UNILAG Bedbugs Mattress Protest: Blame it on Students

According to medicinenet.com Bedbugs are small, oval insects that feed by sucking blood from humans or animals. Bedbugs do not fly. Bedbugs can live anywhere in the home. They can live in cracks in furniture or in any type of textile, including upholstered furniture. They are most common in beds, including the mattress, box springs, and bed frames.

Bedbugs are most active at night. They may bite any exposed areas of skin while an individual is sleeping. Common locations for bedbug bites are the face, neck, hands, and arms. A bedbug bite is painless and is generally not noticed. The bites may be mistaken for a rash of another cause. Small, flat, or raised bumps on the skin are the most common sign. Symptoms include redness, swelling, and itching.

That been said, Unilag student should not vent their anger on the school authority. School authority are to provide needed bedding but it is not their duties to clean where you sleep. If you are a clean person, Bedbug might not find its way into your mattresses.

I belief what the student need to do is to keep their environment tidy and clean. Many will blame UNILAG and government for everything, no light: school authority, no water: school authority. Yes I believe the school authority are to provide needed and basic facility in school environments but none the less.

The Bedbug protest is a show to disrupt academic timetable; do you know how many student transport the Bedbug from their home to the school and later transport it from one room to another and hostel to hostel. So the student should becareful who they let into their beds.

My candid opinion is to live a healthy life, clean your environment and avoid unsolicited visitors into you hostels and stop disturbing the peace of Lagosians with your protest and face your studies, "na only una dey go school for Lagos? Unilag love trending on Twitter and news, keep trending......

Do the needful...Get Rid of Bedbugs and Prevents it by following the advice below.....

Getting rid of bedbugs is not an easy process, and most cases of bedbug infestation will require treatment by a pest-control expert. Bedbugs can survive for up to a year without feeding, so they may persist even in unoccupied rooms.

A variety of low-odor sprays, dusts, and aerosol insecticides can be used to eradicate bedbugs. These must be applied to all areas where the bugs are observed as well as spaces where they may crawl or hide. The pest-control company can help you determine if an infested mattress can be disinfected or must be discarded. Since beds cannot readily be treated with insecticides, it's often necessary to discard infested mattresses and beds.

The pest-control expert may recommend certain forms of deep-cleaning such as scrubbing infested surfaces with a stiff brush to remove eggs, dismantling bed frames and furniture, filling cracks in floors, walls, and moldings, encasing mattresses within special bags, or using a powerful vacuum on cracks and crevices.

Avoidance of infested areas is the method for prevention of bedbug bites. Recognition of bedbug infestation and proper treatment of affected rooms (usually with the help of a pest-control specialist) is the best way to prevent bedbugs in the home. Sealing your mattress in a bedbug-prevention casing can be beneficial.

Sleeping with the lights on has not been shown to be effective in preventing bedbug bites. Conventional insect and tick repellents are also not useful against bedbugs, so one should not try to avoid being bitten by using insect repellant at night.

You can inspect any hotel room for the presence of the telltale signs of bed bugs. It is important to check the mattress and headboard, and luggage racks. In hotels, keeping your suitcase away from the bed and on a luggage rack can help prevent bed bugs from infesting your luggage. When you return home, inspect your luggage and put clothes immediately into the washer. While washing does not kill bed bugs, drying clothes at a high temperature can eliminate them.

At home or School do not store luggage under your bed. Ideally, luggage should be stored in a basement or garage. Other tips you can take to reduce the chances of bedbugs infesting your home include removing clutter, vacuuming frequently, and keeping belongings separate when taken to school or work.

 

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