Bed bugs & CPAP

chunkyfrog wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 07, 2019 12:18 am

Any creepy-crawly infestation is a true horror.
I "received" head lice about the same time as I was diagnosed with breast cancer.
I think the lice were at least as disturbing as the cancer.
Your mileage may vary, of course.

Omg I've got the itchies just reading this thread. My kids brought lice home from school once. What a nightmare. (Shudder) thankfully no bed bugs so far (knock on wood) but the local library got infested and people were getting it in their homes from the books. Ewww. Thank goodness I already had a kindle at that point. Lol

CpapLoveHate wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 06, 2019 7:44 pm

Sorry to tell you but it is my belief that I was a bedbug target thanks to my cpap ... I have a dream station that I have had now for three years .....What do they like!?? Breath !! Well so there you go..

What would that have to do with the CPAP? There's no "breath" at the CPAP, it's all at the mask vents... None of your breath makes it all the way back along the hose and into the machine.

More likely bugs like cpaps for the very same reason they like other electronics... Warmth.

1) it’s close to your bed and provides a nice “walking trail” right to your face/person aka blood meal/breath .. 2) they hide inside the machine easily
No Need to Debate it.. if you have bedbugs, take out the electronic chip and sd card, separate the machine and put in two ziploc baggies in the direct sun for the day. Better safe than sorry. TRUE FACT: They will hide in any small crevice, preferably something close to your bed. The cpap has plenty of small crevices and is always at your bedside.
With all the science and technology, you would think an instant bedbug detector would not be that complex to figure out. 🧐

CpapLoveHate wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 07, 2019 10:57 am

1) it’s close to your bed and provides a nice “walking trail” right to your face/person aka blood meal/breath .. 2) they hide inside the machine easily
No Need to Debate it.. if you have bedbugs, take out the electronic chip and sd card, separate the machine and put in two ziploc baggies in the direct sun for the day. Better safe than sorry. TRUE FACT: They will hide in any small crevice, preferably something close to your bed. The cpap has plenty of small crevices and is always at your bedside.
With all the science and technology, you would think an instant bedbug detector would not be that complex to figure out. 🧐

Your bed is closer to your bed, and provides plenty of hiding places.

ALL electronic devices should be "debugged", singling out CPAP is disingenuous.

You must have a BiPAP - Bedbug Invasion Positive Airway Pressure.

Oh No!!! My daughter went through this--her roommate brought them in and just when they were getting a handle on it she went home for Christmas break and brought them BACK. It was a terrible fight, but they did manage to get rid of them completely by bagging up almost everything they owned and lots of toxic chemicals to treat every surface in their apartment.

She lives near Las Vegas, so when summer came she put everything stored in black trash bags in her car. The car heats up into the 120's to 130's when the outside temperature is just in the 80's. I have no idea how hot it is in a car when the temperature is in the 100's. The heat did the final kill. It's been more than a year (new apartment on her own now) and no recurrence. She was able to save her extensive shoe collection and clothes this way.

If you live in the northern hemisphere the car trick is not going to work during the winter. They sell these chambers that heat up to 120 degrees and you can put things inside them to heat them up for a period of time. I don't know if your CPAP machine (minus filter, hose, mask) would survive the heat treatment, though. Clothing and bedding should be run through the dryer as hot as you can get it--have a set of clothes heated and ready to wear whenever you leave the house so you don't carry the bugs with you. Check the soft straps and covers of your CPAP machine, those can harbor the nasty critters. There are bedbug proof mattress and pillow covers, but once you put those on you can NEVER open them again. Once you know you've got a handle on the bedbug issue, then replace the mattress and pillows with brand new. But don't run out to buy a new mattress while they are still reproducing in your home.

So, I have a CPAP and bedbugs. We have had professional treatment 3 time and will get 1 more next week. I am beginning to suspect the cpap, given the site where I am finding evidence of them. I live in Brooklyn and it is December, thus it will not be warm or cold enough to put the cpap outdoors. My son puts his clothes in the freezer after he comes over here, and I am wondering if I could put the cpap in the freezer and if so, how long will it need to be in there?

Do a little research on your "professionals".
Chances are, they are professional grifters--and you are their current "mark".

HEAT kills them, not cold.

High heat on the dryer is effective.
My son uses the dryer to kill fleas on the cats' bedding.
He combs their fur, as drying THEM is a VERY bad idea.

Julie wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 12, 2020 6:33 am

HEAT kills them, not cold.

Incorrect, cold will also kill them, but it's hard to put your house in the freezer. Jim

You're wrong Jim, sorry, but call your local whoever and ask them... Chunky's right. but if cold also works - how cold? Like Covid vaccine freezers?

Julie wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 12, 2020 12:56 pm

You're wrong Jim, sorry, but call your local whoever and ask them... Chunky's right. but if cold also works - how cold? Like Covid vaccine freezers?

The eggs of the bugs survived in short term exposure to even lower temperatures of -25 degrees C. The study ultimately proved that the adult bedbugs could be killed by cold only through exposure to temperatures of -16 deg C or lower for a period of at least 80 hours.

https://www.bedbugsbites.net/just-how-c ... -bed-bugs/

We had them,and put all our bedroom furniture out side for 2 month in a MN winter (Jan/Feb). Sprayed baseboards and outlets with bug spray and put bed bug proof covers on mattress and box spring ,and pillows.We slept in a spare bed room for those months. They have been gone for five years.

Julie wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 12, 2020 12:56 pm

You're wrong Jim, sorry, but call your local whoever and ask them... Chunky's right. but if cold also works - how cold? Like Covid vaccine freezers?

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Goofproof wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 08, 2017 4:08 pm

Cardsfan wrote:I thought you had to "cook them" to kill them. A professional exterminator tents and heats your house after removing all flammable and meltable items.

You can also kill them with low temp, 0 Degrees to 5 below zero F. for a few days.

I has a house I rented, go infested, I never knew it was. He smoked badly, when he moved, I open the windows turned off the electric and let it sit for 2 years, I went in, the window sills were covered with exoskeletons and dead bed bugs and eggs, my boy was going to move in. He cleaned up the mess and repainted. The basement was overrun with spider webs, it looked like a haunted house on Halloween. After the clean up they all were gone. The spiders ate the bedbugs, I never ran into what ate the spiders, I don't want too. Jim

I got them from a renter, they had taken over. I was never going to rent it, but he was already there when I bought it. when he left I found the mess. I opened the windows and left it set all winter, do electric or heat. It killed off everything inside even eggs, but when I did go into house it was like a haunted house, mas sive spider webs every where niy no bugs of any kind, just dead remains, ready for clean up.

We did fix it up, let my boy live there for a year. they never came back. It's now empty, and will remain so. Jim