Risks
for Bed Bug
The headline risk is comfort, not contagion: bed bugs carry no known disease risk to people [CDC; UMN Extension]. Source: https://www.cdc.gov/bed-bugs/about/index.html Source: https://extension.umn.edu/biting-insects/bed-bugs Reactions to the bites differ widely between people, from none at all, to a small red spot, to hives or an itchy rash [UMN Extension; CDC]. Source: https://extension.umn.edu/biting-insects/bed-bugs Source: https://www.cdc.gov/bed-bugs/about/index.html Scratching the welts can irritate them and lead to a secondary skin infection [CDC; UC IPM]. Source: https://www.cdc.gov/bed-bugs/about/index.html Source: https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7454.html