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submitted: Aug 17th 2008 | by: JohnGrimmes | Total views: 1 | Word Count: 422 | |

You are in bed one night and you hear something that makes you groan. The dreaded buzzing of a mosquito. Not only can bites be incredibly annoying with their itchy bites, but they can actually kill you if you are not careful.

Mosquitoes are perfect disease host. They transfer diseases by piercing skin and injecting numbing saliva. This injection process also sends along whatever bacteria, virus and other nasties they are carrying.

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.

A step up from Malaria is Dengue Fever. Dengue used to be fairly isolated, but has now spread to over 100 countries through Africa and Asia thanks to the friendly mosquito. There is no cure to the disease and there is an aggressive version that kills.

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.

But that is not all. Mosquitoes also carry Encephalitis. A viral infection, this disease attacks your brain and causes it to swell. In fact, it swells so much it is pressed up against the skull and results in brain damage and even death.

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.

Yellow Fever can be so bad for a minority of patients that it plays out like a horror movie. High temperatures remain consistent and then something scary happens. The body turns yellow and you bleed through every orifice. Fifty percent die in fourteen days.

At this point, it has probably become obvious that mosquitoes are the bringers of misery and death. Treating all these diseases is impossible, so killing the mosquitoes is critical. Widespread spraying works, but has to be done consistently.

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.

About the Author

John Grimmes is with AllTerrainco.com - makers of natural insect repellent that keeps mosquitoes from biting you.

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