I currently reside at a dorm house (among others around me) which my host Uni provides here in Germany. I will soon be leaving the country in a month’s time. Ever since October 2009 (my first month here) I had noticed problems with my mattress. It is dark blue therefore one can not easily notice black excretion of possible bed bugs. I am pretty convinced I have an infestation, though not sure at all how large, because each time I would sleep on that mattress, even with 3 layers of bed sheets AND protective cover, I was still bitten and woken in the middle of the night or morning. This resulted in sleepless and anxious nights and red itchy little bumps anywhere on my body. I am not used to this kind of filth, and am sure that the dorm mattresses have not been cleaned or inspected for years… Since the first few times I was bitten, I decided to buy an air bed. This worked perfectly and I had no itching whatsoever. My question is, would the bugs be able to crawl on the floor of my room and reach me on my air bed? I don’t feel any itching while on my air bed. I am also consistently clean, though I did read that bed bugs don’t care about that. Another thing to mention, is that I have left a slightly large box on this bed among other things like a wooden-framed mirror that I use. The box is to be used to send off some of my belongings back home by post. Do these cause more bed bugs? Thanks for any help :)

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