Room ticks
The room mite is a red-brown parasitic insect that mainly bites sleeping people and feeds on blood. The house mite does not transmit disease, but the organism causes many health and economic problems
The mite is about the size of an apple seed and lives inside or in the corners of bedding, boxes, closets, bed frames, or anything near the bed. The risk of coming in contact with ticks increases if you often stay in places where many people live, such as hotels, clinics and homeless shelters.
If you have ticks in your home, you will need the services of appropriate professionals to get rid of them
The increase in cases of house tick bites is associated with:
- Increasing the number of international travelers
- Changes in insect control services
- Resistance of organisms to insecticides
Where are the ticks hiding? - In mattresses
- In boxes
- Bed frames
- At the head of the bed
- In various things
- They can also be found:
- Under peeling paint or "wallpaper"
They move from one place to another with clothes, luggage, furniture, bed, etc Sh - The room mite moves at about the same speed as a chimaea and can move between rooms in a hotel.
Is a room mite a sign of dirt? - A room mite does not need a clean or dirty environment to exist. All they need is a host organism and places to hide
It is difficult to distinguish a room tick bite from other insect bites or droppings In general, a tick bite is:
- red, often with a dark dot in the center
- causes itching
- linear or clustered
- located on the face, neck, hands and trunk
- some people have no reaction to the bite, while others have an allergic response,
When to see a doctor If you have an allergy or severe skin reaction to a tick bite, be sure to see a doctor to start treatment
