Cockroaches carry 33 kinds of bacteria. These pests can run fast and quickly spread those bacteria around your house. People are often disgusted by them because they smell bad and are believed to be dirty. They do not normally bite humans, however, people who are allergic to roaches and the bacteria they carry may react to simple contact with a roach and experience watery eyes, sneezing, coughing, wheezing, asthma attack,s and difficulty breathing.
Eating food contaminated by roaches is even worse than having direct contact with them because most of the disease-causing bacteria that they carry affect the digestive system. Food contamination may cause poisoning (salmonella), cholera, staph infection, asthma, diarrhea, dysentery, typhoid fever, hepatitis, polio, and more.
Roach Infestation & Control
Cockroaches can enter your home by crawling through an open window, or door, or damages in the house such as cracks and holes. The basic method in controlling cockroaches and other pests that will not require you to spend money is keeping your house clean and these spaces repaired and sealed completely. Roaches are attracted to small food particles. Keep your kitchen clean, wash dishes immediately after every meal, clean your table thoroughly using water with soap, store food and utensils properly, avoid bringing food to your living room and bedroom, tie garbage bags tightly, and take the trash out of your house regularly. Roach’s feces contain a chemical that attracts other roaches. You can clean the roach’s feces using hot water and soap.
While spraying pesticides kills adult roaches quickly, their eggs cannot be killed by using any pesticide. You are required to directly remove eggs using a broom or a vacuum cleaner. Since some species of cockroaches reproduce quickly, once you run out of home treatment such as pesticides, they will simply return to your house, multiply, and manifest again. That is why getting rid of them all by yourself can be time-consuming, difficult, and not so practical.
Hiring professional exterminators is still the best option. Since they also prevent roaches from coming back, it is cost-effective in the long run and can save your time and effort. In addition to that, they can also help you in getting rid not just of roaches but also other varieties of pests you may have at home. Go-forth Pest Control has more than 50 years of experience in getting rid of annoying roaches and other unwanted pests for a reasonable price. We also promise you that in case those cockroaches and other pests come back to your house, we will also come back for free. Our company was founded by Frank Goforth and his wife in 1959.
Go-forth Pest Control has been a member of the North Carolina Pest Management Association and is currently based in High Point, North Carolina. We provide services to High Point, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Kernersville, Jamestown, Burlington, Asheboro, Lexington, Salisbury, Randolph County, Concord, Kannapolis, and surrounding areas in the Piedmont Triad region. Our two newest branches cover the Greater Charlotte and Raleigh regions. Want to know how much is our services? Ask for a free quote here.