Should you break out in a rash and suspect you have been bitten by bed bugs, keep a close eye on the rash for a few days. A Bed bug bite symptom causes itching as well as bed bug bite can cause a rash. A bite from a bed bug is unlike a bite from a mosquito as the bite remains swollen for some time and takes a while to heal. If you have a bite you should use calamine lotion. When bed bugs bites they leave characteristic symptoms.
Common symptoms are red round spots that become swollen and sometimes inflamed and one will note that there is a darker spot in the middle. The bite site becomes extremely itchy and leaves an unsightly mark. When you sleep you give off heat as well as carbon dioxide and this is what attracts the bed bugs to you they will bite you on any part of your body, especially where heat is emitted.
Another bed bug bite symptom is when they bite they usually bit in sets of three. These insects are parasites and need a host to feed off in order to survive. The have two proboscis which they use to pierce and penetrate the skin and there saliva is infused by their feeding tubes. These tubes contain a type of anesthesia as well as anticoagulants and they inject thin into their victim and use the other tube for sucking up blood.
Once these insects have fed they will crawl back into the seams of your couch or mattress. A bite from a bed bug is not life threatening, but reports have been made that people have gone into anaphylactic shock after a bite due to being allergic to the bite. No disease is transmitted from the bite. If you have any severe bed bug bite symptom you should consult a doctor.