How to treat bed bug bites

How to treat bed bug bites

For itching, you can:
Swallow antihistamine tablets or liquid
Or apply antihistamine cream on your skin

For itching and to help bites heal faster, try hydrocortisone cream. Your pharmacist will ask you extra questions if you want to use hydrocortisone cream.

You should not apply hydrocortisone cream on broken skin (that might be bleeding) or on your face (unless you have a prescription from your doctor).

You can apply antiseptic cream to your bites to reduce the chances of them getting infected.

If your skin is really red, hot, super itchy, and you have a rash that is starting to spread, these are all signs you could have a skin infection.

You might need antibiotics or other treatment from your pharmacist or doctor. Please speak to them for advice.

Published: October 2023
To review October 2025

[alwaysAAr]

Iam from india ....A bed bug bite me at waist 1 yr ago ..After 1 week it gets swollen ..After 3 months i removed puss, after 1 month again that place again it swollen big, , i used needle to remove that puss...But it was not puss only blood coming, , that bite place swollen hard like little 1cm ball ...It is 1yr process, , what i have to do now😢😢😢

[MmekochukwuAnthonymary]

But I went to the lab and nothing is showing, like no results and the doctor is suspecting that is staph areaus or something

[Sun-ddir]

What if you are allergic to anti histamine?

[LogenEnez]

So if I did put some of that first cream on my face what would happen 💀