Pest Control Bexley

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Their View on Allergies

 

A Pest Free Home is a Healthy Home

 

A recent study showed that nine out of ten allergists believe that pests in the home increase the likelihood of illnesses such as asthma and hay fever. The outcome of the survey resulted in 97% of allergists agreeing that the way forward in the prevention of symptoms would be to keep our homes pest free.

 

Potent Allergen Proteins

 

Cockroaches and rodents are just two of the many pests that carry potent allergen proteins causing an asthmatic or hay fever sufferer to have more frequent attacks. These proteins could even trigger asthma in certain individuals.

 

Prevention is better than Cure

 

If you suffer with allergies, you may not even be aware that these pests are making your symptoms worse. Some people have cockroaches hiding under the bath and don’t even realise, which is a shame because allergies are a chronic disease that affect the immune system. It is important to take all the steps possible to reduce symptoms.

 

If you are having symptoms such as tightness of breath, coughing excessively (especially throughout the night) wheezing or your chest feels tight, see your doctor and then call our willing and able Pest Control Bexley team. They will soon tell you if you have any form of pest making your symptoms worse.

 

Interesting Facts

 

  • Excluding dust mites, cockroaches are the most problematic insect for allergy sufferers. Next is the rodent and then stinging insects.
  • Ninety percent of allergists recommend that patients ask advice from professional pest controllers.
  • Some cockroaches can live up to a year.
  • The largest living cockroach is 6 inches long, with a wing span of up to a foot.
  • A baby cockroach is the size of a speck of dust, and yet it can run nearly as fast as any adult.
  • One in four people are allergic to cockroaches.
  • There are over five thousand different kinds of cockroaches all over the world.
  • Cockroaches can withstand cold temperatures (32F), but if it gets too cold for them, they move in to our homes.
  • Cockroaches shed their skin and when they do, they are white with black eyes for up to 8 hours.
  • A cockroach can stop breathing for 40 minutes.
  • Cockroaches can run up to 3 miles per hour.
  • Cockroaches can survive for one month without food.
  • Cockroaches can survive for one week without water.
  • This last fact is the stuff that nightmares are made of. A cockroach will survive for a whole week without its head. The only reason it will die in the end is from lack of water as it has no mouth to drink with.

 

Please feel free to call us for advice if you have any concerns regarding pests, as we are willing and able pest control specialists and are here to help.

 

Contact Pest Control Bexley for any Pest Control Problem  0843 772 9875