How do you know if you have bed bugs?

Okay last week was spring break and my brother went to Florida and stayed in some hotel. I stayed home with my parents. On the same day my brother came back from Florida, the back of my ear itched really bad and it welted up and everything and I had...

I visited a friends house at the beginning of january this year who has bed bugs and today i woke up with 2 bites on my arm. Dont know if its bed bug bites but Would it take that long for me to know if i have bed bugs or not? That would mean i have had...

I recently got back from Cuba (May 1), and today is May 16. I have about 10 itchy bumps on my legs (Below my knees) that have developed over the past week. I fear that I may have brought bed bugs back from Cuba. My friend, who also came down south has...

I work at a hotel and someone said there were bed bugs and I went to check the room and was in there for 5 to 10 minutes and saw nothing. There was no bugs on the matriarch or on the wood. Could I get bed bugs for being in the room for 10 minutes. I...

I've seen three (one on my pillow, one by my window, and one in the bathtub??) and have some itchy spots on my body. I've washed all the sheets and checked the mattress. I don't see any of those spots that I've read about. The the bites I have are somewhat...

Last night i was listening to my ipod in bed at dark and two welts apered on my hand they where white then but know they are red. I checked my matress and sheets for any sign of bed bugs i did not find any thing. Do i have bed bugs? If i do what should...

My dog stayed in my room night before last and this last night I woke up with a couple of bites on my stomach. I got kinda paranoid thinking it was bed bugs and stripped by bed, started washing all my clothes, etc. They are very tiny, ichy, reddish colored...

I read an article about bed bugs last night, and then could not sleep. I do wake up with mysterious red, itchy areas, and they say bed bugs are a growing problem in my area (NYC)

I woke up this morning with about 6 bits on my legs and ankles and I'm wondering if they are bed bug bites or just from mosquitoes or spiders. My roommate has been living here for almost 3 months and has no such bites and I slept in the same place two...