Cockroaches are dangerous vector for infection. They carry all sorts of bacteria and bites on any human body parts are unsafe . It is important to get rid of cockroaches in houses and prevent them from getting inside in the first place. You should always avoid being bitten by a cockroach. However, it is important to properly treat a cockroach bite as soon as it is discovered. Cockroaches have been known to go for a month without food, live underwater for long period, survive freezing, and live off the smallest amounts of sustenance.
A cockroach bite could become bright red or dark purple and possibly a sickly green. If your bite seems infected, you should go to a pharmacy or clinic and get some anti bacterial medicine. If the infection continues to worsen, see a doctor..
Few steps you should take if you experience cockroach bites, cockroach crawling on you or you spot anyone around you.
- Make sure you kill the cockroach. Cockroaches work in groups and secrete pheromones to communicate with one another. Every cockroach that you see, could signal ten more and before you know it, you have an infestation.
- Clean immediately any cockroach bite or wound. Cockroaches carry tons of bacteria in their mouth parts and a single bite can easily get infected and swell badly. It is very important to clean the wound properly. Most often you wake up with a cockroach bite and the next day the bite wound is four times bigger and bright red.
- Have a clean environment and get rid of cockroaches in your home. The use of cockroach repellants are effective and helpful to some extent.
You could try the orthodox method which is safe. Baking soda mixed with sugar is known to kill cockroaches. The sugar attracts the cockroaches, while the baking soda reacts with their digestive tract to kill them. Simply mix the baking soda and sugar in equal part. Then place the mixture in a number of places around your home and wait a number of days to see the cockroaches die off.
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