If You Find These In Your Home Get To a Doctor IMMEDIATELY!

WARNING: If You Find These In Your Home Get To a Doctor IMMEDIATELY!

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a d.e.a.d.l.y bug has been reported in southern regions of the United States. You should be extremely careful. Even though the bug looks harmless, it can carry a Trypanosoma cruzi parasite that causes Chagas disease. These bugs are typically found in the southern United States, Mexico, Central America and South America. Almost 8 million people are infected by this parasite, worldwide.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it is not easy for this bug to give a human Chagas disease.

This potentially life-threatening illness is transmitted through contact with the faeces or urine of a triatomine or ‘kissing’ bug found mainly in Latin America. It can also be transmitted from mother-to-child, contaminated food, blood transfusion and organ transplantation.

There is no vaccine for Chagas’ disease but it can be cured provided you get help early enough:the efficacy of drugs diminishes the longer a person has been infected.

The tiny insect feeds on human blood much like a mosquito, but it is specific to biting the face of its victims. The bite from this deadly bug begins to itch and as the host scratches the bite introducing the pathogen. People who are bitten don’t normally feel sick, so they don’t seek medical care. But, it ends up causing heart disease in about 30% of those who are infected.

Known as the triatomine bug — or less informally the “kissing bug” — according to 11-ALIVE News, the insect has been reported all across the southern regions of the United States. Below, you can see all the states that have reported the bug’s presence.

All the states where the “kissing bug” has been reported.

Our native species are capable of carrying the Chagas Disease pathogen, but they don’t defecate as part of their feeding behavior therefore, the pathogen is not transmitted to humans. If you think you may have found one of the bugs you can bring the sample to your closest CDC office.

The symptoms of Chagas Disease are most often non-existent or mild and unspecific. The first visible signs can include:

• skin lesion
• purplish swelling of an eyelid
• fever
• difficulty breathing
• abdominal or chest pain

Specifically, the CDC states the following about “kissing bugs,” says NBC-12 News:

The CDC says these bugs can live in cracks and holes indoors and in outdoor spaces including:

Beneath porches
Between rocky structures
Under cement
In rock, wood, brush piles, or beneath bark
In rodent nests or animal burrows
In outdoor dog houses or kennels
In chicken coops or houses

To keep these bugs away from you home, the CDC suggests:

Sealing cracks and gaps around windows, walls, roofs, and doors
Removing wood, brush, and rock piles near your house
Using screens on doors and windows and repairing any holes or tears
If possible, making sure yard lights are not close to your house
Having pets sleep indoors, especially at night
Keeping your house and any outdoor pet resting areas clean

If you think you’ve found this dangerous bug, the CDC suggests that you should not touch or squash the bug. Place a container on top of the bug, slide the bug inside, and fill it with rubbing alcohol or, if not available, freeze the bug in the container. Then, you may take it to your local extension service, health department, or a university laboratory for species identification.

Source:wellnessmgz.com, WHO

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