How To Deal With A House Tick

2024 Author: Rachel Wainwright | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 07:39

How to deal with a house tick

House mites are an evil that was unknown for a long time, until they were found in large quantities in the dust of most houses. It is not known for certain where the house tick came from, it is believed that it entered our homes along with down and feathers of birds, which have long been used to stuff pillows and feather beds.

Actually, the bed is the breeding ground for the house tick. There he lives, multiplies and flourishes, and the man himself creates favorable conditions for him. It is quite dark in the bed, the humidity and temperature are exactly the level that is required for the house tick for prosperity, and this humidity and temperature is maintained by the host's body, which is in bed. It also serves as a power source.

The house tick is not a blood-sucking insect, and it is not even biting. It feeds on the exfoliated scales of the host's skin. There are up to two kilograms of such scales in the bed per year, so ticks are not threatened with hunger. The danger to humans is not the ticks themselves, but their feces. Yes, yes, besides the fact that they live in your bed and feed on your dead skin, they also do it there. Leave waste products.

The feces of house ticks contain enzymes that help your skin digest in the tick's stomach. And these active protein substances are extremely dangerous for human health. They cause allergies, up to the most severe forms of it - bronchial asthma. But even if a person does not become allergic, then the proximity to a house tick and the constant inhalation of the allergen leads to a significant decrease in immunity, opening the door for a variety of diseases.

How to deal with a microscopic villain? Household mites are also called dust mites. It is in the house dust that a large amount of tick feces is collected. Therefore, the number one tool is regular wet cleaning of the room. Why exactly wet and not with a vacuum cleaner? Because the vacuum cleaner does not retain microscopic harmful particles, but, on the contrary, lifts them into the air. Dry cleaning of furniture and carpets is the only thing that will drive out house ticks from there, especially for upholstered furniture.

Timely change of bed linen, replacement of pillows and mattresses is required. For a house tick, humidity and the absence of direct sunlight are important conditions. Therefore, airing and drying the bed in the sun, especially blankets and pillows, is an important step in the fight against ticks. Clouds of dust under the bed are unacceptable, this is a mite nursery. It is especially important to take measures aimed at combating house ticks when there are allergy sufferers in the house.

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