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Strange bites on my legs..

For the past few months I've been getting these strange bites on my legs. They look like mosquito bites, but new ones only seem to come during the night. I'm almost positive it isnt from bed bugs because no one else in my house gets them. I wash my sheets and blankets weekly and vacuum my mattress and floors constantly, but the bites still come. Please help. Thanks.
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418679 tn?1202914973
I have the same thing, too. just two days ago I woke up with a bug bite on the back of my calf. This morning I woke up to find even more of these strange bites. No one else in my family has them.
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309783 tn?1271958229
If they are definately bites, not other types of lesions, they could still be from bugs or fleas even if housemates are unaffected as bugs prefer some people to others. If there is an infestation you would have to have the house fumigated to break the cycle of females laying eggs which are waiting to hatch, and live bugs remaining dormant in carpets or soft furnishings until they find a new host. Change the bag in the vacuum, and do not vacuum your mattress in case there are any bugs in the vacuum, you may have to buy a new mattress.
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