Bedbug Prevention

Bed bugs are unpleasant, harmful parasites that drink human blood. The appearance of insects in the apartment becomes a very unpleasant moment, and it is not so simple to remove them. Than to deal with pests, it is better to regularly carry out prevention from bugs. How to do this, you will learn from this article.

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What is the danger of bedbugs to humans?

Bed bugs are among the most common insects that lead a parasitic lifestyle and feed on blood. These pests multiply very quickly, so a person notices their presence when the number of insects is very numerous.

Important! For a day, one female bug lays about fifteen eggs.

People are often mistaken that bed bugs do not do any harm, and therefore do not consider their appearance in the house as a special problem requiring immediate resolution. But why are bedbugs still dangerous for a person, why is it still better to carry out regular preventive measures against bedbugs in order to prevent their appearance in the house?

The danger of these insects is due to the nutrition of human blood. The life cycle of a bed bug is about a year. Even without being considered a source of infection, during its life the insect can contain pathogens of dangerous infectious diseases in its body.

The following infections can be transmitted to a person through a bug bite through the blood:

1. Plague is an acute, very dangerous viral infection with severe intoxication. The virus affects the lymphatic system, lungs, and other internal organs, which can lead to sepsis and death.
2. Q fever is an infectious disease that affects the human circulatory system. It leads to the development of benign reticuloendotheliosis in the tissues of the body.
3. Tularemia is a zoonotic infection that affects the lymph nodes and is characterized by fever, and then complete intoxication of the body.
4. Hepatitis B is a viral disease that is very resistant to chemical and physical influences. It leads to impaired liver function and a gradual decline in human health.

Important! Infection with such viral infections is quite unlikely, but even the bites of the bug themselves harm the human body. Bed bugs eat at night, and therefore are able to disrupt sleep and proper rest of a person. Violation of the life regime, in turn, leads to disorders of the nervous system, a positive psychological state. If there is no prevention from bedbugs and no measures are taken to destroy these parasites, over time, some people may develop a pathological condition - fear of sleep - against the background of constant lack of sleep, scabies from bites. Especially this affects young children.

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Preventive measures against bedbugs

Despite the common misconceptions about the unsanitary situation in the apartment, as well as the appearance of parasites due to garbage deposits, bedbugs can settle in almost everyone. Dirt does not contribute to the appearance of insects, because they fall on our living space together with furniture, things, as well as traveling on the wool of pets.

It is impossible to completely protect your apartment from uninvited neighbors, but prevention from bedbugs will help minimize the chance of their appearance. In order to protect yourself, it is enough to carry out such events:

1. Thoroughly clean the premises regularly. Although insects do not appear due to dirt, washing the floors and baseboards, as well as while cleaning furniture, is likely to destroy insects accidentally caught in the apartment.
2. Bedbugs hide in secluded and inaccessible places, so carefully check the cracks, and if possible fill them with a sealing construction mixture.
3. Carefully inspect and inspect new furniture. With the help of such examinations, one can notice, if not adult bugs, then their larvae and eggs. It is quite possible to neutralize them with the help of a special tool, preventing the reproduction of parasites in your home.
4. In the event of a move, treat the transported furniture and the premises you enter with chemicals to exterminate insects. It is advisable to do in this case prevention from bugs, cockroaches and all other types of pests at the same time.
5. Renovate the apartment as necessary. Glue the peeled wallpaper, close the cracks in the floors and under the windowsills.
6. Try to clean hard-to-reach places as carefully as possible.

Important! To clean under the furniture and in the openings you will help a conventional vacuum cleaner. Also, this machine can remove debris in the cracks between the floor and the baseboard.

7. Try to change bedding as often as possible and avoid long storage of items awaiting washing in the laundry basket.
8. If your friends got bugs, and you visited them, returning home, be sure to overdo things and bags.
9. Change old sockets for new devices with a closing mechanism, which will ensure not only the prevention of bugs, but also the safety of children.

Important! If bugs lived in your house, then you will have to change the parquet flooring, because even after the extermination of insects, it is almost impossible to remove the individuals hidden under the floor.

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How to protect yourself if bedbugs are neighbors?

If you are aware of the settlement of bugs in the next apartment, then the most effective will be barrier methods of protection against insects. It is best to conduct such treatment of your premises with a specialized pest control service.

Bedbug barrier prevention is carried out using professional equipment - fog generators. Processing is carried out using a fat capsule, inside of which the active substance is located.

Important! After disinfection, the smell from the treatment agent is quickly ventilated, but the substance continues to act for a long time.

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How to get rid of bugs?

If, despite the prevention of bedbugs, these insects have wound up in your apartment, you can bring them out in several ways:

• Chemical method - provides 100% destruction of bugs and their larvae.
• Alternative methods are used to independently get rid of pests with the help of mechanical or physical effects.

Chemistry of parasites

You can buy specialized means for controlling bugs in a household chemistry store. Such agents may have various formulas and consistencies. You can use the following popular pest control products:

1. Aerosols. These substances are sprayed on the accumulation and habitat of parasites, as well as on possible ways of their entry into the apartment. The undeniable advantage of aerosols is the possibility of spraying in the cracks between the skirting boards, doors, window sills, as well as in the hood. The most popular is the aerosol spray for fighting the Raptor bugs.
2. Solutions and liquids. It is very effective to treat infected surfaces with a liquid product that needs to be diluted in a certain proportion. Which brand to give preference to - determine for yourself, based on customer reviews, price category, long-term action and safety for pets, as well as your family members.

Folk remedies for fighting bugs

Effective use of alternative methods can be in the case of a small number of insects and their timely detection. It is possible to use such means only for local extermination of parasites.

Method 1

Bed bugs are very susceptible to high temperatures, so treat the place of accumulation of insects with boiling water.

Important! Do not forget to boil all the linen and things where insects could hide. Mattresses, curtains, as well as sofas, can be ironed or treated with hot steam.

Method 2

It is also possible to destroy pests with kerosene and turpentine. You can process the habitats with these tools either individually or by mixing them together.

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We hope that our tips and tricks will help you protect yourself from an unpleasant neighborhood, and nobody will disturb your sleep.