Mouse Borne Diseases
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Mice not only introduce horrid smells and dirt into the home, they also carry serious illnesses and consequently should be removed from the home at the first indication of an infestation. To illustrate my theme, I will present various illnesses conveyed to humans by mice. Mice transmit the bacteria Salmonella Typhimurium. While not the most dangerous of bacteria, Salmonella Typhimurium can cause irritating intestinal complaints, which include loose stool, bowel pain, nausea and wretching. The salmonella related intestinal symptoms can prove fatal for people with a weakened constitution. The bacteria is spread through food contaminated by mice droppings and is the most common cause of food poisoning.
Mice can transmit tapeworms.Mice become infected with tapeworm when they inadvertently eat food contaminated with a parasitic worm. Humans become infected if they ingest food contaminated with infected mice droppings. This can frequently happen after people touch mice or mice droppings and then neglect to wash their hands thoroughly before eating.
Murine Typhus is a mild disease that can be transmitted by both rat and mice fleas. The disease is contracted when a human bite victim scratches the place where he has been bitten by an infected flea. While scratching he inevitably pushes flea feces into the blood stream, and that permits the typhus to enter the body. Symptoms, which begin 6 days to 2 weeks after the bite, include fever, aching muscles and headache.
Leptospirosis is a more serious disease transmitted by mice . It appears in many forms and levels of severity and is one of the major reasons homeowners should assiduously work to rid their home of these disease carrying rodents .. When full blown the disease is alternatively called infectious jaundice or Wiel's disease. Symptoms of Leptospirosis include vomiting, high fever, chills, a rash, achy muscles and jaundice. Other complications of Leptospirosis can include difficulty breathing, kidney damage, liver failure and meningitis. Leptospirosis is usually transmitted by mouse urine.
The most serious mouse borne illness is Hantavirus. This rare condition is found throughout North and South America. The disease can be contacted through inhalation of dust contaminated with mice urine or droppings or through direct contact with mice or their urine or droppings or rarely through a mouse bite. The virus causes Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), which is a potentially deadly disease.
One other condition transmitted by mice is Polio. Polio was once a serious and potentially fatal condition but is prevented, today, by vaccination.
These six diseases transmitted by mice are six good reasons why you should call an exterminator
Categories: Mice
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