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carpet beetles under scalp?

I have found carpet beetles and shampooed the carpets plus bagged and sprayed everything. I told the landlord and he acts oblivious like always. My hair started to itch and get crunchy like the carpet was getting before I shampooed it. It also is getting black when I have brown hair. I have bites on my scalp big ones that are hard limps that hurt and itch all in a group. I can see black bugs come out in the shower some times. When I go to the doctor they see nothing and thing I am crazy. I think this is because I just moved here so no one knows me and no one knows that my hair is not this black or course! He says that it is. He also says that I just have a lumpy scalp. No because I went through chemo and I have a smooth scalp. It is my body so I think I know. I hate when doctors try to tell me what my body looks like when I have been living in it all of my life. My question is because from a research stand point carpet beetles hide under flooring (carpet and linoleum or wood) and come up to feed, can or would they ever do this on a human's scalp because research says they do eat hair? It even states that taxidermists use them sometimes to get the hair off of animals. I can get my hair soft only briefly with olive oil or lavender lotion and lots of rubbing but then it is not more than an hour before starting from those bumps the hair gets all stiff and crunchy again. I am so scared. I already went through breast cancer and just want to be healthy. I am moving and hope things will be better but fear this infestation is on me! IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE DOCTORS WILL EVEN LOOK INTO THIS! I do have an appointment with a dermatologist and took some bugs into an entimamologyst at the university.


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Please listen up. This is a denied condition by medical communities on a global scale unethically serving the state not the people they claim to serve. It has a morgellon connection which was an filiment skin disease named by a french scientist who discoved strange fibres comming out of people pores 18th cent.please stop and get self well then you are in a better place to understand the politics behind it. Medical pros called it matchbox syndrome because we take debris to doctor in a match box as evidence we are not mad. The have no knowledge and those consultants that do keep the lies spun. dermat drs are dx people with parasite delusion and many are under compulsory treatment orders for anti psychotics or sectioned under the mental health act. Save your energies because its a long road but you can reach wellness . Whether you took drugs had cancer or auto immune condition. A health worker or nurse . Regardless of contamination or when you noticed. This is a condition with serval faces and it involves you as the biggest perfect host to your own entire eco system. From friut flies spiders moths wasps cynobacterium and slime moulds . You can bet you had been infected with this way before beetles decided to really get to know you. Quorum sensing is how the micro world and its various communties communicate and so do you and its through your own quorum sensing ariel which is your hair. So shave it off. Please do not get bogged down with all out there. And dont get hung up on beetles as we are hosting others including fungal organisms. Please i wouldnt normally write on this . Only 2 i will recommed phillys support and steven t beddingfield science and protocal . On going for years on one platform or another. The do recieve  hassle and get jip however its a lifeline for those isolated and lost everything with all backs turnt. I worked mental health for ocer 25 years 2012 i got sicker and sicker by 2015 i had lost everything. So we are prescious and our realily is harsh deal. My main ******* is amoebas. Its a vet we need. Better trained in this bioloqy but its not just that. Through our electrical magnetic field . We lower our vibrational current by this inflrction. Our surrounding help this too. Medications toss. Booze sugar gluten dairy. Get yer ph to 7 alklize. Drink fresh squeezed lemons.  Wash cider vinager hyro peroxide 50/50 solution can be used for home. Add clove ceder wood lavder teatree  to smell better. Defuse oils. Oxgenate home with plants. Throw out microwave turn off phone turn of wifi . When heading to dark o clock. Take all hair off a lot of it wont be your anyway. Lift your spirt make yourself lift. Get assertive but not emotionally aggressive. I learnt the hard way because i got mad. Go to steven join and go through archieves to see what is coming out people globally. Get a better control then you can feel equipped to make better choice in what you can reseach for self. Im very methodical aspie so i did years before i committed to stwve protocal. Only other one i would consider is hula clark. High vitc and aloevera topical internal is a good blocker. Start making it harder. Sort your gut sort your immune system. We need it ebalanced out not supressed. Relish red mushroom a god send. We must care for each other own humanity somewhere has been lost and believe me it becomes very transparent. Sorry for mistakes using pals phone and wee fella who has morgellons too is giving me **** so im rushed. Get less  frequency smart and just smart. X good luck. Message me if ye want . Im audi ( im a girl) from glasgow  x
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I'm autoimmune and on a high dose of quetiapine and venafalaxine with bipolar and pyschosis. I found a couple of these horrible little carpet beetles but have never hallucinated thinking they are on my skin. Tho I got sent to newcastle eye infirmary with a serious eye infection and now losing my sight in my right eye. Feels like summit is niggling behind my eye. It's ok at the minutes it's only been today we decided to look up about these beetles I hope they don't trigger a psychotic episode lol
No to the mushrooms comment and do not mix vinegar and peroxide! Otherwise pretty accurate. BUT- Every bit of these conditions come from exposure to mold poisoning. The Morgellons, various bugs that take residency in your body= feeding on the mold, fungus, etc that invaded your body. Miserable as it is... Probably kept you alive. Toxins in body is nothing to play with. Eat raw garlic every day!!!!
Yay!  Somebody else has discovered this parasitic fungal infection and Steve B.  Good show.  Understanding this disease is a big task, since there are no two specimens alike.  It is called coccidioides immitis, and it is very invasive in humans with immune issues.
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My is truly going to be Death by Carpet Beetle also. I have evidence of them out of my ears and off my scalp and body. I had one lay eggs in my left ear. They hatched and spread to both ears. They are on and under my skin now. Just got done taking a heavy dose wormer that just slowed them down and pissed them off. I have tried everything you can think of. The worst of it all, doctors and hospitals don't believe you, even with proof. They have no knowledge or experience with this. Really sad! I had an adult beetle in my ear last April. I have been in the worst miserable torturous state since the end of Sept. I wish someone had experience with this to help.
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I could cry reading this.

I sold my flat and bought a house November 2013. By June I was aware the cats and rabbits' had fleas. I then noticed what I thought was stink bugs. I now believe these to be these carpet beetles.

Being bullied at work and then having to return to a house infested with bugs, caused me to use more Methylphenidate then I was prescribed. The expected tollerance and the requirement to stay active for 16-20 hours to cope with this meant running out before the new script was provided.

Due to the ease of purchasing ethylphenidate I began to use this. Soon, by September 2014 I was using just the ehtylphenidate. I had eye distortions, throat, nose and skin tingling but naturally assumed this was due to my decent into drug addiction and were psychosis.

I quickly was admitted to rehab/detox and it was here I noticed bubbles in both my poo, wee and skin when I bathed. There would clearly been black dots and white objects in my bath water upon leaving it. However due to daily cleaning with chlorine by the end of the 18 days, this dramatically reduced.

Back home, and my health declined. Trying to tell my parents I had stuff coming out of me when I bathed only resulted in the 'SHE'S BACK ON DRUGS' comment.

As I was dealing with my personal version of hell, I thought fcuk it. If they think that,  I may as well actually use drugs. I relapsed for a week. Eventually my mother saw my bath water upon leaving and confirmed to my father I did have bugs in my skin. I was banned from my house and they commenced its refurbishment.

After wearing a ring from the house my finger swelled, landed me in hospital and three surgeries later, and again recovering in the meticulously clean NHS, again I was clearing up. I swore I would not use drugs intravenously if this hell would disappear (to God?)

After a week with no problems, all of sudden, come 10pm (8-10pm and 4-6am are hell due to their crepuscular behaviour), my vision when looking at the carpet became blurry. I cried 'Oh NO!' And queue a night of creeping noises, popping sounds and then the pain of the electric shock feeling bites. Going crazy I ended up crying in my mums bed, and not sleeping the night.

When cleaning the pets I received the painful bites again, and rushed to my resort of the bath. I then discovered they were carpets beetles, let off one one the foggers I had bought for my house, and finally felt some relief. As I did not finishing the cleaning and chose to share my revolution with my mother, only resulted in her calling the Feds, requesting an ambulance for my removal to a mental health secure ward.

Thankfully the Feds were able to establish I was perfectly sane of mind, intelligent and normal girl. They requested to take me to a hospital, and my psychiatrist works at one, so they took me there. 20 mins later I was back out, free as  bird.

My shrink believed me, the medical staff at detox, those who treated me for my surgery. Just not my parents.

I'm too scared to go home without obtaining a letter from my psych confirming I am sane, as I anticipate detainment under the mental health act.

Whilst pleased I am not mad, thanks to your revelations, I am dumb founded as to why I get bitten and no one else does.

Current symptoms
Blurry vision, visiable hairs, then black dots later
Throat, nose, mouth feeling itchy as they travel down them
Sore nose
Bubbles in poo and wee
Bubbles in skin
Chronic pain at dusk and dawn as my clothes come alive and eat the crap out of me
Longer hairs which are not hairs, but these vile creatures
Skin movement
Sudden appearance at 33 of nail cuticles
Thick layer of hard skin on feet
Fear for my sanity

Very sad London Girl, who's life isn't worth living
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Could it be related somehow? The worst period I had with these bugs was when I took too much adderall and stayed up too late.
I know they’re very real but the immune system plays a role here.

I found only natural solutions help getting rid of them and taking mineral supplements together with a plant based diet. I use food grade diatomaceous earth too!
Blurry vision, visible hairs, then black dots later is exactly what I have plus what I now believe is Carpet Beetle Dermatitis.   The  dermatologist thought it could be eczema and she put me on steroids, a strong antibiotic, and ayclovir which didn't change a thing.  I'm pretty sure my dog is affected too.  Signs of Beetles are in and on everything but the worst part is they get in food (I had to throw a lot of it out including dry beans), they even eat medicine you can see where they have chewed it up!   I put everything in ziplocks but they eat through it so now I have to buy plastic containers for everything!  I developed asthma which I'm sure is related to this.  
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Hello to all who have commented on Carpet Beetles.  Mine is a super LONG story, so I probably can't include all the details on this post. But feel free to msg me with any questions as I'm  happy to help.  I'm a single 56 y/o gal.  I had to retire early after 35 yrs on my job that I loved due to  disabled with a bone disease and other muscular-skelatal conditions.

Just before discovering the "Infestation", I remember some sort of bug dive bombing my head several times while sitting at my desk.  They bit my scalp at the top of my head. I'd get bumps and itch them, then they would heal for a few days until the itchy bumps returned. But I've never seen any type of larve come from these bumps   But still many months later, after "hopefully" eradicating the infestation, the 5 bumps on the top of my head continue to inflame a little and swell up.  I've had 2 doctors look at the bumps and my primary doc said she will biopsy them.  However, I've had a new problem with my right eye to deal with.  7 days ago I started seeing black spots and lines that look like thin hairs.  These things were stationary and did not "float", however their appearance changes daily. Vision in my right eye has been blury & cloudy.  On the third day the lines were thicker and looked like they had a little round head on top with a long tail and again, they didn't move.  After I took a shower they were gone.  
So if you are wondering, YES I'm freaked out, wondering if I have Carpet Beetle larve in my brain & eye balls.  
I went to the eye doctor on Thursday.  I calmly told her about the insects infestation & biting my scalp).  
She (the eye doctor) said I have ruptured blood vessels in BOTH EYES, (even though I don't notice anything in my left eye), usually caused by high blood pressure.  I've had a bit of high BP over the last couple of years, however it was normal at the doctors office on Thursday.  I've been sleeping a lot for 4 days and my vision in my right eye is a little better and there are less black spots. The eye doctor referred me to see an Ophthalmologist which I will schedle tomorrow.  She said they will probably do some laser treatment on my eyes.    

Now, in telling you about m infestation, I'd like to begin by saying that:  if I were renting rather than buying this condo, I would have moved out of here long ago!  

Starting in September 2013 I discovered "something" in my carpets.  I called Orkin exterminaters out and they were no help at all.  The young inexperienced guy said I had no bugs or insects. (months later I learned that we rarely see the insects themselves, but only the larve, or pupates, and rare but possible; the laid eggs,)  I had already identified two insects from in LONG hours of internet searching & reading.  I collected more specimens and had Rambo Total Pest Control, of Puyallup Washington (A suburb of Seattle) out to my condo.  They took specimins back to their specialists and confirmed that I had a major infestion of both Case-Making Clothes Moths, and Carpet Beetles.  I have a 2 br Condo Townhouse.  Everyroom was involved.  Althourh they were 100% sure of the type of insects involved, they weren't sure they could eratacate the infestation without possible harm to my two medium sized dogs.  So here is my course of action:
1. Inspected every inch of my condo and threw away clothes, blankets, clothes, all of  my dog's beds, etc. that had been damaged or eaten.  What I found totally grossed me out!  This has been an ongoing step of my process.
2.  Gathered clothes & blankets, laundered in hot soapy water & hot dryer, then stored in a plastic air tight containers with lids.  Some less risky fabrics were put in sealable plastic bags.
3.  Hired help to rip out all of my carpets & pads & haul them away.  We also removed & discarded most of the nail tack boards around every room, and also the trim at the bottom of the walls.  So I'm living on cement floors on the ground level of my condo, and icky plywood type flooring upstairs.  I've bought a few throw rugs.  Eventually I plan to replace my flooring with laminate.  No more carpeting!    

4. I did several rounds of extermination with "Raid's Concentrated Deep Reach Fogger"  They are little orange cans, 3 to a pack.  They were about $9 per pack of 3 and I went through LOTS of them on my 3 exterminations.  The 3rd time I used the most!  They take only 1 or 2 minutes to spray out their stuff.  So you gotta plan your locations, evacuate the pets to the car, set off all the foggers QUICKLY, and then leave the house for 5 or 6 hours.  I have an attic & I put them up there too.  Mind you, this was during the winter months in Seattle, so we spent a lot of time in the Safeway parking lot with the car heater on, just snacking, napping, & playing in my Jeep Grand Cherokee.  :-)    

I also burn a lot of Cedar insence.  I also purchased a spray bottle of pure Cedar oil to spray around because I know it's safe for the dogs.  I also sprayed Raid Insect spray around my front and back patio.  And I also used Borac Acid Powder at the begining, but realized I could not use that as the main exterminator because it's too toxic for my dogs and me.  I had put some on a small area but I walked on it with my slippers.  It went all the way through the slippers and irratated/burned my feet.  I still have lots of the powder left and I think I'll put some in a couple of cracks I have  here & there.  

That's about all I can type for now with my right eye closed and using just my left eye.   Let me know your questions.  Hopefully we can help each other.  I think a lot of people who experience this don't want to talk about it because it is humulating, we worry that people will assume we don't keep our homes clean, and of course people think we are crazy!  

If I may ask, folks please include the city & state in which you reside in your posts.  

Kind Regards;
Kim  :-)  
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Sorry about your infestation! I would definitely not put borax down on the carpets, especially with pets and children. Are you positive they are carpet beetles? Also I would have the carpets steam cleaned. Maybe ask a professional but honestly the sprays and poisons they use are neurotoxins, and humans have just about the same nervous system as insects, so if it kills the insects imagine what it does to you, and your children and pets, I would try natural remedies. Especially with the dogs. I know some animals can be very sensitive to essential oils and a lot are even poisonous to animals. I would call the vet and ask if lavender is okay. Also don't use those poisons in the tubes that you put on your pets necks, they are so dangerous and toxic, hundreds of dogs die from this stuff. Please google about those to. And for anyone else reading this I hope you consider homeopathic remedies for these problems.  Also maybe wash clothing and dry them in a hot dryer, as well as stuffed animals to. Good Luck.
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Man I thought I was alone. I have been dealing with a bug issue since April 2013. After I was attacked by bed bugs on a work conference. I have lost my job. I went crazy. I can see the tiniest tinniest of bugs. My kids too thought I lost it.  I even got accused of doing drugs.  But test showed I was clean. I have been through so many phyc meds its not funny.  For months they kept telling me I had nothing. So my mental health became an issue.  I can feel them on my body, in my cloths.  I have destroyed my home, and hate to go anywhere. I have scrubbed everything from floor boards to ceilings.  Shampoo carpets steamed everything,  and still have issues.  I don't have any income now. To hire professionals. I feel sickening to let people come inside. I have gotten rid of all my furniture.  I have done the borax but I have grandbabies who live within me.  I am constantly checking them for bugs. Any other suggestions I would appreciate.  I am young and have worked since I was 15, raised 3 beautiful daughters. And now I am crazy.   According to the doctors.  I need help.
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I have the same problem i also am infected with carpet beetles, i had 3 different exterminators come into my home to identify my bug problem, and they all said that in no way shape or form do these bugs even crawl on humans my 17 year old daughter thought i was going insane and phoned the cops on me and i was taken to the physc ward. They saw that i was infected with bugs and thought it was scabies and gave me a scrip for cream and then it was back again so i knew it wasnt that plus scabies leave leasions and line marks on the skin i did not have that. 3 people live in my home and no one else gets bit.but it is so bad on me and in me in my nipples vagina and inside my body under my skin i can see a clump under my skin move about as i blow dry hot heat on my body. it sickens me my daughter moved out. I have a micro scope now and i have shown my roommate the bugs larvea and she knows now i am telling the truth. Tomorrow i see my doctor and i hope like hell he can help me. This has been going on since August and both my littledogs are so itchy and sick and i feel so bad for them. I buiy lavender essential pure oil and put drops in all lotion and all shampoos and cream rinses. This helps keep them at bay.Windex sprayed all over the furniture and carpets kills them its the amonia. Also Borax take a large spice shaker and make the holes bigger with a knife fill it with Borax and shake the **** all over the carpet and the cracks of the walls meet floors and i mean solid white covering all carpet buy boxes of the **** put sheets down to walk on. As soon as the Borax touches one of those little ******* it cracks their skeletor backs and they die instantly. If you have any advise for me please help, i am going crazy, and i cant kill myself i want to live plus my kids dad already did that. I need help.
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My name is Annie from Phoenix az I'm going crazy with these carpet nettles under my skin can you help me . In about ready to commit suiside .. I've spent all my money I've been to sever donors and hospitals they think I'm crazy please someone help me  
Have you gotten any answers or help with these critters yet? I am very interested as I myself have similar problems. Please contact me.
Sulfur shampoo, sulfur and MSM cream, zinc cream, tea tree oil, cortisone cream, hepa filters, vacuuming every day, lint rollers, diatomaceous earth, Fulvic acid, vinegar,
caterpillar bacteria and keen green… Don’t use harsch chemicals or bleach it will only make it worse. Stay healthy eat well and take mineral supplements.

I’m almost free of them after a month of intense battle.They gave me and my dog severe allergies and skin irritations. ( I’m using dog sulfur parasite shampoo)
Veterinary formula found on amazon.

I believe It’s a micro moth which has become resistant to common pest control products

Me and and my 1 year old and 3 year old are infested all over body, in our hair and I honestly can’t handle it anymore. Everyone thinks I’m crazy. I’m also 8 months pregnant.

Need help!!! Did you get rid of it? I moved into a hotel and now am trying to battle this nightmare to try and get rid of if it.... please anyone tell me what to do!!!!!
Well, first you need to go see a doctor to find out what you actually have.  It could be bedbugs.  It could be some other kind of biting insect.  But until you get a diagnosis you can't know how to proceed.  If it is your home, there are inspectors who come in and look to see what kind of infestation you have and how to get rid of it if that's possible, but again, first you need to have an expert look at the bites and see what they look like.
Doctors are no help.  They do not know it is fungus, and prescribe antibiotics which intensifies the symptoms.

Valley Fever is prevalent in Southern USA and California.  
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Hello!  I have noticed that museum beetles live in my hair.  Do you have any advice on how to get rid of them?
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I had the same thing and it’s not carpet beetles it’s super bed bugs, if you have the tiny black and white dots everywhere it’s baby bed bugs and they get under your scalp and skin. I have used ACV all over my body, alcohol with my shampoo, sulfur soap and about to get my apartment bed bug fumigated to hopefully get rid of them! They are horrible!
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Hi. I truly feel your pain. I got sick in November of 2019. I've gone back and forth between thinking that I had a fungal infection or a parasite. I no longer have a family doctor and I can't get anyone to help me or listen to what I'm saying. They all say that I mental I have also been put in mental hospital several times and given psych drugs for this. Why won't the doctors do their jobs? They say they have science backing them will what about all of us people here that have the same problem. Carpet beetles do burrow into your skin. My dog also has it I believe that's how I became infested with it because he sleeps with me and I must have had an open sore or something on my head. I had proof took it to the doctor and they basically called me a liar said that I did not get the bug from my head I have larvae running through my body now my skin on my hands and feet are getting thick I have fluid build up swollen lymph nodes I've had to cut my hair off three times now and I can't get help anywhere I'm in terrible pain. I'm at a loss I don't know where to turn to anymore I am so sick of doctors treating me like I'm a crazy person. I had a culture scraping done 4 a fungal when I thought it was fungal infection but the doctor said she did see spores and then I was right and I was so relieved and thankful someone finally seen what I was talking about but then today she told me that I had seborrheic dermatitis which I have none of those symptoms. I also had a biopsy and it hasn't come back yet I'm praying to God that it shows something because I am not crazy and I did not lie about where I got the bug. I have black stuff that moves through my hair my scalp is very Fraulein sometimes the hair is wrapped around very tight with something inside strands and if I try to put medicine on it it locks down and glues to my head. I've been given a small dose of fluconazole and Ivermectin and neither one seemed to work. I sent pictures today and they called me back and said that they were too blurry and they couldn't see anything wrong and I just can't believe how a professional Dermatology has can look at the pictures I had and tell me they don't see anything or that it looks normal that's what crazy! I'm going to lose the job I have now because I'm in too much pain I feel like my spleen is enlarged from trying to fight the parasite I have a burning stinging stuff that comes out of my head and runs down my neck and back and blisters it. How is that delusional that we all are having the same delusion? I'm 52 years old and I just don't know how much longer I can fight this I'm so worried about my dog I need to get him help and I've taken him to the vet and they say the same thing pretty much that I'm a mental case and there's nothing wrong with him I don't understand why this is happening. I am really scared though. My head is getting a lot of soft spots in it and it feels really buggy and I just feel like they're eating away at my scalp and there's going to be nothing left of it I have larvae coming out everywhere and I can't get anybody to hear me or help me it's like I've been living in this nightmare and can't wake up. I don't know where to turn to if anybody out there has any advice please please share. I hope all of us can find help soon because this is not the way to live it has consumed my life I can't hardly stand it anymore
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Has anyone expereinced permanent hair loss, or was there re-growth once you moved to a safer location?
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I would also look between the mattresses where the seams are!! Also try the lice remover kit and see if that helps!



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What a nightmare!  I feel so alone!  I have them too.  I guessed wrong for months on what was wrong and learned the hard way not to speak of it.  I've had fluid pockets cut, drained and stitched that were the size of golf balls on the very top part of my ear.  I could feel the pressure of the (whatever it was) being pushed up my neck into the ear.  I've read so many things and no one really seems to ever be able to live "normal" again.  Even my husband says I'm crazy.  My kids listen to him and now think like he does.  I'm so close to just drinking something horrible but I don't want to die or damage myself more.  What would my family think then?  Would they visit the psych ward?  Lord help us please!!
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And also, we have a horrible wood roof needing replaced desperately but my husband says we can't.  None of this is a problem to him.  So me and my dog (furry pug) suffer.  Of course they are cropping up everywhere in my house.  I think it's even effecting plumbing now too.  I need to move and take nothing with but my poor pup.
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We've found a couple in our house. We live in the countryside and in a old miners house and we have two dogs and two budgies. We first noticed a couple of then eatting a dog chew down to powder what my young ***** had hid behind but under the sofa. On eBay or Amazon you can buy CimeXa which is £40 in the UK and can keep them away for 12 months. I thought we had a catapillar coming through the cracked floor board where my carpet is raised alittle. Turns out to be a carpet beetle.
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Hi there-

Staring your own thread for your post will be a good idea to get other MedHelp users' thoughts and suggestions on your condition.

Best,
The MedHelp Team
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http://ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/carpet-beetle-dermatitis Also, I would wash with TTO, maybe gum turpentine. I suggest looking at taking gum turpentine internally (get the real one, not the poisonous one -- do your research) also maybe check on ivermectin. You can get it on amazon. People do take it internally. You need to get the dosing right. It is by weight. You can use ivermectin both internally and externally -- but do your research. Here is ivermectin: https://www.amazon.com/Horse-Health-Ivermectin-Paste-Dewormer/dp/B003NTOI76/ref=sr_1_18_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1522683645&sr=8-18-spons&keywords=ivermectin+for+horses&psc=1&smid=A2P5I4NW0QQAX1
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This is the most accurate site or info I could find in re to my real life horror story. I am begging for help. I have a 16 year old son and he needs me. I have been in and out of the ER as well as my own primary Dr. I have tried over and over to get anyone, someone to hear me and at least look into my nightmare. The only results I've gotten are professional Dr and members of my medical community are them making very hurtful jokes and comments. I understand that this is freaky and almost impossible to start with but I'm afraid I don't have much time left.  It started this last summer I believe with a small hard bump on my inner left upper arm. I thought it was an ingrown hair or even pimple. When I did try to scratch it or pop it.  It got very irritated and my entire arm got swollen and very warm and red. My dear friend even noticed , although I had been trying to hide it from everyone being embarrassed thinking I had a cyst or boil or who knows. She took pics and asked advice of another much wiser slightly older female friend of hers in hopes she could help. Months and months later here I am. I have beetles in my hair,in my nose, mouth, and even on my LA LA. I have videos and photos that no one will even look at to rule one way or another.  They all tell me it's not real and want me to seek help for my drug addiction. I can't do enuf to cope with the sensations and fact that people can be so cruel to someone they don't understand. Plz can someone point me in the right direction??? I am open to almost anything and there has to be a way to prove what I am saying in a manner that someone can hear me to help me.  My son needs me and my story needs to be heard to educate and maybe even prevent this from happening to another human being.
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Im battling this to.
I am too. They seen to make several nests in my hair and at any sign of blood they make there way there from my hair I guess it was just my scalp now it's all over. Nobody believes me they say mean **** too. They won't consider that is happening on my skin. It almost seams like they  impale themselves onto your skin the Larvae that is. Caazy so scary
CimeXa will get rid of them
I have the same problem. I've been in and out of the ER. They say that it's all in my head. No one believes me. My son is 2.5 and he even thinks that's theres something wrong with me but I'm starting to notice he's starting to show the same signs I have had on going for sometime now. My family thinks I'm loosing it, the hospital won't even treat me and I'm fear for my life that I'm never going to wake up to see another day with my son. I'm terrified. Please someone help!
My fiance and I are going through the same thing we moved into an apartment that was heavily infested with carpet beetles. The exterminators claim that the infestion has been going on for over a year in the apartment as it was so severe. We lived there for 6 days until we ended up in the ER.... 3 times. Seen dermatologists, family doctors, and infectious disease doctors and no one will help us! We have pictures, videos,samples etc. I even have a video of larva hatching out of my fiance's head. Our hair is falling out due to it being eaten,it turned course and bugs have actually started flying and jumping out of our heads now. No matter what doctors, government, Or ignorant people say we have more than enough evidence to prove these carpet beetles are eating us alive!!!!! Cars are infested, clothes destroyed, everything we own....gone! We are homeless because we were told never to enter the unit again by hospitals, exterminators, and doctors. Other countries that aknowledge this epidemic refer to these beetles and bugs that feed off beetles that are attacking us as "rotifiers." There isn't any part of our body that is NOT infested with them. In Our ears, nose, mouth, urine, genital areas, anus etc. One doctor is willing to treating us with as many meds as possible to help us without even expecting payment because of the condition our bodies are in but still has yet to admit or diagnose the bug that is reeking havoc on our lives. We are in a nightmare that won't end! We are on anitparasitic meds now after trying ivermectin 3 times with no improvement. We are also on several antibiotics for MRSA and Staph as a secondary infection to the bug bites and lesions on our scalps, legs, backs, chests, face, etc. We and have gotten samples identified from a university as carpet beetles that came out of our heads, faces, and other parts of our bodies. We have yet to find a cure or anything that helps. They now have infested our eyelashes and eyebrows and they are falling out too. We have taken out life insurance policies and are trying to make prepartions for what we feel like is the inevitable. I have done so much research on these things I can answer almost any question you have on the truth about these "rotifiers." Have you found help? A cure? I'm so afraid they are in our brains due to cognitive signs but I can't even bring myself to admit that the infestion has gotten to that point yet.I'm trying to stay positive. We are or were a healthy male and female in our early 30's....afraid I won't see 35....or 40. Please let me know if anything helps; please! Respond to this post with a way to contact you via email etc. Even if you find any info you can give me for help or if you have any questions. Good luck and dont let ANYONE tell you that you're crazy or wrong for feeling what you're feeling and for what you are going through.  Have FAITH!
Sulfur shampoo, sulfur and MSM cream, zinc cream, tea tree oil, cortisone cream, hepa filters, vacuuming every day, lint rollers, diatomaceous earth, Fulvic acid, vinegar,
caterpillar bacteria and keen green… Don’t use harsch chemicals or bleach it will only make it worse. Stay healthy eat well and take mineral supplements.

I’m almost free of them after a month of intense battle.They gave me and my dog severe allergies and skin irritations. ( I’m using dog sulfur parasite shampoo)
Veterinary formula found on amazon.

I believe It’s a micro moth which has become resistant to common pest control products
I have same problem. 11 hospitals 3 seems and 2 pop later and no help other then am I crazy.   My opinion the only crazy people are these docs that turned me away... What do they think I would rip all my hair out and cover my body in marks.  I give up.  It's sad that I can't find no help.  Don't doctors take an oath to help people when they get there MD licence?
I have the exact problems that you all are describing. My son asked me to keep his pets while he goes on a 3days vacation and that's when I first noticed them on his rabbit's cage (adults) but vacuumed & cleaned the cage in my spare room not knowing or question what they were. The dog stayed in my room and she would drag her bottom on my carpet in my bedroom and my son said she just was itchy. All this happened summer of 2017 and I have gone to a dermatologist twice and told me to bring her proof of bed bugs because that's what I thought it was and I did have bedbugs at the same time I had the carpet beetles. I brought her proof and she disregarded and referred me to see a psychiatrist. I went to my ENT because they were in my ears, nose & throat as well as my eyes and every other parts mentioned above in others on this site and he didn't find anything not even on my feeding tube that won't stop bleeding from them irritating it. I went to see another ENT who I brought evidence and he said that because I used a Q-tip which I shouldn't my skin in my ear came off. Really! I didn't bother to telling him about the tape I catches them from my bed sheets. I knew he lied and I felt that these doctors know all about what damages these carpet beetles does and either can't or don't bother. It's been nearly a year and I have eye issues and sinus problems and I'm a cancer survivor this is a Government problem if you ask me because they cause health problems. Don't mean to scare anyone but I read a lot of different sites that talks about the same issues. Try Boar Acid, Cider Wood oil (tea tree oil) for hair use and moth balls, Naphthalene Balls. Use airtight containers for food. I read one guy used a mixture to remove them from his skin which I will do tonight since I purchased the items online came this week. But I'm a little hesitant because of Borax so be cautious. 2oz Nutmeg,  1/8 Borax mix,  1/4 Olive Oil,  1/8 Apple Cider vinegar,  1 tablespoon of water, Mix them together and microwave for 30 seconds stir and let cool enough to put on your skin. You will need a plastic spatula to remove from skin and I recommend washing with soap and water as soon as you finish. I pray all is well with everyone effected by carpet beetles,  in Jesus name.
Hello everyone, I can verify that the (Mixture) that I gave a few days ago did in fact remove the carpet beetles from my skin. Please if you will try to use this mixture: 2oz Nutmeg,  1/8 Borax, 1/4 Olive Oil, 1/8 Apple Cider Vinegar,  1 tablespoon of water, mix together and microwave for 30 seconds stir again then let cool enough to put on skin. Make sure you wash those areas with soap & water after use so it doesn't irritate your skin. I believe using Boric Acid help kill alot of them and I have 3 Ultimate Flea Traps catching alot of them to. I had a Pest Control guy for months and he couldn't kill them all but I have done a better job all by myself. I also use Diatomaceous Earth in my refrigerator because they got in there and in my outlets and light switches. These bugs are so bad they have caused so much damage to my clothes and health. I have a eye & GYN appt tomorrow because they have damaged those areas even my navel is raw from them being in that part of my body. I shared with you all how my dermatologist and my ENT turned a blind eye to the damages the carpet beetles did to my ears, sinus, skin & feeding tube area so I'm on eggshells about what these doctors are going to say tomorrow. I know the medical profession knows all about them but act as though we have lost our minds. I know God says forgive them for they know not what they do but I can't help but wonder what if they were in our shoes and was given the same acts they give to us, how hopeless can  one feel when treated that way. I'm now hopeful after praying and trying the mixture and other suggestions others give and seeing positive results. I will keep post on all the things that does work so you won't waste your time & money on things what doesn't. Be blessed!
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I almost forgot. They are prey to other insect such as spiders or centipedes. This is a problem because carpet beetles attract either insects so check the house for holes. Good luck
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Yea carpet beetles are a complete nuisance. They are harmless but they could damage your clothes sheets and maybe your hair. A few land on my beautiful hair but I killed them. The best solution is exterminator. Another option is vacuum. If you see ANY larva vacuum it. You can find them on walls, floors, dusty areas, clothes, windows, beds, or undisturbed places such as behind the drawers it or even in drawers. yes they are everywhere but light is their main source. Use light to attracted hatched beetles then kill them. Vacuum larvae and immediately throw it out. Check everyday. Do forget to check closets too! I don't know where they come from but check your house for holes or cracks and fix it to prevent more from invading. Carpet beetles can fly too but only fly when they need to find light. You are not in danger and this won't affect your health but keep the house clean.
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I am going through this since January. I think I picked the them up during travels but no way to be sure. I have witnessed two live varied carpet beetle larvae and two shells (they shed their skins). I have been experiencing hair loss/thinning. I cannot conclude that the two conditions are causally related but certainly are concurrent. I plan to move within the next two months and get rid of most of my possessions. I am going to make a doctor's appointment soon for my hair loss condition. Within the last two weeks three dark brown spots have appeared on my scalp which I believe are carpet beetle larvae as it is a similar colour and size as the ones I have seen outside of my scalp. I am hoping for the best and if they are larvae the doctor can make small incisions and extract them out of my body. I am trying to stay rational, the worst case scenario is I will go bald which is not the end of the world, I can wear wigs. I don't believe this condition is fatal as to cause death. Hoping for the best.
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Has anyone experienced permanent hair loss, or was there re-growth once you moved to a safer location?
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You are not paranoid.  I was feeling the same things in my scalp and finally purchased a microscope to check it out.  I have found multiple live and dead larvae in my scalp.  They are so small I could only identify them with the microscope.  I have tried pyrethrum cream, hair shampoo for animals, soaking in very hot water, vacuuming, cleaning carpets - you name it and after 8 months I STILL have them crawling on me and biting me.  I find them on my pets now and in their bedding.  I have not found any damage that they've caused by eating fabrics but the fact that I can feel them crawling on me drives me crazy.  If anyone has a suggestion I'd sure like to hear it.

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We moved into a two yr old town home while house was being build in March 2016 my mother who is very healthy started inching so bad that we both slept out in the trucks . We are very clean people no pets smoke or anything. I took her to the drs . And they treated use all for scabbies which didn't work for her I kept the bugs that where coming off her skin by useing tape and a white paper took them everywhere  in the capital state of Ky they said that they could tell lol they sure get payed for a job that they know nothing about. She started getting rashes that where on her back I took a lot of pictureswe stay in motels an cars just went in to take showers an left We Reyes every rememdy there was on googles was treated by drs six times  . We have a rainbow vac and it suck up carpet beetles I should have put this in the begaining this is what started it then the rest followed it is now November we got rid of furniture clothes just about everything and brought new my mother sleeps on plastic on her bed  becacause she has them still jabbing her an itching finally and dermatologist December the third for a ski Graf but my husband had some thing that you use on hourses that they put on them to draw stuff out if they get something in there hoof or skin it has suffer in it  she tuned it all over her then things started coming out of the skin they are a dark brownish color I took tape an removed some of them to take to the drs with her an pictures and the ones that did come out of my vacuum I will get the nam of the gourde stuff an put it on you and sleep in it a The you will see them on your skin she used it again last night an they where still coming out be in touch.
please i need mote information im about to kill myself or someone else
Meet same boat!
Seems my scalp issue is different from my body issues, and the private area is different also.  I bought H&S clinical strength, seems to work.

The Sulfur cream is for Horses, however you can make you own if you search online for it.

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I'm really worried that this seemingly new infestation of larvae, grubs, fly like looking things etc could be to do with scientists messing about in the  laboratory and has it been made/created deliberately?  what a rapid way to infect people with A FLY ! germ warfare WE ALL KNOW IT'S OUT THERE AND WE ALL KNOW HOW LOTS OF THESE DESEASES  COME  FROM THESE LABS
YES I CAN HEAR SOME OF YOU SAYING "WHAT A NUTTER"  BUT ..........
..............AM I ?        I DO SO HOPE I'M WRONG ............................BUT............
.............AM I ?
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I agree100%...mine started while working at a Government Hospital....The VA
I too was exposed to a government environment .... Las Alamos nuclear lab.
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YOU ARE NOT CRAZY
THIS IS REALLY AND LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING WITH IT.
I HAVE SUFFERED FOR NEARLY 4 YEARS NOW AND FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS FOUGHT FOR A REFERAL TO A INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST. I MANAGED TO SEE A DERMATOLOGIST WHO DIDN'T EVEN EXAMINE ME NOR DID HE TAKE ANY SKIN SCRAPES OR BIOPSY BUT HE DID PRESCRIBE ME WITH "RESPIRADONE " THIS 7 MEDICATION FOR "PARANOID SHCIZOPHRENIA" THANK GOD I WORSE IN MENTAL HEALTH SO KNEW WHAT IT WAS AND NEEDLESS TO SAY I DID NOT TAKE IT BUT DID GO BACKFLIP TO THE GP AND FOUGHT FOR HELP ONLY TO BE SENT BACK TO THE SAME DERMATOLOGIST WHO ASKED ME IF I'D TAKEN THE TABLETS  TO WHICH I ANSWERED NO THEN HE WENT BERSERK. ....
I ASKED IF HE'D EXAMINE ME AND TAKE SOME SKIN SCRAPES ETC AND IF THEY WERE ALL CLEAR THEN  I'D GO DOWN OTHER AVENUES TO WHICH HE SAID NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO !!!!!
I KNOW THERE IS  SOMETHING TERRIFYINGLY WRONG AND THERE IS LARVAE /GRUBS  ETC COMMON OUT OF MY HAIR CONSTANTLY EVERYTIME I COMPLETELY IT THOUGH 3 TO 5 TIMES OER DAY THERE ARE LOADS OF TINY BLACKMAIL LOOKING EGGS AND TINY GRUBS. IVE BEEN TURNED AWAY FROM EVERY WHERE WITH THE SAME CONDITION THAT I'M DELUSIONAL., OFF MY TROLLY,  LOST THE PLOT.  BUT I KNOW I NOT MAD !!! SO I AGREED IN THE END TO SEE A PHSYCIATRIST  OF WHICH WAS SOMETHING I WISH I'D DONE SO OER AS SHE MADE IT CLEAR THAT I WAS COMPLETELY SANE AND REQUESTED THAT I HAVE A SECOND OPINION ALONE WITH BIOPSY AND SKIN SCRAPES  PERFORMED.  I'M NOW WAITING FOR THE APPOINTMENT TO COME THOUGH BUT AFTER 4 YEARS I'M NOT PREPARED TO WAIT MUCH LONGER AS I FEEL SO WEAK AND ILL THAT I FEEL I'M DYING.  I SPRAY MY SELF WITH WINDOW CLEANING SPRAY. NEEM OIL IS GOOD BUT SMELLS TERRIBLE. I EVEN SENT FOR BENZYL BENZOATE.  THIS IS ALL WRONG AS WHAT WE ARE ALL DOING IS POISONING OURSELVES IN DESPERATION TO HEAL OURSELVES. MY HEART GOES OUT TO YOU ALL AS I TRULY KNOW HOW HORRIBLE A NIGHTMARE YOUR GOING THOUGH. I HAVE FLARE UPS WHICH CAN BE ANY WHERE BUT ONE TIMES WAS BY MY EYE AND NOW I HAVE BLURRED VISION IN MY ONE EYE.  I HAVE REALLY BAD SCARS ING ALL OVER MY BODY, MY HAIR IS ALL BRAKING OFF AND SO THIN NOW THAT IT'S NEARLY GONE.
WHAT THE HELP IS GOING ON GUYS? WHERE HAS THIS ALL COME FROM?  I DONT THING IT'S SIMPLY CARPET BEETLES AND IF IT IS WHY ARE WE BEING ATTACKED BY THEM ?WHY SO SUDDEN? WHY ? SOMETHING IS GOING ON GUYS? WHY WHY WHY? I'M THING ING OF YOU ALL AND IF I MANAGE TO GET ANSWERS AND HELP  FROM MY APPOINTMENT I'LL LET YOU ALL KNOW ASAP
LOVE TO YOU ALL
FELLOW SUFFERER
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Have you had your appointment yet?  I'm curious what the outcome is- I've been living in misery for the last year, and have seen 6 different specialists- to no avail.  So Curious if you were able to get any answers. Alley
I have the same exact thing....going on for two years now and I have been to 40 different doctors that just write it off as I'm crazy....yet I have the proof on my body and scalp....but the doctors are all programmed that If they didn't read it in a book during school then it doesn't exist and the patient must be crazy....yet looking on line....so many people are suffering from this. Guess that's why it's called practicing medicine. I am exhausted mentally and financially from trying to find a cure myself....mine started when I took a job at the VA hospital....I'm no longer there....yet it came with me and now my life is in ruins and I've been categorized as crazy....yet my hair is coming out by the hand full now, marks all over my scalp and body...and I spend my life cleaning....I've bought and tried everything and nothing works...so now my Dr wants me to see a shrink and I refuse....why??? To learn to accept living with this? That's BS...I don't want to live like this....I have no life....
Has anyone experienced permanent hair loss, or was there re-growth once you moved to a safer location?
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I'm at the point that I want to consult with a psychic or voodoo priestess or anyone who can explain why I have bad luck with homes!

A friend got married and I was able to take over her lease at a very good price. A couple days before she moved out and I in, she tells me there are bugs in her bed, which I bought from her along with other furniture.

Though I gave her instructions on what to do and not to do (e.g. isolate the bed to keep the bugs from going elsewhere), she put the darn mattress + mattress cover + bedding on.the.carpet and left everything there.

I was PISSED. I slept on the couch after moving in and eventually found out the bugs are carpet beetles, and for 2 weeks I have been going crazy and feel like things are crawling on me, though I've checked and they're not. I kept the bed isolated in the guest room till a couple nights ago, when it seemed like all was well. I then moved my stuff into the guest room and the bed into my bedroom. Then last night I found 2 bugs on my bed!!! I mortified!

I really would like to save the (expensive) bed I just paid for, but at any rate don't think getting rid of it will solve the problem. Will I have to? It has a box spring and padded head and foot boards  :/

In addition to vacuuming I've been spraying vinegar all over everything and wiping all surfaces and mopping with ammonia. These liquids kill the bugs, but not sure about the eggs. Does anyone know?

I'm terrified of my stuff getting infested. I did notice that the droppings are just outside the door to the balcony, and wonder if these pests came/come in from the trees outside.

Looking for diatomaceous earth now.
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Hello, I have a carpet beetle problem. Actually, since it has started raining this year, for the monsoon; we have gotten carpet beetles, mosquitoes, carpenter ants, moths, and termites. Yes, all at once. We are definitely over achievers. Well, I did some research and I found that, with carpet beetles, lots of people tend to have another infestation... Dust mites. You wouldn't even know it. I'm not saying people aren't clean enough or anything, but there is so much more dust from the beetles eating everything, and dust mites live on everything, including people. So even though they wouldn't normally be noticeable living on people, an infestation may be noticeable and people may be feeling the dust mites that live on them when they feel the itching and the crawling. Plus they normally eat dead hair and skin, but they may very well be biting people in the search for more dead things. The solution is to just keep as much dust and dirt cleaned up as possible, and keep trying to get rid of the beetles. Pest elimination places have this heat treatment now, that displaced you for around 5-10 hours unlike tenting houses which can put you out for 24-48 hours and there is no nasty chemical used that you may wind up worrying about later.
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