According to Positive Med, although the well-known pests such as mice, cockroaches, etc. are dangerous and disgusting in their own way, there are a lot of non-native pests which can be exceptionally damaging to our health.
One such bug is the so-called kissing bug which is known to transfer allergic reactions in people or illness. Do you know what type of bug this actually is? It is called the kissing bug. Make sure you continue reading the article if you want to learn more…
What are Kissing Bugs?
Also known as the assassin bug, this bug is common in southern countries such as Mexico and South and Central America. They can be found both outdoors and indoors and outside and they usually live in places such as woodpiles, outdoor dog kennels, underneath porches, and in different cracks and holes in buildings.
They are most active at night whereas they tend to hide during the day. They tend to stay near blood hosts such as birds, mammals, humans, birds, and reptiles. In properly-sealed homes, the chance for kissing bugs is much smaller because they usually appear in easily and open-types of homes.
Why You Need to Minimize the Chances for Kissing Bugs?
These bugs, as explained on Positive Med, carry a parasite known as Trypanosoma cruzi which is known to cause Chagas disease. This disease attacks the cardiovascular and digestive system and it comes in two phases, i.e. the acute one or a phase manifested by symptoms such as rashes, fever, sores, diarrhea, vomiting, and swollen eyes.
