bedbugs

[CRAIGCAD71]

I have been attacked by bedbugs on three seperaate occasions in three different hotels, on each occasion there was another person in the room who never got bitten why ? Am I just unlucky?

[Rabelais]

Your friend was almost certainly bitten but unlike you he did not react to the bites. The same happens all the time with mosquitos. You are merely more sensitive and reactive to bedbugs.

[Kit]

You could be unlucky in that bedbugs are very specific about who they bite. They're not species-specific, ie they will happily munch on cats, birds, rodents etc as well as us, but once they find a good meal they tend to go back to the same restaurant. I am reliably informed that in a bedbug infestation, some of them will eat you and only you, and the others will eat the other guy and not you.
You're positive they're bedbugs? They're on the increase, but 3 different occasions sounds like a lot. As Rabelais says, not everyone will react - but there must have been a lot there to even get to you once. Most people never come across bedbugs - if they've been positively identified then it's an environmental health issue and must be dealt with.

[bob3188]

I must agree with Rabelais. If you saw the survival show on C4 about the guy who had to survive in the swamp then you will know what im talking about. Two of the men were bitten badly by mosquitos, however only one came up in loads of bumps, whereas the other seemed absolutely fine.