Bed bug bites can be serious personal injuries. Bed bugs can harbor several different types of serious diseases. This is a major problem, which can cause complications as you are trying to heal from a bed bug bite from staying at an infested hotel or apartment. The common bed bug is called
cimex lectularius
, and they are on the rise everywhere across the country in hotels, inns, resorts and spas, as well as in apartment buildings and dwellings. A bed bug creates a lot of feces, which can contain histamine that once it bites you on your body, can create several different types of skin infections.
Bed Bug Bites Can Cause Serious Respiratory Issues for Someone Bitten by These Nasty Insects
A bed bug is a small reddish-brown insect, that can cause you to have serious and even life-threatening breathing problems. One bed bug can bite you several times in a night, if you are unlucky enough to be sleeping in a hotel or apartment infested with bed bugs. A bed bug can cause respiratory issues such as:
- Histamine releasing agents into the body
- Throat swelling responses
- Bronchoconstriction
- Increase of mucus secretions
- Increase of endothelial permeability
- Rhinorrhea
- Sinus congestion
- Sneezing
- Sniffling
- Coughing
- Triggering of asthma attacks
Bed bugs can only live and thrive if they get a blood meal from a human host or animal host. In that case, a bed bug can start to multiply and lay eggs, whereby the bed bug infestation can grow quickly. Bed bugs also learn how to migrate to other areas in a dwelling, and will move from one room to another on clothing, personal items, on shoes, furniture, by crawling in the walls or on the rugs, water pipes, or even through a gutter.
Typical Skin Infections from Bed Bites
You can get serious skin infections from a bed bug bite. The bed bugs have biting mechanisms on their bodies, and they can feed on your skin in the evening when you go into a bed where there is an infestation in that room. Your skin will suffer wounds from a bed bug bite, as well as show and exhibit:
- Redness
- Welts
- Itching
- Bumps
- Bruises
- Scabbing
- Open sores
- Weeping sores
- Scaling skin
- Abrasions
- Nodules
- Bite sites
- Bullous rashes
- Pruritic papules
- Infection sites
- Folliculitis
- Cellulitis
- Eczematoid dermatitis
In the event that you are suffering from a skin infection from being bitten by a bed bug in a hotel or apartment, contact us today at the Bed Bug Legal Group. We will evaluate your claim for you, and help you to get the recovery compensation that you deserve in this type of personal injury case.
Treatments for Common Bed Bug Bites May Overlap to Treat Infections from Bed Bug Bites
If you are treated for a bed bug bite, you may end up with a more serious infection. This is the reason it is critical that you get a medical provider to look at your bed bites as soon as they occur. Because if you wait, you can have a secondary disease or complication that can result from the bed bug bites you got from a hotel or apartment. Your treatment for bed bug bites can include:
- Oral corticosteroids
- Topical corticosteroids (creams)
- Antihistamines
- Medications to treat wounds
If you have had to go on prescribed medications or over the counter relief from bed bug bites, you can call us to discuss your bed bug bites from a hotel or apartment dwelling. We are here to talk to you at the Bed Bug Legal Group.
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Can I Sue for Skin Infection from Bed Bug Bites Wounds?
Yes, we can sue for skin infections that you received from a bed bug bite wound. You can contact us at the Bed Bug Legal Group to talk to our Los Angeles case lawyers today. We can file a lawsuit on your behalf in relation to your personal injuries. We will give you access to discuss your claim with our case attorneys in Los Angeles, just get in contact with us at the Bed Bug Legal Group today.
Average Case Value of Skin Infection from Bed Bug Bites
The average value of a skin infection can range from $75,000 and up for a skin rash that is slow to heal, to one that is serious enough to require a surgery to help the skin to permanently heal. Your case will be individual to you, and by contacting us at Bed Bug Legal Group, we will have a better idea of the exact value of your bed bug bite personal injury case for your specific situation.
How Long Does It Take to Settle and to Get Paid on These Cases?
The time that it takes to settle out your case and get paid will depend on the treatment you receive for your bed bug skin irritation and infection. You may have a serious skin infection that will require surgical procedures or even skin grafts and plastic surgery, or you can have a few itchy patches that heal relatively quickly or overnight. You should contact us at the Bed Bug Legal Group immediately, if you want to discuss your case, and allow us to evaluate it to determine how long it will take to settle your case for you.
Statute Of Limitations – How Long Do I Have to File a Lawsuit?
The statute of limitations in California for personal injury lawsuit filing is two years.
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You are free to contact us at the Bed Bug Legal Group for a free consultation regarding your bed bug skin infections. We will discuss and review your bed bug bite personal injury case for free, and will give you legal advice to get to the next steps of initiating a lawsuit on the merits of your claim.
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