Pests can be more than a nuisance in your home – they can be a hazard to your health. Pests such as cockroaches, rodents, and mosquitoes can all threaten your health. Protecting your home from pests is also a way for you to protect the health of your family.
Cockroaches
Cockroaches are one of the most disgusting types of pests around. They are known to spend their time in damp, dark places including sewage pipes. As roaches travel through sewer pipes, garbage, and other disgusting places they collect bacteria on their bodies and legs. Then, when cockroaches make their way into your home, they can contaminate your food supply and surfaces with those bacteria. Information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that roaches have been found to carry Salmonella typhimurium and Entamoeba histolytica. In addition, roach droppings and carcasses can trigger reactions in people with allergies and asthma. The potential health hazards of a cockroach infestation should prompt you to take the steps necessary to keep them out.
Rodents
Rodents are one of the largest types of pests homeowners find inside houses. They can carry and transmit a long list of diseases directly to humans. According to the CDC, rodents can spread disease directly through contact with rodent feces, urine, saliva, or through rodent bites. Diseases can also be spread to humans indirectly through ticks, mites, or fleas from an infected rodent. A rodent infestation in your home puts your family at risk for a number of diseases that come with unwanted side effects.
Mosquitoes
Mosquitoes are the smallest pest on this list but they can be a serious health hazard for people. Mosquitoes feed off of the blood of humans and other animals. If they feed off of blood that is infected with some types of diseases, they can transmit that illness to the next person they bite. Some of the commonly known diseases that mosquitoes can spread include malaria, Zika, and West Nile virus. In some parts of the world, diseases spread by mosquitoes cause many deaths every year.
There is no denying that there are some types of pests that are a hazard to the health of humans. Cockroaches, rodents, and mosquitoes are three of the most notable pests that can spread illness. In order to protect your family from these pests you need to take steps to keep them away from your home. You can start protecting your home by sealing up any breaches that allow these pests easy access inside. Another important step is to get professional treatment for pests. A pest control professional can help you eradicate pests currently in your home and create a chemical barrier to keep them from returning. You can also get professional treatment to help protect against mosquitoes in your yard. Get in touch with San Joaquin Pest Control for help protecting your family from the health hazards these pests create.
