published circa AD 77 in Rome, claimed bed bugs had medicinal value in treating ailments such as snake bites and ear infections. (Belief in the medicinal use of bed bugs persisted until at least the 18th century, when Guettard recommended their use in the treatment of hysteria.[48])
Bed bugs were first mentioned in Germany in the 11th century, in France in the 13th century, and in England in 1583,[47] though they remained rare in England until 1670. Some in the 18th century believed bed bugs had been brought to London with supplies of wood to rebuild the city after the Great Fire of London (1666). Giovanni Antonio Scopoli noted their presence in Carniola (roughly equivalent to present-day Slovenia) in the 18th century.[49][50]
Traditional methods of repelling and/or killing bed bugs include the use of plants, fungi, and insects (or their extracts), such as black pepper;[51] black cohosh (Actaea racemosa); Pseudarthria hookeri; Laggera alata (Chinese yángmáo cǎo | 羊毛草);[15] Eucalyptus saligna oil;[52][53] henna (Lawsonia inermis or camphire);[54] "infused oil of Melolontha vulgaris" (presumably cockchafer); fly agaric (Amanita muscaria); tobacco; "heated oil of Terebinthina" (i.e. true turpentine); wild mint (Mentha arvensis); narrow-leaved pepperwort (Lepidium ruderale); Myrica spp. (e.g. bayberry); Robert geranium (Geranium robertianum); bugbane (Cimicifuga spp.); "herb and seeds of Cannabis"; "opulus" berries (possibly maple or European cranberrybush); masked hunter bugs (Reduvius personatus), "and many others".[55]
In the mid-19th century, smoke from peat fires was recommended as an indoor domestic fumigant against bed bugs.[56]
Dusts have been used to ward off insects from grain storage for centuries, including plant ash, lime, dolomite, certain types of soil, and diatomaceous earth or Kieselguhr.[57] Of these, diatomaceous earth in particular has seen a revival as a nontoxic (when in amorphous form) residual pesticide for bed bug abatement. While diatomaceous earth performed poorly, silica gel may be effective.[58][59]
Basket-work panels were put around beds and shaken out in the morning in the UK and in France in the 19th century. Scattering leaves of plants with microscopic hooked hairs around a bed at night, then sweeping them up in the morning and burning them, was a technique reportedly used in Southern Rhodesia and in the Balkans.[60]
Bean leaves have been used historically to trap bedbugs in houses in Eastern Europe. The trichomes on the bean leaves capture the insects by impaling the feet (tarsi) of the insects. The leaves are then destroyed.[61]
Before the mid-20th century, bed bugs were very common. According to a report by the UK Ministry of Health, in 1933, all the houses in many areas had some degree of bed bug infestation.[62] The increase in bed bug populations in the early 20th century has been attributed to the advent of electric heating, which allowed bed bugs to thrive year-round instead of only in warm weather.[63]
Bed bugs were a serious problem at US military bases during World War II.[64] Initially, the problem was solved by fumigation, using Zyklon Discoids that released hydrogen cyanide gas, a rather dangerous procedure.[64] Later, DDT was used to good effect.[64]
The decline of bed bug populations in the 20th century is often credited to potent pesticides that had not previously been widely available.[65] Other contributing factors that are less frequently mentioned in news reports are increased public awareness and slum clearance programs that combined pesticide use with steam disinfection, relocation of slum dwellers to new housing, and in some cases also follow-up inspections[how?] for several months after relocated tenants moved into their new housing.[63]
The rise in infestations has been hard to track because bed bugs are not an easily identifiable problem and is one that people prefer not to discuss. Most of the reports are collected from pest-control companies, local authorities, and hotel chains.[62] Therefore, the problem may be more severe than is currently believed.[66]
Bed bugs are an increasing cause for litigation.[67] Courts have, in some cases, exacted large punitive damage judgments on some hotels.[68][69][70] Many of New York City's Upper East Side home owners have been afflicted, but they tend to be silent publicly in order not to ruin their property values and be seen as suffering a blight typically associated with the lower classes.[71]
"Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite", is a saying some people recite before they go to sleep.[72]
Bed bug secretions can inhibit the growth of some bacteria and fungi; antibacterial components from the bed bug could be used against human pathogens, and be a source of pharmacologically active molecules as a resource for the discovery of new drugs.[73]
The Bedbug (Russian: Клоп, Klop) is a play by Vladimir Mayakovsky written in 1928-1929.
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DiseasesDB: 31777
MedlinePlus: 000033
eMedicine: article/1088931
Medicine portal
Bed bug on the University of Florida/IFAS Featured Creatures Web site
National Geographic segment on Bed bugs on YouTube
Bed bugs – University of Sydney and Westmead Hospital Department of Medical Entomology
Understanding and Controlling Bed Bugs – National Pesticide Information Center
CISR: Center for Invasive Species Research More information on Bed Bugs, with lots of photos and video
EPA bedbugs information page
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Psychophysiology: Sleep and sleep disorders (F51 and G47 / 307.4 and 327)
Rapid eye movement (REM)
Non-rapid eye movement
Slow-wave
Alpha wave
Beta wave
Delta wave
Gamma wave
K-complex
Mu rhythm
Sensorimotor rhythm
Sleep spindle
Theta wave
Hypersomnia
Kleine–Levin syndrome
Central hypoventilation syndrome
Sleep state misperception
Irregular sleep–wake rhythm
Non-24-hour sleep–wake disorder
Shift work sleep disorder
Somniloquy
Cyclic alternating pattern
Nocturnal myoclonus
Exploding head syndrome
False awakening
Hypnagogia / Sleep onset
Hypnic jerk
Nocturnal clitoral tumescence
Nocturnal emission
Nocturnal penile tumescence
Four-poster bed
Bedtime toy
Biphasic and polyphasic sleep
Chronotype
Dream journal
Excessive daytime sleepiness
Hypnopompic state
Microsleep
Sleep and learning
Sleep debt
Sleep induction
"Sleeping sickness"1
Sleeping while on duty
1 Not a sleep disorder.
Diseases from arthropods and ectoparasitics (B85–B89, 132–134)
Louse
Body louse (pediculosis corporis) / Head louse (head lice infestation)
Crab louse (phthiriasis)
Bed bug (cimicosis)
Dermatobia hominis / Cordylobia anthropophaga / Cochliomyia hominivorax (myiasis)
Mosquito (mosquito-borne disease)
Tunga penetrans (tungiasis)
Acariasis / mange (mites)
Acariformes
House dust mite (house dust mite allergy, oral mite anaphylaxis)
Trombidiformes
Demodex brevis / Demodex folliculorum (demodicosis, Demodex mite bite)
Trombicula (trombiculosis, chigger bite)
Pyemotes herfsi
Cheyletiella (cheyletiellosis)
Sarcoptiformes
Sarcoptes scabiei (scabies)
Mesostigmata
Dermanyssus gallinae (gamasoidosis)
Liponyssoides sanguineus (rickettsialpox)
Tick infestation
Pentastomida
Linguatula serrata (linguatulosis)
Porocephalus crotali / Armillifer armillatus (porocephaliasis)
Animal bites and stings (X20, E900–E909)
Arthropod bites
and stings
Demodex mite bite
Scorpion sting
Spider bite / Arachnidism
Latrodectism
Loxoscelism
Ant sting
Cimicosis
Pulicosis
Reduviid bite
Myriapoda
Centipede bite
Millipede burn
Alligator attack
Beaver attack
Boar attack
Cougar attack
Coyote attack
Crocodile attack
Dingo attack
Killer whale attack
Leopard attack
Lion attack
Monkey bite
Piranha fish attack
Squirrel attacks
Stingray attack
Stonefish attack
Tiger attack
Venomous fish
Walrus attack
Wolf attack
Bristleworm sting
Cephalopod attack
Cone snail sting
Coral dermatitis
Hydroid dermatitis
Jellyfish dermatitis / Jellyfish sting
Leech bite
Man-eater
Portuguese man-of-war dermatitis
Sea anemone dermatitis
Sea urchin injury
Seabather's eruption
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed_bug