When bed bugs infect your home, it can be worrisome. Every day you run the risk of waking up with itchy and painful red spots that can be nauseating to look at and make falling asleep the next night even more frightening. It should come as no surprise that bed bugs are perhaps the most feared insect invasion in North America, as they are difficult to eliminate and even harder to live with.

The Diseases of Pest Bites
One of the most common concerns about bed bugs is that they may carry disease. Everyone is familiar with mosquitos and how they may carry West Nile virus, as well as rats and how they may carry rabies. These pests can bite, and if they bite, they may have diseases that can be carried to humans.

Luckily, bed bugs do not have this same problem. The bumps you get from bed bugs are able to cause rashes and welts, but these are due to the bites themselves. Studies have shown that there are currently no diseases that can be spread from bed bugs to humans – at least nothing that human beings should be concerned about. With any luck, that will help you and your family sleep a bit better tonight.

Removing Bed Bugs Still a Priority
The good news is that bed bugs can’t give you an illness. The bad news is that they are still a lot of trouble. They feed, they breed, and they take over your home. You can also develop an allergy to bed bug bites that could get dangerous over time. If you have bed bugs in your home, your best bet is to reduce their numbers with good pest control techniques, including the K9 Pest Detector division of Connor’s Pest Protection, which is known to be one of the best ways to sniff out the hiding spaces of those pesky bugs and remove them from your home.

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