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Key facts

Other names

Cimicosis, bedbugs

Specialty

Family medicine , dermatology

Symptoms

None to prominent blisters , itchiness

Usual onset

Minutes to days after the bite

Causes

Cimex (primarily Cimex lectularius and Cimex hemipterus )

Risk factors

Travel, second-hand furnishings

Diagnostic method

Based on finding bed bugs and symptoms

Differential diagnosis

Allergic reaction , scabies , dermatitis herpetiformis

Treatment

Symptomatic , bed bug eradication

Medication

Antihistamines , corticosteroids

Frequency

Relatively common

via Wikipedia infobox