Mosquitoes are one of the worst pests known to man. They can cause many diseases as well as mosquito bite allergies. Signs of pet allergies can be caused by mosquitos as well. Following is an article outlining the dieases caused by mosquitos.
Diseases Carried By Mosquitoes
It is the rare individual that loves mosquitoes. Not only is that buzzing noise and subsequent bite annoying, it can lead to far more than just an itchy bite. Yes, mosquitoes carry some very nasty, deadly diseases that can even kill you.
Mosquitoes have a unique ability to carry many of the most vicious and nasty diseases without actually being effected. Instead, they inject you with them. This occurs when the mosquito pierces your skin and injects saliva that numbs the bite area.
Malaria is probably the illness most associated with mosquitoes. Malaria is a prevalent in Asia, Africa and South America although it can be found in other areas of the world as well. As many as 300 million people catch it from mosquitoes a year.
Malaria is caused by a parasite. When a bite occurs, it heads to the liver and then reproduces. In good cases, it causes fatigue, expulsions, shakes, fever, and general misery. Dehydration is a major problem and death can occur.
While Malaria is miserable, it can’t shake a stick at Dengue Fever. Spread by mosquitoes throughout Asia and Africa, this fever causes horrific symptoms and, in worst case situations, the most miserable of deaths.
Dengue Fever is actually a collection of four viruses. When they are injected into the body by the mosquito during the bite, they immediately attack the body. Symptoms include high fever, bleeding from orifices and gums and general misery.
Encephalitis is a nasty disease transported by the mosquito host as well. It is a viral infection that severely impacts the brain by causing inflammation. The brain literally swells until it is damaged when crushed up against the skull.
Yellow Fever is another doozy transported by mosquitoes. For most people, this viral infection plays out like food poising. For roughly fifteen percent, it is much, much worse than basically anyone would want to imagine.
For the unlucky people that fall within this percentage, Yellow Fever is horrific. High temperatures do not go away. The body literally turns yellow and you bleed from orifices including the eyes. Half of those with this version die within two weeks.
There are a bevy of other diseases that are also carried by mosquitoes. Given this fact, major mosquito eradication programs have been initiated around the world and have been successful.
What about around your home? The answer is water. Wherever there is sitting water, mosquitoes can breed. Make sure to walk around the yard and eliminate all standing water.
By: John Grimmes
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John Grimmes is with AllTerrainCo.com – natural products for people and pets living the active outdoor lifestyle.
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My Mom used to know a guy who contracted malaria from when he was a soldier in Vietnam. He would go into shaking spells and it would scare the crap out of her. Very sad indeed.