Think You Have “Bed Bites”? Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite!

Do you have little red itchy welts sometimes referred to as “bed bites“? You know what they say, “Don’t let the bed bugs bite” and they say this for a good reason. While bed bugs aren’t known to carry any major diseases, they are beyond bothersome causing allergic reaction and severe itching. Keep in mind that one bed bite alone isn’t cause for alarm. Usually, the bed bug bites show up in clusters. So how do you know if you have them and what do you do to get rid of bed bugs?

Bed bugs are small critters that like to get in the binding of mattresses, cracks and crevices of floorboards, molding, drawers, and they love your suitcase when you travel to hotels. They are quite small so you probably will only be able to see them after they have fed on you and are engorged with your blood. They leave blood and feces trails too so you might see “dirt specs” which can be a clue you could have bed bugs. Unfortunately, they can get almost anywhere and so the treatment has to be very extensive.

What to Do When You Get a Bed Bite from Bed Bugs…

The bad news is that it takes a full on attack to get rid of bed bugs. It can be quite expensive to hire an exterminator but the good news is that you can do it on your own with the right bed bug equipment.

First you have to get the mattress and any bedding out of the house. You can put the bedding in the wash but make sure it dries on high at least 20 minutes. Treat the mattress (check out this site for details) and then cover it with an mattress encasement specifically designed for bed bugs and avoiding bed bites.

Then you need get clothes out of the room and wash all of those too. Things like CD cases, books, and electronics will need to be treated too. Fortunately, they make powders and sprays for these types of objects.

Bed Bugs in Hotels

If you travel a lot, you should definitely look into investing in a heating device that treats your entire luggage when you bring it home. As someone who has a daughter that was a hotel inspector for a major chain in the US, I highly recommend this. In fact, she often used the large plastic Hefty bags to seal her luggage while she was not using it in her hotel room.

Once you have treated the entire room, carpet, molding, crevices around electrical outlets, picture frames, then you bring back in the mattress and clothes. Set out traps under your mattress legs and around the room just in case you missed any.

Hopefully this helps you to avoid any bed bites in the future. Bed bugs can be a horrible experience, but you CAN get it taken care of by being thorough and staying on top of it. Good luck!

Lemonade, Cayenne Pepper Master Cleanse Diet Still Popular – But Why?

You have probably heard of the Master Cleanse diet which includes lemonade, cayenne pepper and grade b maple syrup. After all, it has been around for decades and was started in the 40′s by an alternative practitioner, Stanley Burroughs. But it seems there is a resurgence of it’s popularity with celebrities rediscovering it’s health and weight loss benefits.

Recently Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher Twittered about their Master Cleanse experience and how they are giving their bodies the nutrition they say it needs.

Apparently, the master cleanse was designed to increase energy, immunity and mental clarity but a very positive side effect was large amounts of weight loss. Since then, celebrities like Beyonce, Robin Quivers from the Howard Stern show, and Liv Tyler have used versions of the cleanse to get ready for roles or the red carpet.

Even dancers are getting in on the diet too. Kym Johnson from Dancing with the Stars (she won with Donny Osmond) uses the pill form of the cleanse. With the lemonade diet pill form, she can keep her trim, healthy figure but not have to drink ten glasses of lemonade every day so apparently that works best for her.

Lemonade, Cayenne Pepper, Maple Syrup? Why?

Why lemons, cayenne pepper and maple syrup? Burroughs explained back in the 40′s about the cleansing properties of lemons to help eliminate toxins from your body. Sort of like cleaning out the parts of a car engine. And we have heard all about the fat burning properties of cayenne peppers. The maple syrup, specifically grade b, is important because it provides vitamins and nutrients to sustain the body during the cleanse. On the original cleanse, no food was consumed. With the pill form of the lemonade cleanse, there is an eating plan that goes along with it so that the when you come off the cleanse, you wont binge and gain all your weight back.

With all diets, from the cabbage soup, to the grapefruit, to the banana diet…we see them come and go. But the Master Cleanse is one that has been around a long time and seems to have some merit to it’s weight loss claims. Grab some lemonade, cayenne pepper and grade b maple syrup to give it a try it for yourself.

Leaving Dogs In Hot Cars Could Prove Fatal

Leaving dogs in hot cars could prove fatal and may get you some jail time too!

An Atlanta woman spent Tuesday night in jail after leaving her dog alone in a hot car for at least 30 minutes. She was charged with cruelty to animals and was released Wednesday on a $1,300 bond.

Thankfully, someone realized the dog was in distress and called for help. A window had been left slightly cracked but, deputies estimated the temperature inside the vehicle to be at least 150 degrees!

Dogs cool themselves by panting and by sweating through their paws. If they only have hot air to breathe, they can collapse, suffer brain damage and possibly die of heatstroke. All of this can happen in mere minutes.

Since temperatures inside some vehicles can reach the danger zone even when the outside air temperature is in the 60′s, experts recommend not leaving pets or children in parked cars if the temperature is in the 60′s or higher.

Do not consider leaving your dog in the car with the air conditioner running either. People have lost their pets when the air-conditioning shut down and began blowing hot air.

Most of us love our dogs so much it actually hurts to say “no” when they beg and tease to go “bye bye” with us.

Leaving them at home is the safest choice even when you are only going to run short errands. It is simply not worth the risk of putting your pet in danger.

Remember, leaving dogs in hot cars could prove fatal and it is considered animal cruelty!

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