The leaves are falling, the temperatures are dropping, and your house is becoming a refuge for cockroaches who don't like to be outside in the cold. You already hate the idea of having these creatures in your home, but you really won't be thrilled when you find out they could be responsible for some of the stomach health issues you and your family experience. When it comes to stomach ailments, the link back to the cockroach is not too hard to trace.
Have You Seen A Cockroach?
It is often said that for every cockroach you do see in your home, there are many more hiding away from your eyes. Each egg case produced by a female American cockroach will contain 16 eggs, and she produces one of these a month for up to a ten month period. While cockroaches are inside your home, they are looking for food and water, and that is the reason why you see cockroaches in the kitchen area most often. They are drawn to those little scraps of food left over on the plate in your sink, and the hydration provided by your slightly dripping faucet.
How Do Cockroaches Make You Sick?
Cockroaches move around a lot, and whatever ugly diseases they pick up, they can transport straight into your kitchen on their bodies and feet. All it takes is for the diseased microbes they are carrying to come into your food, cutlery, or serving dishes, and you've got a recipe for family stomach disaster. There are a number of common diseases that a cockroach can carry with them, and these include:
Cockroaches can carry up to 14 million microbes of disease on their little bodies, and when these land in your kitchen only the strictest of hygiene habits is going to keep illness at bay.
How Can You Protect Your Kitchen From Cockroach Invasion?
If you want to keep cockroaches out of the kitchen, you need to cut off their food and water sources. There are several actions you can take to make this happen.
Once you have discouraged them from entering the kitchen to feed, you just need to get rid of the cockroaches that are stubbornly hiding in your home.
How Can You Get Rid Of Cockroaches?
Depending on the species of cockroach, they can live without food for over a month, so even though you've got nothing for them to eat, they may not move out of your home straight away.
Your local hardware store has do-it-yourself eradication kits if you wish to give it a go yourself, but when it comes to protecting the digestive tracts of your children, it's best to let a professional, like those at U.S. Pest Control, handle the job for you. They have the tools you don't have to treat roaches hiding in your walls, or your heating vents. Professionals also guarantee their work, so they will return as often as necessary until the cockroaches are gone.
The next time you have a stomach upset and you recall the lone cockroach you saw in the kitchen, pick up the phone and ask for help. A pest control bill is easier to deal with than a household filled with sick family members.
Share16 October 2015
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