WHAT HEALTH RISK(S) AM I EXPOSED TO, BEING BITTEN BY BED BUGS?

Bed bugs can cause a number of health effects including skin rashes, psychological effects, and allergic symptoms. We already discussed that in our  previous post.

They are able to be infected by more than 28 human pathogens (including viruses, bacteria, protozoa,

and parasitic worms), such as those causing anthrax, plague, hepatitis, HIV, the virus that causes AIDS and typhus, and have been found naturally infected with many of these disease agents (especially hepatitis B virus).

Bed bugs have been found to carry methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a drug resistant strain of the staph virus. They have also been found with vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium (VRE), but the significance of this is still unknown.

None of these agents reproduce or multiply within bed bugs, and very few survive for any length of time inside a bed bug.

Serious infestations and chronic attacks can cause anxiety, stress, and insomnia.

HOW TO AVOID BEING BITTEN BY BED BUGS

Preventing bed bug infestations is the best approach.

If your house has been infested, then you need to get rid of the bed bugs. To learn to do this, you can read GOOD RIDDANCE TO BUG RUBBISH .

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