Dangerous Household Pests
Some pests are a genuine cause for concern because they each have the potential to harm you and your family and pets!
Allergies
Cockroach feces, saliva, and shed skin degrade into a dust over time becoming a common trigger for allergies in both adults and kids. Cockroaches can cause an allergic reaction resulting in sneezing, itchy eyes, and possibly severe asthma attacks. Mold inside the home is another known trigger for people living with asthma and other respiratory issues.
Asthma
Mold, dander, dust mites, tobacco smoke, and cockroaches are indoor allergens. Cockroaches cause sensitive individuals to suffer asthma attacks. Infants exposed to cockroach infestations are more likely to remain sensitive throughout their lives. Children and adults who suffer from asthma may experience their condition worsen with repeated exposure.
Diseases
Flies, mold, cockroaches, and rodents all place your health at risk causing illnesses. Headaches, fever, nausea, diarrhea, and abdominal pain from contaminate food sources are risk factors that should not be taken lightly. Mosquitos and ticks are vectors for serious health risks like West Nile, Malaria, Zika virus, Lyme disease and more.
Getting stung by a wasp, bee, hornet, or yellow jacket may cause pain and other serious health outcomes for some.
Droppings cause allergic reactions, as well as diseases. Rodent urine and feces can damage and contaminate food with bacteria.
Pigeons become a danger to our health when they begin nesting in and around buildings. Their feces is can create breathing hazards as it piles up.
Cockroaches are known to spread more than 30 types of bacteria. Evidence supports them triggerring Asthma attacks. Roach droppings, saliva and shed skin contain proteins that can cause allergic reactions for both adults and kids.
With the presence of West Nile, Malaria and Zika, Mosquitoes area serious health threat. Mosquitos cause allergic reactions from bites cause itchy, inflamed marks on the body. When scratched, mosquito bites become even more irritated.
Ticks carry lyme disease transmitting the disease through biting. If you're bitten by a Tick with Lyme disease, you may experience flu-like symptoms. A rash around the bite can also form along with fatigue. Ticks are a risk.
Fleas will bite you too, and not just your pets. Fleas can cause mild to severe skin irritations that worsen when scratched.
Bed bugs feed on human blood. Their bites can cause mild to severe irritation and when itched may worsen or lead to secondary infection.