What else is inside your suitcase?
A doctor has revealed a pretty alarming reason why you should wait to unpack your suitcase when you get home from a trip.
Dr Jason Singh, a doctor from Virginia, has given the procrastinators a great motive to leave their suitcase behind their bedroom doors when they return from holiday.
According to Daily Mail, the doctor revealed in a TikTok video that opening up your suitcase straight away could lead to an infestation of bed bugs – which can lay eggs in your clothes and belongings, and in the long run invade your house after travelling back with you in your luggage.
The doctor explains thats bed bug eggs typically hatch within six to ten days, and the nymphs, which are the babies will then require a blood meal after hatching in order to continue their development.
“If your suitcase remains closed and undisturbed for at least two weeks, any bed bug egg or nymph present will likely die due to starvation or dessication” the doctor adds in the video.
“So now you have a reason to be lazy, just like me, and just let your suitcase hang there in the side.” he says.
The video has since been viewed almost 600 000 times and garnered over 600 comments.
SOME FACTS ABOUT BED BUGS
Here are five interesting facts about bed bugs you need to know:
- Bed bugs have been around for thousands of years. Evidence of their existence dates back to ancient Egypt, where they were mentioned in texts and even found in archaeological sites.
- Bed bugs are primarily nocturnal feeders. They prefer to come out at night to feed on the blood of humans or other warm-blooded hosts, typically while their hosts are sleeping.
- A single female bed bug can lay hundreds of eggs in her lifetime. The eggs are tiny, about the size of a pinhead, and are usually laid in hidden cracks and crevices.
- Bed bugs cannot withstand high temperatures. Exposing them to temperatures above 49°C for a prolonged period can effectively kill them.
- Bed bug bites are generally painless at the time of the bite. The bugs inject a small amount of anesthetic and anticoagulant, preventing the host from feeling the bite until after the bug has finished feeding.
Doesn’t it just make your skin crawl?
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