Exposure to cockroaches, dust mites and rodents can trigger an asthma attack or allergies in some individuals. There are simple things you can do to reduce exposure to pests. Click here<\/a> to learn more about asthma and ways to reduce your exposure to asthma triggers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Follow these simple steps to prevent cockroaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Learn more about controlling asthma triggers<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Your risk of exposure to bed bugs increases the more time you spend in places with high turnovers of nighttime guests, such as hotels, hospitals, camps, or homeless shelters. Bed bugs, like those featured in the image above, are small (no bigger than an apple seed) and great hitchhikers. Steps you can take to reduce the risk of bringing them into your home<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dust mites<\/a> are tiny bugs that feed on human skin flakes. They are found in mattresses, pillows, carpets, upholstered furniture, bedcovers, clothes, stuffed toys, and fabric-covered items. Exposure to them and their droppings can trigger asthma in individuals with allergies and can cause asthma in children who have not previously exhibited asthma symptoms. Follow these simple steps to reduce or prevent dust mites<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asthma Exposure to cockroaches, dust mites and rodents can trigger an asthma attack or allergies in some individuals. There are simple things you can do to reduce exposure to pests. Click here to learn more about asthma and ways to reduce your exposure to asthma triggers. Roaches Follow these simple steps to prevent cockroaches. Learn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":351,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-with-sidebar","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-175","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/hie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/hie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/hie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/hie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/hie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/hie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":672,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/hie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/175\/revisions\/672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/hie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Roaches<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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