How are cockroaches harmful to humans?
Question:I know they're bad news, but why?
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Cockroaches have been reported to spread at least 33 kinds of bacteria, six kinds of parasitic worms, and at least seven other kinds of human pathogens. They can pick up germs on the spines of their legs and bodies as they crawl through decaying matter or sewage and then carry these into food or onto food surfaces. Germs that cockroaches eat from decaying matter or sewage are protected while in their bodies and may remain infective for several weeks longer than if they had been exposed to cleaning agents, rinse water, or just sunlight and air. Recent medical studies have shown that cockroach allergens cause lots of allergic reactions in inner city children. They were even shown to cause asthma in children. These allergens build up in deposits of droppings, secretions, cast skins, and dead bodies of roaches.
Prevention Good sanitation and habitat reduction, along with vacuuming, surveillance, a baiting program, and some sealing of cracks can usually quickly reduce or eliminate a cockroach population.
These insects carry all kinds of disease in there bodies and multiplying like they do can cause harm to you because they can get into everything and they are hard to kill. Places such as your food, your clothes, your bathroom, wall sockets and also a lot of them can give a bad odor and they also leave feces all over the place.
"They contaminate food and eating utensils, destroy fabric and paper products, and impart stains and unpleasant odors to surfaces they contact.
Cockroaches (especially the American cockroach, which comes into contact with human excrement in sewers or with pet droppings) may transmit bacteria that cause food poisoning (Salmonella spp. and Shigella spp.). German cockroaches are believed to be capable of transmitting disease-causing organisms such as Staphylococcus spp., Streptococcus spp., hepatitis virus, and coliform bacteria. They also have been implicated in the spread of typhoid and dysentery. Indoor infestations of cockroaches are an important source of allergens and risk for asthma among some populations. The levels of cockroaches and allergens are directly related to cockroach density, housing disrepair, and sanitary conditions."
Cockroaches can carry diseases and they can also crawl into a persons ear ( like a child) sleeping. Get termite and ant and roach killer by Ortho-- and spray around your whole (outside) house. Spray up the side from the foundation - brick or siding about a foot--I tried this and so far have had no roaches. This termite and ant killer was for termites and ants but the roaches die when they get onto the side of the house. Be careful if you have pets that might lick this and cause them to be sick.
They carry germs. And I mean a lot.
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