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Post by toni on Sept 22, 2011 12:12:41 GMT -5
I subscribe to MMWR Weekly which just was in my emails.
Volume 60, No. 37 September 23, 2011 REPORTS Acute Illnesses Associated With Insecticides Used to Control Bed Bugs Seven States, 2003--2010
The one fatality, which occurred in North Carolina in 2010, involved a woman aged 65 years who had a history of renal failure, myocardial infarction and placement of two coronary stents, type II diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and depression.
She was taking at least 10 medications at the time of exposure.
After she complained to her husband about bed bugs, he applied an insecticide to their home interior baseboards, walls, and the area surrounding the bed, and a different insecticide to the mattress and box springs.
Neither of these products are registered for use on bed bugs. Nine cans of insecticide fogger were released in the home the same day. Approximately 2 days later, insecticides were reapplied to the mattress, box springs, and surrounding areas, and nine cans of another fogger were released in the home.
On both days the insecticides were applied, the couple left their home for 3--4 hours before reentering. Label instructions on the foggers to air out the treated area for 30 minutes with doors and windows open were not followed on either day.
On the day of the second application, the woman applied a bedbug and flea insecticide to her arms, sores on her chest, and on her hair before covering it with a plastic cap.
This reminds me of Morgs in the hair sensations and not bed bugs...but this poor woman went to extreme measures as we can see and how much I sure can see why. It must have been horrible for her to have to resort to this degree to try and get rid of something tormenting her that much.
She also applied the insecticide to her hair the day before the second application. Two days following the second application, her husband found her nonresponsive. She was taken to the hospital and remained on a ventilator for 9 days until she died.
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Post by Baraka Obam on Sept 22, 2011 14:01:12 GMT -5
I have stated this before because I am quite sure of it. The bed bugs thing is another scam, more than likely these people have morgellons. This is not my normal retoric BUT I would not put it past the drug companys to cover the itching disease signs by spreading bed bugs around. If doctors can say they can not see the similarity of many new patients with lesions, WELL I think just about anything is pure possible. Isn't it kinda funny the big story comes mostly from one city, NEW YORK, but that one big story seeds the mind, oh yes the itching must be bed bugs www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-20110226-10391704.htmlThe bottom line, nobody or nothing is gonna stop the Drug companys from making their profits off this disease.
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Post by toni on Sept 22, 2011 14:14:39 GMT -5
Very good article Baraka, and it reflects the MMWR's report too. I'm in total agreement with you on the scam part, where people are being told - bedbugs are the culprit.
I was just looking up to see if bed bugs really do go after ones scalp...and it's NOT common-unless someone has extremely thin hair or bald.
Yet, all over the internet, there's people complaining about "bites and sores on their scalps"... caused by bed bugs, (only because their doctor told them that).
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Post by xiblanque on Sept 22, 2011 14:45:38 GMT -5
One big difference between bedbugs and Morgellons... We all seem to have the extreme biting or shocking sensations, especially at night in our beds, at least most of us do at some point. We may think bedbugs but bedbugs inject an anticoagulant and anesthetic compounds when they feed... no sharp biting or shocking sensations. Xib
This is one of the most tragic stories I've read in a long time. Bless her soul and God bless her husband too.
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Post by bb on Sept 25, 2011 13:34:51 GMT -5
This is horrible indeed. Why didn't they call a professional exterminator? Why did she apply toxic poisons on her body that is intended for use on objects, not humans. She probably made it even worse by covering her head with a plastic cap!
But remember, I did find bugs in my bed! For years, I said it was bedbugs but when the crew from Britain came to interview me I suddenly realized that I didn't experience bites on me which would indicate bedbugs so it must have been something else.
Please everyone, pull back the covers on your bed and place a white sheet of paper there, wait for an hour or more, then check it. You may be horrified to find the tiniest thing you've ever seen in your life there. They are so hard to see that I didn't see them at first. It took real concentration and straining of my eyes to finally see them, and only then because they moved. If you see anything put shipping tape on them to tape them to the piece of paper.
I haven't found them since the very beginning of this hell, and believe me I have tried. I guess that burning almost everything in the house and exterminating wiped them out, but left me with a disease that they vectored to me.
It's a simple test worth a try...
If you have poor eyesight, then after an hour put shipping tape on several places of the white sheet of paper and check it out under a microscope.
I'm not trying to scare everyone, and I pray that I'm wrong about this, but just what if we were able to identify this "thing" ourselves and prove all of those ignorant Amos doctors wrong!
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Post by toni on Sept 25, 2011 15:44:27 GMT -5
Hi BB,
You know for the longest time, I'd take a piece of scotch tape, and blot it all over the bed sheets. Then I'd run those strips of tape under my scope. I've never seen anything, but that's just me. I mean "tiny granules"...size of sugar, that were hard, and they all were the same when I put water on them, like little gelatinous balls (after they soak in water).
I think "those things" come out of the pores in a liquid gel like consistency, then as they hit the air, they become hard as they dry almost instantly. But that's just my experiences with them.
At the beginning of Morgs, I thought it was sand, and couldn't figure out how "sand" was getting in the bed - till I ran them under the scope with a drop of water. Then I saw, it's not sand.
They'll puff up and become squishy like and gummy.
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Post by bb on Sept 25, 2011 18:05:57 GMT -5
toni, I've done that too, and never found anything that way.
You know how some folks don't even know they have fleas in the house until someone leaves a white towel on the floor? They attract to white for some reason, and they are easier to see on the white.
This is sort of what gave me the idea. I was in a bad way at the time, so I don't recall exactly how I came to think to do that, but it worked. I very much regret that I didn't keep a sample of them. I didn't think to put shipping tape on them to catch them for examination under a microscope.
Please try it!
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Post by toni on Sept 25, 2011 18:38:14 GMT -5
See...I have those "white big sticky" strips all around, just under the edges of our bed too. They're about the size of a half of a sheet of paper, and we buy those by the many, and nothing is ever on them...except "fuzz" or a thread here and there. Well..there was a tiny spider stuck to one once, that totally creeped me out, but...at least the spider didn't make it onto or in the bed.
One night , hahah Mr Toni was helping me make the bed, and he put his bare foot too far under the bed and ended up with that whole cardboard white sticky trap stuck to his foot, hehehe
I'll find an internet picture of what they look like, as my camera would take longer to upload and all that, but that might even work better for "the trapping of anything" ontop the bed sheets too, as it's stark white (these big sticky strips) and once something touches it, it's glued for life.
What do you think? Or is the paper better? Because I sure will try it too.
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Post by toni on Sept 25, 2011 18:48:14 GMT -5
Here's exactly what they are that I put all under everything, the bed "all around the circumference" underneath, and under well, anything I slide them under. They're glue boards. White as paper and hard as thin cardboard, with a sticky on them that if anything even thinks about going across it, it gets stuck instantly. 4 come in a pack, and Home Depot is where to buy them. We get these by the bag loads, and I use them all under everything. I put them by the doors too, (front and back) because critters can crawl under the doors even with that rubber strip that's there and the diatomaceous earth. The ONLY drawback for anyone is...if you have children or pets...oh, these would then be absolutely dangerous, because if a "pet were to sniff at one" as pets check everything out, they'd suffocate, because these strips are soooo sticky/ tacky with the glue, that it would stick on a cat or dogs nose, and they can't remove it. And it would coverup their nostrils. So if anyone has pets, these are *not* a good thing to use. www.homedepot.com/buy/outdoors-garden-center-animal-pest-control-insect-mosquito/real-kill-household-pest-glue-boards-4-pack-198344.html
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Post by bb on Sept 25, 2011 20:22:14 GMT -5
toni, I'm not sure about the glue boards. Many years ago someone convinced me it was a waste of time, may have been my husband. You would have to cover it with plastic or something when you are ready to examine it under the microscope. Give it a try.
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Post by toni on Sept 26, 2011 9:31:10 GMT -5
I'll try both BB. I'm not sure what you mean about having to cover it to scope it, as the "specimens" would be stuck right on top of the "white gluey part" which would allow the scope to see it perfectly, by not being covered with anything.
I'll try and see if I can upload some pictures to show you.
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Post by bb on Sept 26, 2011 13:18:20 GMT -5
I just meant so it won't goop up your microscope.
My husband said tiny things probably won't stick, but larger bugs would. That is why he didn't recommend the sticky boards. The bugs I saw in my bed were smaller than the period at the end of this sentence and much harder to see .
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Post by toni on Sept 27, 2011 7:59:06 GMT -5
I just meant so it won't goop up your microscope. My husband said tiny things probably won't stick, but larger bugs would. That is why he didn't recommend the sticky boards. The bugs I saw in my bed were smaller than the period at the end of this sentence and much harder to see . . Hi BB, I tried it, with both all day yesterday leaving the sticky board and paper, but..haven't had any luck. I'll continue though. And thanks, I see what you mean about the sticky board sticking to the scope. Yes...that "could happen" but I'm super careful, but I know what you mean, how it could. Oh...and about tiny things sticking to one of these sticky boards..oh yes, this stuff will stick like there's no tomorrow. There's a couple of kinds this brand makes, and this one is for insects. I ought to check some of the ones "around the house under things and see if there's anything stuck.
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Post by bb on Sept 27, 2011 8:07:41 GMT -5
toni, you don't have the bugs in your bed like I did, because you would have seen them in an hour or two. Thank God!!!!!
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Post by toni on Sept 28, 2011 9:05:12 GMT -5
Hi BB, Just in case (wanted to show you what these sticky boards are like) they're so easy to use too...and for anyone wondering. These thin sticky boards are so "sticky/tacky" they're stick a breath of air on them (just kiddin) ;D
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