Home parasites are insects that bite a person and feed on products of his vital activity (keratinized particles of skin, blood, etc.). These parasites bring a lot of trouble to people. Today in apartments and houses you can find many insects, which must be fought. So what types of domestic parasites exist?
Often these parasites are found in bed. They do not give normal sleep, become the cause of the development of various diseases. Nocturnal, hidden lifestyle, small size, high adaptability to new conditions do not allow them to be detected at the initial stage. Often insect parasites are localized near the bed of a person, which is their main source of nutrition. In addition, as practice shows, the ideal order and purity do not affect their reproduction. So, what domestic parasites exist, how to get rid of them?
Dust mite
All doctors unanimously claim that good sleep is the key to health and good mood. But often people do not even suspect what danger they may face in their own bed. After all, dust mites-parasites can live here. Most often they live in house dust.
This home parasite is impossible with the naked eye. Under the microscope, he looks like a small crab. This insect is arachnid. It is also called bed ticks.
Features of bed tick
The body length of an adult reaches 0.5 mm, it is covered with a chitinous membrane. Getting rid of this parasite is quite difficult. He firmly clings to the surface with his legs, at the end of which are suction cups.
Often these parasites live in house dust. About 1 microscopic tick may be contained in 1 gram. The ideal habitat for them is pillows, feather beds, mattresses, blankets, carpets. These insects do not bite. The main source of nutrition for them are keratinized particles of the human body, dandruff, sweat.
A dust mite enters a house with a person. It can be brought on clothes after a trip in public transport or a trip to the hairdresser. During walks, the dust mite can cling to the pet’s hair.
Signs of presence
The bed tick does not bite, but feeds on microscopic particles of the human body left on the bedding. For human health, tick excrement is a danger. He allocates them up to 20 times a day. Minimal movement makes them soar into the air. So they get into the lungs and on the surface of the human body. These parasites can cause a serious illness that is difficult to treat - allergies. At the initial stage, this disease is often asymptomatic. After an allergy to a tick, it resembles a common cold, which in the future can develop into bronchial asthma.
To determine the presence of an allergy to a dust mite, special medical tests are performed. It is possible to fully cure allergies only if all insects are destroyed in the house with the help of a high-quality dust mite.
Tick ​​vital products can provoke the development of the following pathologies:
- Bronchial asthma.
- A sore throat.
- Scabies.
- Allergic rash.
- Dry cough.
- Atopic dermatitis.
- Headache is frequent.
These insects can also carry infectious diseases, even such as plague, typhoid, tularemia.
Dust Mite Prevention
A bed tick is found throughout planet Earth. An unfavorable situation for this insect is the lack of accumulated dust and dry air. You can prevent the reproduction of this domestic parasite by adhering to the following recommendations:
- Change bed sheets every week.
- Wet cleaning in the house should be carried out using disinfectants.
- Be sure to iron pajamas, towels and bed linen.
- Remove all feather pillows from home.
- Keep dust away from the bed. Carry out often wet cleaning.
- Upholstered furniture often needs to be vacuumed and cleaned.
- Wash your carpets.
- Bring out bedding periodically to fresh air.
- Wormwood and tansy flowers scare away home parasites.
- Ventilate the room frequently.
Getting rid of these parasites is quite difficult. A quality dust mite remedy can only be used by SES teams.
Fleas in the apartment
Domestic fleas are small insects. In the house, they often appear from the basement. You can bring them into the apartment even on shoes. Fleas are parasites that develop and live on the body of an animal. Under certain conditions, they can populate houses, change their masters and eat human blood.
Fleas that can parasitize humans often breed:
- on dogs;
- cats
- birds
- rodents.
Insect description
An adult reaches 0.5 mm in length. The oral apparatus of the insect has a piercing-sucking structure, the body is flattened on the sides. It is almost impossible to kill an individual with cotton.
Immediately after domestic fleas enter the apartment, their presence is difficult to determine. Often, a person thinks about the presence of such a parasite when insects have long been in the house, multiplied sufficiently and began to attack actively. At the same time, the bites are painful, since the insect does not secrete an anesthetic.
Fleas are localized in small cracks and cracks, behind skirting boards and wallpaper, under carpets, floors, near pet beds and trash bins.
As soon as it gets dark on the street, insects begin an active search for a source of nutrition. An accessible area for the parasite is the lower limbs of the body. They are prone to attack in the first place.
Fleas can jump to a height of 2 m. This allows them to easily get into bed and attack a sleeping person. Clothing does not interfere with this parasite; it can easily get to any part of the body. A parasite is dangerous in that it carries helminth eggs and various infectious diseases:
- hepatitis;
- plague;
- anthrax;
- encephalitis;
- tularemia;
- brucellosis;
- trypanosomiasis.
Flea control
These parasites can actively reproduce in homes where there are no pets. They get from the basement, attic, porch, from neighbors. Methods of dealing with domestic blood-sucking parasites:
- Treat the pet, its berth and house.
- The room must be treated with insecticidal preparations - aerosol agents or concentrates.
- After processing, wet cleaning is carried out in the house with a special tool. Re-cleaning is done after 3 days.
- In winter, parasites can be frozen. For this, the room is left for several hours with open windows and doors at sub-zero temperatures.
These insects are characterized by high fecundity, so they can significantly increase their population in a minimum period of time. Their bites are painful, unpleasant.
To remove all pests from the house is quite simple. The main thing is to prevent their repeated “settlement”. If there are pets in the house, it is advisable to wear special anti-flea collars on them.
Lice
Various types of lice can be safely attributed to home parasites. Clothes or linen lice can be brought from a hotel, store, clothing market or guests. These insects often hide in poorly washed things.
The number of individuals is growing rapidly enough. Insects love to hide in the folds of bedding. At night, they bite through the skin of a sleeping person, leave red spots. Bites of domestic parasites itch quite strongly.
When a person prone to allergies bites, a rash occurs on the body. It can develop into purulent formations - ulcers, boils, and even pyoderma. These insects can carry typhus and relapsing fever, so it’s very important to know how to remove lice.
The parasite feeds on human blood, but it does not live on it. The size of an individual is 1-3 mm, the leg ends with a proboscis. It is to them that the louse clings to the surface. This parasite easily enough moves from bed linen to clothes.
So how to get lice out?
- All bed linen must be washed in a washing machine at a temperature of 90 ° C. The ideal option is boiling.
- Dryed laundry must be ironed. Use par.
- A dry mattress, pillow and blanket must be returned.
- Items that cannot be washed should be treated with special chemicals.
- Upholstered furniture and carpets also need to be treated with insecticides.
Bed bug
This parasite belongs to bloodsucking. Often it can be found in apartments. Insects migrate from neighbors to neighbors, often move to new places of residence in upholstered furniture or household appliances. It is here that bed bugs often hide, laying their eggs. Accumulation of individuals can also be found:
- under the mattress;
- in the crevices of furniture;
- behind the carpet.
The insect has a flat body 4-8 mm long. The size of the bug can increase depending on the filling of the nutrient tract. Moreover, females are larger than males.
The surface of the body has characteristic notches that allow individuals to move quickly even on the ceiling. On the head there is a small proboscis with which the insect pierces the human skin. There are 2 channels in the jaw:
- to isolate enzymes along with saliva;
- swallowing blood.
Surprisingly, by comparing 2 identical individuals (one will be full and the other hungry), you can find that the body of the parasite not only increases, but also changes color.
Hungry bugs climb to the ceiling and from there fall on a sleeping person. These insects feed only on human blood. In exceptional situations, they can "enjoy" the blood of pets: dogs, cats, rodents, birds. Such food can only support their livelihoods. At the same time, larvae do not develop, and adult individuals do not breed.
The bug carries a high risk to the health of a person prone to allergies, like other blood-sucking parasites, so it is important to choose the right remedy for bed bugs in the apartment, which will help get rid of them for a long time.
Features of the diet of the bug
The bedbug is a selective parasite. Choosing a victim, he will give preference to more tender skin - the child, then - the woman, and then the man. The place of nutrition is exposed skin, without hair and clothing.
For normal life, a bug is enough to drink blood once every ten days. He drinks about seven milliliters of blood. Trying to find a suitable area of ​​skin with a blood vessel, the bug makes a series of bites. They become inflamed and itchy.
Bed bugs are not carriers of various diseases. But they are dangerous for people prone to allergies. Such bites can cause the development of Quincke edema.
The process of metabolism in bedbugs may stop for a period of lack of nutrition. If a hunger strike lasts about a month, the insect enters into a state of suspended animation. If necessary, it can last up to two years. Moreover, if eggs were formed in the body of the female, she can extract nutrients from them.
As soon as the bug smells the human body, its vitality returns and it immediately attacks. After the first blood flow into the body, he returns to his former life.
Bed bugs breed at an incredible speed and lay eggs in the most secluded corners of the apartment and even in household appliances.
A way to deal with bedbugs
How to deal with home parasites correctly? It is quite difficult to bring out a bed bug. It quickly adapts to adverse conditions. Therefore, one should not only choose the right remedies for bedbugs in the apartment, but also seek the help of specialists from the sanitary and epidemiological station. Indeed, often measures to etch these insects in apartment buildings lead only to the migration of individuals to a calmer territory. After the bug can return to already developed places.
You should worry about preventive measures that will prevent the entry of bugs into the house. But if the individual has already penetrated, then unfavorable conditions must be created for it. At the same time, the bug will not be able to actively multiply and quickly leave this housing. So:
- It is necessary to regularly wet the floor, adding essential oils, ammonia, vinegar, etc. to the water.
- In places of possible habitat of insects, you can decompose bunches of plants: tansy, mint, wormwood.
If bugs are already present in your home, you should contact a specialist. After all, it is possible to poison parasites at home, but they show resistance to various chemicals. The following methods adversely affect the body of a bed bug:
- Processing rooms with a steam generator. High temperature allows you to kill not only adults, but also their larvae.
- The premises are treated twice with potent insecticides with an interval of two weeks.
Mosquitoes
Mosquitoes can also be attributed to domestic parasites. Although these insects do not live in the house, they appear here quite often and can bring a lot of trouble.
Mosquitoes enter the house through open doors and windows. After the bites of these annoying insects, itchy acne remains on the body. They often flow into allergic edema, which children are especially prone to. Mosquitoes can also transmit infectious diseases when bitten. Therefore, you need to choose the right tool for controlling domestic pests. Today in stores you can find special fumigators, aroma sticks, stickers, aerosols and creams that scare away these insects.
Only females feed on blood.
Often a large number of mosquitoes live in wetlands. Often they live in basements and storerooms, where there is coolness and humidity. From there they penetrate the apartments.
Cockroaches
Cockroaches are known to many who have lived in a hostel at least once. Unclean dishes, lack of hygiene, uncleaned food debris - these are the main reasons for the reproduction and habitat of these harmful insects.
But sometimes cockroaches appear in homes where cleanliness is maintained. They enter the house through:
- basements;
- vents;
- attics;
- crevices in the skirting boards;
- from the nearest catering establishments;
- from landfills.
These unpleasant insects can be easily brought from a business trip.
As soon as the cockroach settled in the house, he chooses a cozy place - the kitchen. It is warm, humid, enough food. Most often in this room, insects hide behind skirting boards and a gas stove, in the slots of the hood, in furniture.
They can also be found in living rooms. They often hide under mattresses, in cabinets, behind paintings and baseboards, under carpets and in household appliances.
Cockroaches are unpleasant to people not only because of the specific smell and unaesthetic appearance. They are also carriers of dangerous diseases, because they come in contact with garbage that is already missing products. These insects can cause the development of tuberculosis, diphtheria, tetanus, hepatitis, polio, gastroenteritis.
Harmless, at first glance, insects can bite painfully. Often children suffer from them.
Cockroach bites, their excrement, dead particles of shells can cause a serious allergic reaction.
You can fight these parasites with the help of good chemicals:
- Raptor
- "Dichlorvos";
- Dohlox;
- crayons;
- trap containers;
- ointments;
- creams.
Experts recommend paying attention to ultrasonic repellers. They negatively affect insects, but are not dangerous for humans.
In the fight against cockroaches, folk remedies based on boric acid can also help:
- 200 g of borax powder is mixed with starch, vanilla and icing sugar. This mixture is diluted to a pasty state with water.
- Boric acid is mixed with pre-cooked yolk. This mixture is rolled up into balls of small diameter and laid out in places where insects often appear. Also, boric acid can be used to treat the sink and toilet. The use of water from these containers will lead to the death of insects.
Conclusion
Various insect parasites can live in an apartment or house. They make human life unbearable. Discomfort, pain, lack of sleep and constant stress - these are the consequences of living with such insects under one roof. In addition, do not forget that most of them are carriers of dangerous infectious diseases.
You can try to fight parasites yourself. Some of them can be quickly removed from their homes. And in the fight against some, you will have to use the services of SES specialists. They use quality, concentrated insecticides that guarantee the eradication of parasites in your home.