How to get rid of Chiggers in Bed?

What are chiggers 

The Chiggers are tiny mites that belong to the Trombiculidae family, which are typically found in tall grasses, weeds, vegetation, and all kinds of warm or moist places. They are renowned for their bites because they cause intense discomfort, redness, or itching. Moreover, both animals and plants could be affected by their bite which releases an enzyme to make them their bite.  

Bed bugs vs chiggers

Both chiggers and bed bugs are insects that cause bites. Both of these are different in many aspects as:

• Chiggers are very small and red whereas red bugs are large in size and brownish in appearance.
• Chiggers live in the outer environment whereas red bugs love to habitat in indoor environments.
• Chiggers bite in clusters most of the time they bit in the ankles and waist whereas red bugs bite solely.
• The itching of chiggers is more intense as compared to bed bugs.
• Chiggers do not transmit disease while bed bugs are renowned for the transmission of disease.

How to deal with chiggers if they are in your home 

Chiggers love to habitat in all outdoor conditions like weeds, and tall grasses but in case they enter your home following are the guidelines you should follow to get rid of them:

• Identify the source from where they are coming. And try to make it cover so they couldn’t enter further.
• Use a vacuum cleaner to make the cleaning of carpets and all other places where they could hide.
• Wash all the clothes with the hot water so all that have entered could be killed.
• Make conditioning of your outdoors like grassing or lawn area and prevent them to enter there as well.
• Use repellents or some other insecticides to keep your home or bedroom protected from them.

Symptoms of chigger’s bite 

There is a range of symptoms that could happen by the bite of chiggers as:

• Feelings of intense itching
• The appearance of raised red bumps on the skin.
• Feelings of irritation, redness, and swelling on the skin.
• Rash around the area where it attacked
• Fever is a rare case as well

The reaction time of chiggers 

Chiggers attach themselves to the host and remain in contact for several hours, there are a lot of factors on which the reaction time of chiggers depends as how many attacked at the spot, the immune system of the host, and the location of the attack.

It is one more interesting fact about chiggers is no sign becomes visible for several hours of the attack the chigger. Signs of swelling, irritation, and itching get started after 24 to 48 hours to attack chiggers and it may last for 1 to 2 weeks. Furthermore, signs and symptoms of a chiggers attack could vary from person to person but if you feel any kind of serve symptom it is good to seek your doctor.

Home remedies to treat chigger bite 

Here are some symptoms by which symptoms of chigger’s bite could be minimized.

• Apply a cold compress on the area of attack where you found some rash or redness. To do it take a pack of ice wrap it in a piece of cloth and apply it on the surface gently.
• An oatmeal bath is one more good option to stay healthy after the bite of the chigger. It could be used by adding the flour of oats to warm water and keeping the infected area there for 15 to 20 minutes.
• Make a paste of baking soda with water and apply it to the infected area for a while. Remove that paste with a soft cover and let that area open.
• Alovera jell is one more proven home remedy to remove redness and intense sensations of irritation. It is full of anti-inflammatory properties that remove swelling and redness by its application on the infected area.
• Diluted tea tree oil is also good to get rid of all the symptoms of chigger’s bite.
• Calamine lotion is designed in the way to remove all kinds of irritation, swelling, redness, and itching by applying it to the area of biting.

Medical treatment 

If home remedies are not working against the bite of chiggers attack it is good to seek advice from healthcare providers. There are a lot of medications that could work for it as:

• Use of corticosteroids
• Antihistamines to reduce itching and swelling
• Oral corticosteroids
• Antibiotics
• Professional cleaning

Conclusion 

If you are having this severe issue of chiggers in your bed, then all the guidelines have been given here to assist you. The first thing is to stop their entry into your room from any source they are coming from. Make sure the cleaning your garden or lawn. But if you have been attacked by chiggers and suffering from severe symptoms after that then data is available on how to treat it now. A lot of home remedies are added but if you have something severe in your skin then it is good to seek guidelines from your healthcare provider to get the best antibiotic or corticosteroids.