Learning how to control and remove the probably cause of dengue carrying mosquitoes will help you prevent the spread of dengue and other illness caused by mosquitoes. Ger help from Houston Pest Control today.
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Dangers of Mosquitoes
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Feed on Foods that Fight Food Poisoning
Sometimes, in spite of your best efforts, food poisoning can still sneak in. Causes of food poisoning varies, including drinking contaminated water, eating spoiled food, or consuming food that have been infested by pests and bugs. According to Houston pest management, it is always best to ensure that the food you are about to cook, serve, and eat is free from pest contamination to avoid food poisoning.
If affected, use helpful foods against the ones that got you in this uncomfortable fix.
Guard your gut with garlic. The allicin in garlic kills all sorts of bad bugs including bacteria, molds, viruses, yeasts, and other parasites. Its victims include H. pylori – the bug behind stomach ulcers – as well as Salmonella and E. coli. In fact, researchers at Kansas State University discovered that adding three to five teaspoons of garlic powder to two pounds of ground beef helps protect you against E. coli poisoning.
Cool the pain with creamy yogurt. Research over the last 40 years shows that yogurt can help treat and perhaps prevent intestinal infections or diarrhea caused by bacteria such as Salmonella and E. coli. Yogurt works like a natural antibiotic against some bacteria that cause food poisoning. Researchers in the Netherlands found rats that were given yogurt resisted Salmonella infections better than rats fed plain milk or acidified milk.
Savor some soothing cinnamon. Cinnamon can kill E. coli. In one study, cinnamon added to apple juice infected with E. coli destroyed more than 99 percent of the bacteria after three days at room temperature.
Cool it with peppermint. Peppermint can kill some bacteria that you could just as easily do without. What’s more, peppermint tea may calm those poor over stressed muscles in your digestive tract and provide a cooling sensation just when you need it most. Remember to check with your doctor before using peppermint if you have liver or gall bladder disease. If peppermint causes heartburn trouble for you, try cinnamon instead.
Enjoy your ginger. Not only is ginger a good remedy for nausea, it may also help your body produce bacteria that help you fight food poisoning. These bacteria help protect your intestines against potentially bad bacteria, such as E. coli and Salmonella.
If your garden houses pests that contaminate the food that you eat, contact a professional Houston pest management company right away. For more information, visit http://bugco.org.
If affected, use helpful foods against the ones that got you in this uncomfortable fix.
Guard your gut with garlic. The allicin in garlic kills all sorts of bad bugs including bacteria, molds, viruses, yeasts, and other parasites. Its victims include H. pylori – the bug behind stomach ulcers – as well as Salmonella and E. coli. In fact, researchers at Kansas State University discovered that adding three to five teaspoons of garlic powder to two pounds of ground beef helps protect you against E. coli poisoning.
Cool the pain with creamy yogurt. Research over the last 40 years shows that yogurt can help treat and perhaps prevent intestinal infections or diarrhea caused by bacteria such as Salmonella and E. coli. Yogurt works like a natural antibiotic against some bacteria that cause food poisoning. Researchers in the Netherlands found rats that were given yogurt resisted Salmonella infections better than rats fed plain milk or acidified milk.
Savor some soothing cinnamon. Cinnamon can kill E. coli. In one study, cinnamon added to apple juice infected with E. coli destroyed more than 99 percent of the bacteria after three days at room temperature.
Cool it with peppermint. Peppermint can kill some bacteria that you could just as easily do without. What’s more, peppermint tea may calm those poor over stressed muscles in your digestive tract and provide a cooling sensation just when you need it most. Remember to check with your doctor before using peppermint if you have liver or gall bladder disease. If peppermint causes heartburn trouble for you, try cinnamon instead.
Enjoy your ginger. Not only is ginger a good remedy for nausea, it may also help your body produce bacteria that help you fight food poisoning. These bacteria help protect your intestines against potentially bad bacteria, such as E. coli and Salmonella.
If your garden houses pests that contaminate the food that you eat, contact a professional Houston pest management company right away. For more information, visit http://bugco.org.
Monday, May 5, 2014
Dealing with Tick Bites
Ticks are mites that are brown in
color. They are also members of the arachnid family, whose other members are
the scorpions and the spiders. Ticks attach themselves to the skin of their
prey to be able to suck blood. There are various species of ticks and they can
be located everywhere in the world. The most talked about kinds though are the
deer ticks and the dog ticks.
Various Types of Ticks
According to Houston pest control, there are various types of ticks. The deer
ticks measure as small as the head of a pin and is common in many areas in the
United States. These ticks can unfortunately carry diseases like that of the
Lyme disease. The dog ticks are very common, and can measure up to half an inch
in length. Like the deer ticks, the dog ticks can also carry diseases, in
particular the Rocky Mountain Spotted fever.
Dealing with a Tick Bite
What would a tick bite look like?
A tick bite would usually be unperceived; you would most likely feel nothing
when bitten. What you will notice though is the little redness around the site
of the bite. If you’re bitten by a tick make sure to tell someone you think
will know something about it, because ticks can carry diseases that they can
pass on to human beings.
After playing or hiking in the
woods, have someone check you for ticks, focus particularly in your scalp,
neck, armpits, back and groin area. If a tick is discovered on you have it
removed immediately. In removing ticks you can use tweezers. In taking out the
tick, however, be sure to remove it one motion. Don’t cover it with petroleum
jelly, nail polish, or rubbing alcohol it will not make it come out. If in
pulling it out some parts of it are left behind, remove them by using sterile
needle or pin. Once removed, put it in a container and bring it with you to the
doctor.
How to avoid tick bites? You have
to remember that ticks are very fond fo the shrubbery, because they want to be
close to the ground to be able to jump on people or animals as they pass, hence
you might want to avoid these places. Should it be impossible for you to do so,
be sure to wear long sleeves and long pants and have the ends of your pants
tucked safely in your socks. It would also be advisable to apply insect
repellent containing ten to 30 percent DEET on your skin.
For more information about Houston pest control, visit http://bugco.org.
Monday, April 28, 2014
Treatment and Prevention of Scorpion Sting
The scorpion is also a member arachnid family together with the ticks, spiders and other related insects. They are usually three inches in length, with eight legs and with a pair of small claws similar to those of the crabs. The scorpion's stinger is located at the end of its tail. There are thousands of species of scorpions and about forty of them are in the South Western United States. Of these forty, only one kind can kill people, this one lives in Arizona, New Mexico.
The usual places where you can find scorpions are cool, damp areas like wood piles, junk piles or even basements. They are nocturnal creatures, usually asleep during the day and are awake at night and are said to be most active when it is raining.
How then will you know if you are stung by a scorpion? If you get stung by a scorpion, the area where you got stung will swell and may even change in color, depending on the specie of the scorpion that inflicted the sting on you. But it should be remembered that severe reactions from the venom of the scorpion can also be seen in other parts of the body so do not focus only on the site of the sting.
What can you do if stung by a scorpion? According to a Houston pest control company, if you suspect that you have been stung by a scorpion, tell someone immediately and ask for help. Since it is pretty difficult to determine or identify if the scorpion that bit you is venomous or not, you should not waste time and see a doctor immediately. Also as a first aid, immediately place an ice pack on the sting to keep the swelling from escalating.
Your doctor will probably give you medications to deal with the pain and also to control your body’s reaction to the venom. However, in instances where the patient is not recovering, as he or she should, the doctor may also prescribe antivenin to combat the venom.
How can you avoid getting stung by a scorpion? The best way is to avoid the places where they usually are located. Don’t play or work in junk pile areas or wood piles. If you really have to work on big piles of logs, be sure to wear gloves. If reside in the South Western America, always shake your shoes, which you have kept in the garage or basement, before wearing them.
If you suspect that there lives a lot of scorpion in your area, you may seek the help of Houston pest control to get rid of these pests that may harm your body and your health. For more information, visit http://bugco.org.
The usual places where you can find scorpions are cool, damp areas like wood piles, junk piles or even basements. They are nocturnal creatures, usually asleep during the day and are awake at night and are said to be most active when it is raining.
How then will you know if you are stung by a scorpion? If you get stung by a scorpion, the area where you got stung will swell and may even change in color, depending on the specie of the scorpion that inflicted the sting on you. But it should be remembered that severe reactions from the venom of the scorpion can also be seen in other parts of the body so do not focus only on the site of the sting.
What can you do if stung by a scorpion? According to a Houston pest control company, if you suspect that you have been stung by a scorpion, tell someone immediately and ask for help. Since it is pretty difficult to determine or identify if the scorpion that bit you is venomous or not, you should not waste time and see a doctor immediately. Also as a first aid, immediately place an ice pack on the sting to keep the swelling from escalating.
Your doctor will probably give you medications to deal with the pain and also to control your body’s reaction to the venom. However, in instances where the patient is not recovering, as he or she should, the doctor may also prescribe antivenin to combat the venom.
How can you avoid getting stung by a scorpion? The best way is to avoid the places where they usually are located. Don’t play or work in junk pile areas or wood piles. If you really have to work on big piles of logs, be sure to wear gloves. If reside in the South Western America, always shake your shoes, which you have kept in the garage or basement, before wearing them.
If you suspect that there lives a lot of scorpion in your area, you may seek the help of Houston pest control to get rid of these pests that may harm your body and your health. For more information, visit http://bugco.org.
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Dealing with Flea Bite
A flea is a very small bug, brown in color and with a hard shell. They have tiny claws at the ends of their legs that allow them to hold on to people or other warm-blooded animals to further enable them to suck blood.
A person bitten by a flea would feel an itch in the area of the bite. The flea bites are tiny red bumps that can occur 3 or four times together. Kids are often the victims with these bites while playing with their dogs or cats. To deal with flea bites, follow these instructions as suggested by a Houston pest management company.
1. If you suspect that you have been bitten by a flea, immediately soap the bite area and rinse it with water.
2. Apply some calamine lotion to ease the itching feeling, or you can purchase an anti-itch cream from the drugstore.
3. Do your best to avoid scratching the bites too much because scratching might cause infection.
4. If, unfortunately, the bite areas become infected from scratching, the doctor will prescribe a suitable medication that will clear up this infection.
More important however, than treating the flea bites, is the knowledge on the ways by which such bites could be avoided. The best way is to keep the fleas off your pets. You should make sure that your dogs or your cats are regularly bathed and also treated to special flea-control shampoos and soaps. You can also purchase for your cats and dogs a flea collar that they can wear around their neck to drive away fleas. You could also inquire with your veterinarian about the best anti-flea medication that can be administered to your dog or cat every now and then.
Moreover, you can also call on the assistance of a professional Houston pest management company to have your home and your back yard sprayed with flea-control chemicals to keep the flea population at the minimum if not absolutely zero. Using insect repellent is also advisable provided that you use the type containing 10% to 30% DEET.
The key in preventing flea bites is ensuring cleanliness not only in the home or in the yards, but also in your pets. Regularly grooming, bathing, and attention will surely remedy your flea problems. For more tips and information about pest control, visit http://bugco.org.
A person bitten by a flea would feel an itch in the area of the bite. The flea bites are tiny red bumps that can occur 3 or four times together. Kids are often the victims with these bites while playing with their dogs or cats. To deal with flea bites, follow these instructions as suggested by a Houston pest management company.
1. If you suspect that you have been bitten by a flea, immediately soap the bite area and rinse it with water.
2. Apply some calamine lotion to ease the itching feeling, or you can purchase an anti-itch cream from the drugstore.
3. Do your best to avoid scratching the bites too much because scratching might cause infection.
4. If, unfortunately, the bite areas become infected from scratching, the doctor will prescribe a suitable medication that will clear up this infection.
More important however, than treating the flea bites, is the knowledge on the ways by which such bites could be avoided. The best way is to keep the fleas off your pets. You should make sure that your dogs or your cats are regularly bathed and also treated to special flea-control shampoos and soaps. You can also purchase for your cats and dogs a flea collar that they can wear around their neck to drive away fleas. You could also inquire with your veterinarian about the best anti-flea medication that can be administered to your dog or cat every now and then.
Moreover, you can also call on the assistance of a professional Houston pest management company to have your home and your back yard sprayed with flea-control chemicals to keep the flea population at the minimum if not absolutely zero. Using insect repellent is also advisable provided that you use the type containing 10% to 30% DEET.
The key in preventing flea bites is ensuring cleanliness not only in the home or in the yards, but also in your pets. Regularly grooming, bathing, and attention will surely remedy your flea problems. For more tips and information about pest control, visit http://bugco.org.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
How to Effectively Prevent the Attack of Dengue
To further ensure that you live in a dengue-free environment, hire a professional Houston pest management team that will perform effective pest control in your area. For more information, visit http://bugco.org.
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