Cockroaches are brown colored insects that are accompanying humans from generations. There is merely a home that hasn’t ever faced a cockroach infestation in Hamilton. These pests are greatly responsible for degrading the health and hygiene of a family. Not only are they carrier of severe diseases and infections, but are also the cause of social embarrassment to a family due to the clutter they create. There is a wide array of heath problems that arise from cockroach habitat. Some of them are listed below:
- Food contamination
These pesky pests can virtually feed upon anything, may it be dead plants or animals. Along with eating human food and diet, they are food of consuming plant remains, dead animals, faecal matter, soap scum, leather, garbage, and many other things. Since they move around in search of food, they can contaminate an open food by defecating and depositing egg shells on it.
- Infectious bites
There are some species of cockroaches that are found to attack humans with bites that are highly infectious. Though the biting cases are rare, but one should remain alert if a huge population of these insects have invaded your home. Their bites can likely result in infectious wounds.
- Invasion of body parts
Cockroaches can invade your body parts along with your home. Several such cases are reported where a roach has entered the ears and nose of a sleeping person. This can also lead to major surgeries and even death, in case a small cockroach manage to enter the body orifices.
- Food poisoning
A common epidemic caused by cockroach invasion is food poisoning. A recent evidence shows that a locality that is roach free likely experience fewer cases of typhoid and food poisoning.
- Allergies
Cockroaches are responsible for causing skin allergies. The saliva they secrete over the places they have moved onto contain hundreds of allergens that are responsible for triggering an allergic reaction. They can be blamed for causing skin rashes, sneezing and watery eyes.
These are the few diseases caused by roaches. If your home is currently invaded by these pests, call our professional exterminators in Hamilton for effective and long term pest removal service.
