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By Mayo Clinic staff

Self-care during a bedbug infestation primarily involves comfort care for bites.

However, you may experience psychological effects due to a bedbug infestation, such as imagined itching. This is normal. And understand that a bedbug infestation is nothing to be embarrassed about. Even the cleanest, most meticulous individual can experience a bedbug problem in the home.

Should you suspect bedbugs in your home, treat any bites quickly and take immediate steps to eliminate the infestation.

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Dec. 20, 2007

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