Cockroaches Control

Cockroaches are among the most common insects. They produce odorous secretions, and these secretions affect the flavor of foods. Disease-producing organisms, such as bacteria, have been found on cockroach bodies. Gastroenteritis is the principal disease transmitted by cockroaches. These include food poisoning, nausea, abdominal cramps, vomiting, diarrhea, dysentery, and other illnesses. Organisms causing these diseases are carried on the legs and bodies of cockroaches and are deposited on food and utensils as cockroaches forage. Cockroach excrement and cast skins also contain a number of allergens to which many people exhibit allergic responses, such as skin rashes, watery eyes, and sneezing. For some very allergic people, and particularly for those who also have a lung disease such as asthma, allergic attacks to cockroach allergens can be very serious and even life threatening.