Category: Roach Control
Roaches and Their Harmful Effects on Your Health
As a homeowner in Cobb County, you have enough responsibilities to attend to, and pest control shouldn’t be one of them. One of the peskiest pests you can have is the infamous cockroach, and if these critters are invading your home, they’re more than just a nuisance. Roaches can have negative effects on your health, so expeditious roach control is crucial.
Regardless of the species of roach infesting your home, they’re bound to give you the jitters. These critters make themselves at home, scavenging and gathering food. They prosper in warm, humid, and dark conditions. Signs that you have a roach invasion and require pest control include noticing a strange odor and spotting excrement, roach carcasses, and live roaches.
Health Problems Associated with Cockroaches
- Approximately 26% of Americans are allergic to a particular protein in the saliva, exoskeleton, and waste of German cockroaches. Symptoms of cockroach allergies include watery eyes, sneezing, and skin rashes. Cockroach allergens are also known to trigger asthma attacks.
- Cockroaches are the suspected or known carriers of the pathogens that cause leprosy, diarrhea, dysentery, typhoid fever, cholera, and plague.
- Cockroaches carry Salmonella, a bacterium which can cause food poisoning.
Although rare, cockroach bites can cause discomfort. - A cockroach’s gut contains a bacterium called Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which can lead to digestive problems, urinary tract infections, and even sepsis in humans.
- Cockroaches may not present immediate danger, but the fear of roaches is one of the most common fears among Americans. They present extreme anxiety for people with katsaridaphobia, the fear of cockroaches.
After you realize that your home is being taken over by roaches, you may begin to freak out, but before you do, reach out to PCS Pest Control Solutions, a Cobb County pest control service. Pest control specialists will conquer your unwanted guests and send a warning to any others who dare think of entering your home.
