Do I Have Bed Bugs Quiz
Questions: 15 · 10 minutes
1. How persistent are the unexplained marks or itching?
I have not experienced unexplained marks or itching.
A mild episode resolved and has not recurred.
Symptoms have recurred or remained bothersome despite basic skin care.
Symptoms are worsening, disrupting sleep, or showing signs such as spreading redness, warmth, drainage, or increasing pain.
2. What secondhand or moved furniture has recently entered the sleeping area?
A used item entered the room after a basic visual check, with no signs noticed.
No used or recently moved upholstered furniture or mattress has entered the area.
A used bed, mattress, sofa, or upholstered item entered without a thorough crevice inspection.
An introduced item came from a location with reported bed bugs or had suspicious insects, spotting, or shed material.
3. If you live in shared or multiunit housing, what has been reported nearby?
There has been an unconfirmed pest concern somewhere in the building.
A directly adjacent unit or connected room has reported or identified bed bugs.
A nonadjacent unit has a confirmed report, or management has announced an inspection.
I know of no nearby report, or my home does not share walls with other units.
4. What happens to the marks when you spend nights in different places?
I have not had unexplained marks to compare.
The pattern is unclear because marks have appeared only once.
Marks seem more noticeable after sleeping in one location, but this has happened only a few times.
New marks repeatedly appear after sleeping in one location and stop or decrease away from it.
5. Which statement best matches any insects seen near the sleeping area?
I briefly saw a tiny unidentified insect or speck but could not examine it.
I saw one small, flat, oval, wingless insect that may fit a bed bug description.
I found multiple flat, oval, wingless insects or captured a specimen strongly matching bed bug references.
A careful inspection has not revealed insects.
6. When you check sheets or pillowcases, what best describes any reddish or rust-colored marks?
I have not found marks like these during a recent check.
I found one mark with a plausible explanation, such as a known scratch or nosebleed.
I found several small, unexplained reddish marks near where someone sleeps.
Similar reddish marks have appeared repeatedly alongside other unexplained spotting near the bed.
7. How are the unexplained physical signs distributed around the bed or usual resting place?
I have not found unexplained physical signs.
There is one isolated, ambiguous mark in a commonly used area.
Similar marks appear in more than one nearby hiding place, such as mattress seams and frame joints.
Repeated signs occur across several protected crevices or more than one sleeping or resting area.
8. How closely are the concerns tied to a particular sleeping or resting location?
There are no location-linked concerns.
One ambiguous event happened there, without a repeat pattern.
Concerns occur more often around one bed, sofa, or room than elsewhere.
Repeated physical signs or new marks strongly cluster around a specific bed, sofa, or sleeping location.
9. Which description best matches the arrangement of any new skin marks?
No new unexplained marks are present.
There is one isolated mark that could have several ordinary causes.
Several marks are grouped close together.
Grouped or line-like marks have appeared repeatedly on skin exposed during sleep.
10. How significant has your strongest recent skin reaction been?
Mild localized itching or redness that settled without worsening.
No unexplained skin reaction.
Marked swelling, intense persistent itching, broken skin, or possible infection.
Trouble breathing, facial or throat swelling, faintness, or another severe whole-body reaction.
11. Over recent mornings, how often have new unexplained itchy marks appeared after sleep?
They appeared on one occasion and have not returned.
New marks have appeared after sleep on several separate mornings.
I have not noticed new unexplained itchy marks after sleep.
They have appeared more than once, but the timing is inconsistent.
12. In the weeks before concerns began, what travel or overnight-stay situation applied?
No recent overnight stay or travel exposure comes to mind.
I stayed elsewhere, but there were no reported or observed pest concerns.
I stayed somewhere with unexplained bites or suspicious spotting, but no confirmed report.
I stayed in a room or home where bed bugs were reported or identified.
13. After ordinary cleaning or laundering, what has happened to the concerning pattern?
There was one uncertain observation and it has not recurred.
No concerning pattern was present to track.
Possible marks or signs returned, but not in a consistent place or pattern.
Similar marks, insects, or spotting repeatedly returned near the same sleeping area.
14. During a close inspection with good lighting, what shell-like material or eggs have you found?
Several pale shed skins or tiny whitish egg-like objects are clustered in protected crevices.
I found lint or flakes that do not appear insect-shaped.
I have not found shed skins or egg-like objects.
I found one or two unexplained, insect-shaped husks but cannot identify them.
15. What have you noticed about dark dots around mattress seams, labels, or bed-frame joints?
A few uncertain dots are present, but their source is unclear.
I have not seen dark dots in those areas.
Clusters of ink-like dots have reappeared in sheltered seams or joints.
There are several dark dots fixed to the surface rather than loose crumbs.