Think i found one. Freaking out!!
Kinda new to reddit so sorry if my post is weird/not right. So, some back story first. Never had bed bugs before. No signs or indications whatsoever leading up to this. Anyway, about a week and a half ago i woke up with 3 small itchy red spots in a line on my left forearm that looked like some kind of bite. As well as 2 side by side on my right forearm, and 2 side by side under my left collarbone. I sleep bunched up around with my arms folded so my forearms and chest/neck are always all right around each other. I had no other bites anywhere else at all and they didn’t have any other reaction. A few did swell a bit but nothing else. Just small red itchy bites. Again, no indication of bedbugs leading up to this so they didn’t even cross my mind. I also had slept with my window open that night and my assumption was that it was mosquito bites or something. I put rubbing alcohol on all the spots and continued doing that 2-3 times a day for about 4 days and they all went away. No additional spots/bites at all that whole time. They all went away eventually after the 4 days and i never got anymore. Still haven’t now either. There’s been no other bites whatsoever since those first ones. Well that was about a week and a half ago and i just came home from a bike ride and found the bug in the pic crawling on the outside of my pillowcase. Some googling indicated its most likely a female bed bug. Obviously my brains put 2 and 2 together now and i know the bites i had were most likely bed bug bites. But now I’m freaking out and trying to gauge how bad it could be. Everything I’ve searched says lone travelers/"hitchikers" are completly rare and that if you find one, there’s definitely more. I work overnights at a truck stop tho and you wouldn’t believe the things people track in with them. Is it possible its just the one? i searched my bed and floor and pillows and i didn’t find any other bugs at all anywhere, nor did i find any dark spots/smears, and i didn’t find any eggs or anything either. There’s no other signs anywhere at all. Just the one single bug crawling on the top of my pillow. And still no new bites since the ones a week and a half ago. Is it possible at all that it was just the one bug and its just been hiding or something since then? Or am i right to freak out and probably have a bigger problem? please help!! I’m absolutely panicking and any info/advice is appreciated!