If you have a child with asthma, you’re aware of how important it is to reduce their exposure to dust or other potential aggravators. In addition, chances are, you take regular precautions to help benefit them, and help limit major asthma attacks or severe symptoms. Most parents will also aim to increase the quality of the air in their home or other common areas.
Although each and every one of those preventive measures is important, there is another vitally important aspect that plays a part in managing your child’s asthma condition, possibly even prevent the condition from forming in younger children, and that is pest control.
Believe it or not, extermination services cover an array of insects, rodents, termites, spiders, and many other potential invaders, helping limit potentially severe asthma and related respiratory risks. This is especially true for susceptible, young children.
Below, you’ll find some of the most common pest threats in the state of Utah, and how pest control services help limit these risks:
Mice, Rats, & Rodents
When it comes to triggering asthma and other human allergies, rats, mice, and other rodents who invade your home are the ones to blame.
Whether these rodents are invading your home looking for a food source, shelter from the cold, or some combination of the two, they can cause a lot of harm to our health, and the health of our children. Particularly those who suffer from asthma or other respiratory problems. In some cases, a rodent infestation can be the singular reason for causing an allergy problem to be brought on, where in other cases, a rodent infestation can exacerbate cause current respiratory issues.
As a side note for those who are unaware, there is a direct link between asthma an allergies, both of which are major respiratory conditions. Therefore, children who have asthma, and are then exposed to allergens like rodents, may see their asthma attacks become significantly worse. This is often a telltale sign that you have a rodent infestation that needs to be taken care of. Once you call in a pest extermination expert and have the rodents removed, you will notice your child’s asthma attacks lessen in frequency and severity.
Cockroaches
The truth is: Cockroaches have a big impact on the human respiratory system, with symptoms ranging from congestion, up to serious ear and sinus infections.
When it comes to children and the respiratory system, cockroaches are likely the single most damaging pest, that can bring about increased asthma symptoms and even cause asthma to form in much younger children, where asthma was not previously present. At the very first sign of a cockroach infestation, you should call your local pest control professionals for immediate removal before damage is done.
Dust Mites
It is no surprise that dust mites are connected to both allergies and asthma, as they are a common aggravator to these conditions.
As a matter of fact, dust mites are named specifically due to the fact that they congregate in dusty areas, feeding on various particles, which include dead skin and other allergens.
As with cockroaches and rodents, dust mites relate to an allergic reaction that worsens asthma symptoms in homes where dust mites have infested. In addition, dust mites can bite, and many people – particularly children – are allergic to the bite and excrement from dust mites, leading to other health issues.
