Once, bed bugs were feared everywhere - but since their decline, their terrible hold over people has lessened.
Unfortunately, that peace was not to last.
The world could easily be filled up with bed-bugs overnight.
They use our stuff to travel and considering how many people travel between countries per day, it's just not surprising to see a recently cleaned bed suddenly rife with bed bugs.
These brown, tiny insects live in anywhere, from mattress seams to clothing, leaving a terrible trail of excrement behind them.
Those brown spots aren't dirt - that's their poop.
Crevices and cracks aren't safe from them and in fact, can be made into their homes.
Wood and dark colored fabrics are more prone to attracting these little monsters, as opposed to metal items.
Luckily, these bugs aren't super-spies - hotel or motel bedrooms can easily be inspected to see if their high traffic has brought in some bed-bugs.
Look for their brown excrement spots or the bugs themselves.
If they're there, they'll be a little easy to find.
It may be too late already though - they may have already infested your chairs or your clothes.
Go through your closets and your wooden furniture and use a torch light to make sure that none of them escapes your sight.
Luckily, with a flashlight, if you don't see them, they're definitely not in that area.
It's not hard to spot them.
The most effective tools that can be used to get rid of bedbugs are in the hands of experts.
Give an exterminator a call and they'll have your house cleaned of these bugs lickety-split.
Getting rid of them permanently is a matter that every housemate or house-member needs to be a part of.
Regular cleaning with rubbing alcohol can make sure that the infestation never comes back.
Each member of a household also needs to be responsible for keeping themselves clean and as bug-free as they can manage.