Bed Bug Injuries

A bed bug can individually and collectively cause a number of health effects including skin rashes, psychological effects and allergic symptoms. bed bug injuries, bites or cimicosis may lead to a range of skin manifestations from no visible effects to prominent blisters.

Diagnosis involves both finding bed bug injuries and the occurrence of compatible symptoms. Treatment involves the elimination of the insect but is otherwise symptomatic.

Because infestation of human habitats has been on the increase in developed countries, bed bug injuries and related conditions have been on the rise as well, since the 1980s-1990s. The exact causes of this resurgence remain unclear; it is variously ascribed to greater foreign travel, more frequent exchange of second-hand furnishings among homes, a greater focus on control of other pests resulting in neglect of bed bug countermeasures, and increasing resistance to pesticides. Bed bugs have been known human parasites for thousands of years.

The return of bed bugs is a serious legal issue as well as a medical issue. Bed bugs are showing up everywhere: in apartment buildings, college dorms, government buildings, luxury hotels like the Waldorf-Astoria, which has been sued by guests who say they got chewed up at the New York landmark.

If you or someone you know have been affected by bed bugs at any commercial property or facility, please contact a lawyer for a FREE case evaluation.