Harboring mice in your home can lead to dangerous infections to you and your family members. Yes, rodents are responsible for spreading some of the most talked about diseases of mass destruction such as plague. Mice can infect you directly or indirectly and that is where they prove difficult to contain. You will infect if you handle an infected mice live or dead or come on contact with surfaces & foods that are contaminated by their droppings, urine and saliva. Mice can also spread the infection through proxy i.e. through parasites like ticks, fleas and mites. Rodents carry these parasites in their fur and if they bite you or your pets it is very likely to become confirmed infection. Mice handling by you with bare hands, inhaling mice contaminated air or touching mice infected surfaces are some of the routes through which you can get infected and fall victim to dangerous diseases like Hantavirus, LCMV, Salmonellosis, rat-bite-fever, plague and more. You should contact BBPP, the best Mice Control Services Richmond Hill and get rodents exterminated from your house and important avoid the above diseases.
How rodent spread fatal diseases
Besides property damage and food theft rodents also are responsible for spreading infections among residents. Some of the above rodent triggered diseases are known to have taken life in hordes in the past. It is important that you know about them and take precautionary measures to prevent them from spreading among family members.
Hantavirus
Hantavirus infection is fatal as it is capable of paralyzing your respiratory system and cause death if not given proper medical treatment. You can be infected with the disease if you do not take precautionary measures like avoiding exposure to rodents, not handling the rodents with bare hands, and keep your home sparklingly clean and disinfecting surfaces that are contaminated he tiny feet of mice and rats. The disease can spread by handling infected mice or inhaling mice waste adulterated air. the disease is a severe respiratory problem and are able to choke the respiratory by filling your lungs with body fluids through leakage.
LCMV
This disease poses serious threats to pregnant women in general. The symptoms would be fever, headache, muscle ache, stiff neck, vomiting and nausea. This happens after two weeks of your contact with mice dead or alive, and it affects people weak immune system and women who are pregnant. However it can be cured if spotted earlier. You contract the disease from mice exposure.
Salmonella
Symptoms of this disease are diarrhea, stomach cramps and fever. The disease starts progressing after six hours to six days of contact, and can last for 4-7 days. You may need hospitalization if the symptoms do not go away within this period.
Plague
This is a mass killer as it has done in Europe where communities disappeared due to the rodent caused infection. Victim can develop fever, extreme weakness, chills, shock, abdominal pains and bleeding of skin and other organs possibly. This disease can blacken your skin when they affect tissues of skin, especially your nose, fingers and toes.
Rat-bite-fever
When you are infected with this disease you will suffer from fever, vomiting, muscle pain, headache, and rashes on the skin, swelling or pain in the joints. Like other rodent borne diseases, this one will also need immediate treatment with antibiotic medicines.
Now you know what a mice infestation can cause for you and your family members. If you are living in a mice infested home, you should immediately call BBPP, most professional Pest control services Richmond Hill and also for nearby towns. You can contact them on phone number 647-910-6315 or by sending mail to info@bbppcanada.com and get a free quote.