How can I get rid of bed bugs?

I use Bayer Advance home pest control, you can buy a gallon(with sprayer) of it in Lowes for about 8 bucks. My best friend had them in his kids room ans he said this stuff wipes em out pretty good but you have to keep up with vacuuming and spraying every 14 days or so. I did that and bombed. The Bayer stuff kills them on contact and if they crawl around it they die slow...I tested it on a few to make sure it works.

People on the two upper floors of my high rise began to get them because some fool was terribly infested when he moved in. He was thrown out days later, but they began to spread. The exterminator came within days to spray. A good friend of mine saw one in her mattress and promptly killed it. The exterminator must come in 3 wks. again to get any larvae or nits that hatched between sprayings. While we waited, I looked online and found the best article that Harvard University has compiled and written to help you out. It shows (a little disgusting but necessary) all the stages of the bed bugs life and how it lives. It suggests the best chemicals to use and how to wash and prevent further infestation. They are tenacious little buggers so they also give suggestions as to how to look for detect further problems. The link below hopefully will work to get you there. If it doesn't, type "bed bugs" in your web browzer and look for Harvard University's address. Wash all your clothes too. They don't die on them. They can go for many months without feeding.

http://www.uos.harvard.edu/ehs/pes_bedbug.shtml

I hope things go well.

Additional:

Not to be a nag, but you really need to read this article. Heat does not get rid of them cold will. They live in begging. If you have a heavy infestation,, getting rid of mattress & pillow is not the answer. They live in wall, on furniture, frame, everywhere, because they do not feed every night on you. Heavy infestation will show eggs and all stages under seams of mattress, rugs. The article tells you what to do to keep them away from your BR and other parts of house. If they are in BR, they are in furniture. Only come out at night unless they are heavy. You need to encase mattress & pillow. Article tells you what to put on floor & legs of bed. They reproduce EVERY time they feed on your blood. They can spread everywhere. You do need to spray.

I got bed bugs and took them home with me after staying the night at a friends house. I went home and after a week or so in the morning I had a line of about 7 bites on one arm. The next day I woke up and had a lot more. I didn't know what this was so I went to my doctor. She told me it looked like it was bed bugs since she had asked me to tell her what I did prior to getting the bites. She told me that the best way would be to get an exterminator that used heat to kill them. I went home did research on the internet and found out heat at around 113 degrees kills them quick. I decided to used this method and off to Home Depot I went. I looked at room heaters and saw that they only went to 85-90 degrees before automatically shutting off. I went to the outdoor heater section and found a portable propane heater for 189.00USD I purchased it and went home and assembled it. I took my grill propane tank to get filled 15.00 bucks. I got home stood my mattress and box spring on their sides leaving all the sheets and stuff on them. I took out my spray deodorant and cologne, candle, and other liquids out of my room. I also took the smoke detectors out from the ceiling. I ran the propane line under the door to approximately 10 feet away from the door of my room. Close your air condtioner vent. I went in lighted the heater and set the thing on HIGH. I left it on for around 45 minutes making sure I'd go in every 10 minutes to check if my house was in fire. Luckily everything was good. I had left a thermometer on the floor of my room away from the heater since heat rises at the 20 minute check it read 165 degrees Fahrenheit. I did see that my plastic hangers had wilted and sagged from the heat. I let the room cool with the door shut and didn't sleep there til the next day. A few weeks went by and then they were back! I again did the same thing except this time I took my shoes out cause I had to replace them after I melted the glue out of my old ones and they fell apart. Once I was done with the same exact procedure I immediately ripped all the carpet off the floor and threw it away at the dumpster at some warehouse. The bed bugs are now gone its been almost a year now. No bites or nothing else purchased. If you're gonna used this method I recommend you thoroughly check for liquids before you do this. My thermometer read 165 degrees but that was the max reading I'm sure it was hotter. Another thing don't be stupid and leave the tank in the room you are heating up if you do you will die with the bugs. Check as often as you can. Remember propane leaves carbon monoxide a poisonous gas that kills you too so don't stay in the room long. Make sure you open the windows after you're done but let the room cool off on its own. Hopefully this will work for you. I wouldn't try this in an apartment though. Good luck and kill those *******.

oh i remember i had them once they are ***** to get rid of. nope, they can be hiding deep down inside the walls, and by spraying everything you just scare them away deeper into the wall, they will come back again. exterminator is the only solution, and it's effective, mine said if they'll come back he will do another session for free

oh and usually they charge you for ALL the rooms because you never know where the big relocate to, so he has to do all of them ...

No need for sprays , just remove the matress and pillows , if it is a sunny day , bring them out of the house and place them under the sunlight . The heat of the sun can kill and remove bed bugs and other bad odors the matress has( also do this with the pillows, remove first the pillow casings and let them be heated ). No more BUGS and no NO more BAD SMELLS.

They can travel thru the walls to other rooms as they are thin until they get blood in them. They can live in the walls and for awhile so you need to do all the attached rooms and yes getting rid of the other stuff was not a bad idea.

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I'd get the exterminator to do the whole house. I would not want to mess with this again. Replacing a bed is expensive too.

just clean you room every 2 weeks so it stays clean. that way, it's easier and faster to clean than if you wait too long to clean it (this includes wash your bed clothes and pillow case every 2-4 days, it sounds like a lot of work but it's not plus, u won't have bed bugs!)

Vacuum, vacuum, vacuum....Even after they are killed, their nasty little bodies will remain on your mattress and pillows. Use your hose on our vacuum and suck those nasty things up.

Best wishes.