While nurses, doctors, and scientists in the healthcare field are making great strides in areas such as informatics to improve patient care and cures for diseases, care and prevention still need to start in the home.
However, there are quite a few common house pests that can be affecting the good health of you and the family you love. If you discover you have any of these pests, it’s important to get in touch with a reputable pest control company, such as Moxie Services , to have the problem taken care of right away. Below, you can find a few of the most common house pests that could be affecting your family’s health at this very moment.
Mice
While mice are cute and might look cuddly, they carry diseases and infections that you don’t want around your family. Like other pests, mice will scour your kitchen for food, but even if they don’t get into your food, they are still contaminating your kitchen area. This is because mice dribble urine wherever they go, meaning that when they scurry across your counter, they are leaving trails of urine behind.
What makes this even worse is that mouse urine dries super-quickly, meaning you can’t see it. You could be laying your bread in a dried puddle of urine and not even know it. They also carry bacteria that can cause salmonella poisoning or meningitis, both of which can make your family very ill.
Cockroaches
Just the idea of a roach scurrying across the counter is enough to send most people rushing to the phone to call in a local pest control company, just because no one wants these pests in their home. It’s more than that though, as cockroaches carry viruses and bacteria that can make you and your family sick. Just the fact that cockroaches live in sewer type environments and then come into your home to eat and get out of the cold is enough to make most people sick.
Cockroaches also carry parasites, pathogens, and bacteria that they are depositing on your countertops and in your pantry when they scurry across them. The bad thing is that they can make you sick just by being in your home because their droppings, decaying shells, and other stuff they deposit break down and become airborne, meaning you and your family are breathing that stuff in every time you take a breath.
Flies
While these insects might seem like just an annoyance that flies around your head when you’re trying to eat or sleep, the pests can actually make you sick. These insects feast on decaying food and even human waste, then land on your or your freshly cooked food on the kitchen table. Experts think that flies carry and spread at least 65 different diseases, including dysentery, anthrax and even cholera. Since the fly throws up on everything it lands on, it’s no wonder they can make you super-sick.
Rats
Like mice, these loathsome creatures are something you don’t want walking around your home. As a matter of fact, they carry some of the most dangerous diseases in the world, including the plague and leptospirosis. They can also cause what is known as rat bite fever, if they become aggressive and bite or scratch someone.
These are just a few of the most common house pests that could very well be making you and the family you cherish sick. If you suspect you have any of these pests, or others, in your home, contact a company to get rid of them as soon as possible.