Talk:Bed bug

Lifetime of a bedbug
The article states that a bedbugs can survive without feeding for 70 days and then later states that bedbugs can survive without food for 100 to 300 days. 2A01:B340:60:60CA:E13D:5117:444D:E5F3 (talk) 08:42, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Fixed (reconciled two sources; neither source mentioned the figure of "70 days" that I could see). OhNo itsJamie Talk 12:58, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

Article issues

 * Someone added content regarding fear of insects and it was reverted as being unsourced. This "fear" is called entomophobia or "Fear of Insects", usually because of traumatic experiences, and can be a general fear or specific to a particular insect. An emotional toll of having bedbugs can lead to psychological issues, including PTSD.
 * A problem I see is the separation of symptoms, reactions, and health issues, covered in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th paragraphs of the "Bites" section, and a small amount of coverage of "chronic attacks" and psychological issues in the "Other effects of infestation" section. These should be covered in one section possibly with subsections.
 * Some people can have a temporary Psychosis (as opposed to a persistent Delusional parasitosis), referred to as formication, a form of tactile hallucination. Although actually very common, there is not much coverage in the media or on Wikipedia. If a person mentions bed bug bites or possibly head lice, it is not uncommon for the other person[s] to react negatively proclaiming the discussion makes their head or body itch. This is especially true if the reaction is because of a past issue.
 * Anyway, that is just some information, but if psychological issues are going to be mentioned it should be more thorough or have main links. -- Otr500 (talk) 16:22, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * " if psychological issues are going to be mentioned it should be more thorough or have main links." The problem with the removed text was its lack of sources. Any text connecting bed bugs to phobias and hallucinations has to be sourced. Dimadick (talk) 07:11, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

Unclear and blocked citations
Citation 5/8 (why does it change to 5 when editing??) is blocked by a paywall. Other sources suggested. There are other sources, but it's far too many articles to reasonably get the referenced, rather basic info from. FormalityInducer (talk) 17:06, 12 January 2024 (UTC)


 * See WP:PAYWALL - paywalled sources are acceptable here. MrOllie (talk) 17:18, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

"Bedbg bite" listed at Redirects for discussion
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