CaminoErin
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Were you the only pilgrim bitten by the BBs? Can you spot the BBs if you try? Man, that’s awful.I enjoyed the amazing pool and quality service at the La Casa del Peregrino in El Acebo. Felt it was too good to be true … and it was! I woke up eaten alive by bedbugs in a bottom bunk in dorm room 6 on July 7, 2023. They have brown cotton sheets so check the bed carefully. Otherwise the food, staff, location and facilities were great but it is the first albergue where I experienced bed bugs … and it is bad! I have over 50 bits all over my body that I’m having a terrible reaction to.
Pleased to hear you were still alive while being eaten. Seiously, thanks for sharing and letting the hospitalero/a know.I woke up eaten alive by bedbugs
Farmacia
Although that may be generally true, it’s not the case for those of us that have an allergic reaction (which certainly looks like it from the photo).Also good to remember that bites are known not to show up until 24-72 hours AFTER they were acquired.
Good old cetirizine from the pharmacy handles the bites for most people and won't make you sleepy.
And yes to all the advice from @Saint Mike II
Don’t hesitate to seek medical advice if the bites don’t seem to be responding to pharmacy remedies. I eventually had to go to Burgos Hospital because some of the bites got so bad.I enjoyed the amazing pool and quality service at the La Casa del Peregrino in El Acebo. Felt it was too good to be true … and it was! I woke up eaten alive by bedbugs in a bottom bunk in dorm room 6 on July 7, 2023. They have brown cotton sheets so check the bed carefully. Otherwise the food, staff, location and facilities were great but it is the first albergue where I experienced bed bugs … and it is bad! I have over 50 bits all over my body that I’m having a terrible reaction to.
Mine showed up immediately after being bitten. I caught them in the act.Also good to remember that bites are known not to show up until 24-72 hours AFTER they were acquired.
Good old cetirizine from the pharmacy handles the bites for most people and won't make you sleepy.
And yes to all the advice from @Saint Mike II
I'm so sorry you are experiencing this and hope by now that you are finding some relief. Don't hesitate to go to a hospital or medical centre if you think the bites are not under control. Your personal health comes first. Please let us know how you are doing. Best wishesI enjoyed the amazing pool and quality service at the La Casa del Peregrino in El Acebo. Felt it was too good to be true … and it was! I woke up eaten alive by bedbugs in a bottom bunk in dorm room 6 on July 7, 2023. They have brown cotton sheets so check the bed carefully. Otherwise the food, staff, location and facilities were great but it is the first albergue where I experienced bed bugs … and it is bad! I have over 50 bits all over my body that I’m having a terrible reaction to.
So sorry that you've been bitten!I’m having a terrible reaction
I am so sorry, the same happened to me in the same hotel. The farmacia has some sort of corticosteroid foam that really helps.I enjoyed the amazing pool and quality service at the La Casa del Peregrino in El Acebo. Felt it was too good to be true … and it was! I woke up eaten alive by bedbugs in a bottom bunk in dorm room 6 on July 7, 2023. They have brown cotton sheets so check the bed carefully. Otherwise the food, staff, location and facilities were great but it is the first albergue where I experienced bed bugs … and it is bad! I have over 50 bits all over my body that I’m having a terrible reaction to.
Also possible… but not showing up for a day to 3 days is well known.Mine showed up immediately after being bitten. I caught them in the act.
Bed bugs can also lurk in seats at restaurants, buses, trains, etc. Also clothing stores. And your luggage can get them just from being stored with other luggage. They’re not just in beds.Thanks to all for comments. This is a useful reminder that I should spray my pack and bedding (I use Raid Bed Bug Killer) and ask my local pharmacist what he recommends for any bites. I ignored precautions when I walked in Spain in the spring this year, and received some nasty and long-lasting bites, although I don't think it was bed bugs that bit me. At least, I was not in bed. And I shall probably spend a night in an albergue in El Acebo during my walk. I have stayed twice in the Parroquial and not been bitten there, so it sounds like that is my best bet for avoidance of critters.
Spraying your bedding doesn't do a whole lot....usually dies after getting to you still. Maybe a bit different with raid, but most products pilgrims use they don't realize won't kill them on contact, so really it helps the next person but not you lolThanks to all for comments. This is a useful reminder that I should spray my pack and bedding (I use Raid Bed Bug Killer) and ask my local pharmacist what he recommends for any bites. I ignored precautions when I walked in Spain in the spring this year, and received some nasty and long-lasting bites, although I don't think it was bed bugs that bit me. At least, I was not in bed. And I shall probably spend a night in an albergue in El Acebo during my walk. I have stayed twice in the Parroquial and not been bitten there, so it sounds like that is my best bet for avoidance of critters.
We stayed at La Casa del Peregrino in El Acebo on 23 June. Assigned to room 11, did a bedbug inspection and found live mature bed bugs on the mattress under the brown sheets. I showed the live bugs to the woman who checked us in, she moved us to another room. We looked carefully there and didn’t find any until the morning. We washed everything in hot water and a hot dryer at the next stop. Sorry to hear that the problem got worse.I enjoyed the amazing pool and quality service at the La Casa del Peregrino in El Acebo. Felt it was too good to be true … and it was! I woke up eaten alive by bedbugs in a bottom bunk in dorm room 6 on July 7, 2023. They have brown cotton sheets so check the bed carefully. Otherwise the food, staff, location and facilities were great but it is the first albergue where I experienced bed bugs … and it is bad! I have over 50 bits all over my body that I’m having a terrible reaction to.
Permethrin is still the best protection. I spray my sleeping bag and saturate and hang it out to dry before I leave for the Camino. I also spray my Backpack my boots and my Outback hat. AS of yet no BB.Hola @CaminoErin
Bed bugs are unfortunately a continued problem on all the Caminos. I have not read all the above posts so sorry if this is repeat advice.
One you HAVE to tell the management so that they can implement a cleaning regime, even if this means closing for a day or two;
Two - ALL your clothes, sleeping bag and even backpack will need to be treated. Wash in hot water, dry in a tumble drier at 60C (140F) for around 30/45 mins. The advice about see a pharmacy is sound, those bites really do look nasty. Most supermarkto's in Spain will stock a strong insect killer, and I recommend that you thoroughly spray both inside and outside of your backpack and maybe your boots.
Hopefully by now you have been treated, but you should be advising the next two or three albergues you visit that you have had bed bugs recently. Please be open and honest.
Best wishes, Buen Camino
I was recommended only to spray the outside of your backpack.Hola @CaminoErin
Bed bugs are unfortunately a continued problem on all the Caminos. I have not read all the above posts so sorry if this is repeat advice.
One you HAVE to tell the management so that they can implement a cleaning regime, even if this means closing for a day or two;
Two - ALL your clothes, sleeping bag and even backpack will need to be treated. Wash in hot water, dry in a tumble drier at 60C (140F) for around 30/45 mins. The advice about see a pharmacy is sound, those bites really do look nasty. Most supermarkto's in Spain will stock a strong insect killer, and I recommend that you thoroughly spray both inside and outside of your backpack and maybe your boots.
Hopefully by now you have been treated, but you should be advising the next two or three albergues you visit that you have had bed bugs recently. Please be open and honest.
Best wishes, Buen Camino
I always spray inside my backpack, my sleep gear and all my cloth stuff sacks.I was recommended only to spray the outside of your backpack.
I've been working and dealing with insects bites for more than 35 years. That allergic reactions with blisters doesn't appear in few hours after the bites, so maybe you got the bites the days before in another place. Maybe you have been carrying them for few days in your sleeping clothes, sleeping liner or sleeping bag. Buen CaminoI enjoyed the amazing pool and quality service at the La Casa del Peregrino in El Acebo. Felt it was too good to be true … and it was! I woke up eaten alive by bedbugs in a bottom bunk in dorm room 6 on July 7, 2023. They have brown cotton sheets so check the bed carefully. Otherwise the food, staff, location and facilities were great but it is the first albergue where I experienced bed bugs … and it is bad! I have over 50 bits all over my body that I’m having a terrible reaction to.
For some, it appears immediately.I've been working and dealing with insects bites for more than 35 years. That allergic reactions with blisters doesn't appear in few hours after the bites, so maybe you got the bites the days before in another place. Maybe you have been carrying them for few days in your sleeping clothes, sleeping liner or sleeping bag. Buen Camino
Maybe the crinkly plastic bag chases the bed bugs away.I usually carry a black garbage bag in my pack and put my pack and everything in it before setting it on the floor in any albergue or suspect pension. The odds of a booger getting inside and traveling with you are very slim inside the plastic closed bag.
CeraVe makes a number of different kinds of creams. The specific cream with pramoxine hydrochloride cream is CeraVe Itch Relief Moisturizing Cream.In addition to an antihistamine, I recommend any pramoxine hydrochloride cream like CeraVe
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