Leptospirosis: a disease which you should be aware of because it’s one which can spread from animals to humans. One of its hosts being rats. Yes, you heard me right, Rats! And the scary part is they carry all sorts of disease spreading germs, and Leptospirosis is one such disease which we can get from them. Leptospirosis is not a disease that people talk about. But it’s the most common infection that spread from rats to people in the world. It spreads through rodents in weak sanitation areas, farmlands, and even in back to the wilderness adventure sports on land or water.
It spreads from the urinary shedding of rats and mice. Contaminated water in contact with scratched skin or mucous membrane causes infection. Eyes, nose, mouth is all potential sites of entry. The infection spreads through infected water, food, mud, soil, tissue shedding‘. It also spreads through
- infected rodent bites
- through airborne droplets of body fluids of diseased rats
- through the placenta during pregnancy
The contributing organism is a bacteria called Leptospira. The problem is that Leptospira can survive up to 16 days in freshwater and 24 days in soil. That’s shocking.Rats can spread this disease to other animals. Leptospira can infect 160 different kinds of mammals, including cats, dogs, swine, raccoons, cattle, and mongoose. So livestock and domestic animals need to be kept safe from rodents too.
Symptoms of Leptospirosis include
- Fever with chills and rigor
- Headache, photophobia, pain behind the eyes
- Muscle pain and pain in the calf
- Redness of conjunctiva
- Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
- Severe symptoms involve liver kidney and can be
;life-threatening. Jaundice, low urine output is warning signs of involvement of liver and kidney.
Now, are you ready to get rid of this problem?
In our village home, these creatures went up to our second-floor room and scared me. I couldn’t sleep with the lights off. I cried every time I saw them. But complaining was not fruitful. I needed help. My friendly neighbor who was facing a similar rat problem told me about using HIT Rat Glue Pad. Her advice saved me from the grave risk of infections and whatnot.
How to keep your home rat free safely ?
Leptospirosis classically spreads in places prone to flooding from infected rodents. In urban regions, they may cause infection through infected mice infestations.
1.They can hide in small crevices and contaminate surfaces.Always seal up cracks, crevices holes in doorways, and around your homes.
2. Keep food material in metal or glass containers. Always give food preparation surfaces a proper cleanup before starting to cook.
3. Always use a metal dustbin outdoors with a lid if prone to rat infestation. Rodents can chew through plastic.
4. Use HIT Rat Glue Pad in areas round your refrigerator, near your gas cylinder, your pantry door, in areas where rats enter or exit. These easy to use nontoxic sticky pads help you catch rats easily.
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Gosh, such a good idea. My mom has rats issues and I’ll use the fridge corner trick this time when for her
important that more and more people read articles like this… how many lives do we lose every year just to rat borne infections
Rodent infestation is such a huge problem in most households. Thanks for giving insights into this. Though scary, it is a must-know. Thank you for the recommendation too.
Quite informative.. ..i never knew all of this….
I had no clue about this. This is an insightful post with so much information. Thanks for sharing.
I am Happy that rats are not visitors of our house yet I will keep this post as bookmarked and shall share with friends too.
Sounds very terrorising. I had seen a documentary when I was young in discovery channel .That still rings in mind bwjen I read your post.
Sometimes I think what all do we have to be wary of! These are such scary times!
Omg this was so much informative. I wonder how people in slum areas manages to get rid of all these.
This a scary and something most of us are not aware of. Post lockdown i have noticed the Rat population has increased, they are even coming up to our first floor balcony. Timely post, to educate us how to avoid and tackle this.
Oh god this was a bit scary to read, I agree it is always safe to know better. I never knew rats can be this dangerous. I am saving this post and going to share it with my friends and family.
We have caught a rat few days back using the rat catcher but seems like it has returned back. Nothing seems to work to keep these freaking rats from entering into our house. I will try this HIT rat pad too, lets see if it works for us.
oh god! it seems like this year is about health! This is a helpful post, living on the ground floor we do see rats around, now we will take extra precations.
This is a very informative post, you described Leptospirosis symptoms and tips for prevention in this particular post. This is helpful to be aware of the cause of disease. Rat Hit can be useful.
This sounds so scary to me. Was absolutely unaware of this and with monsoons in its full form the situation can go serious.
Wow you really explained this very well and in detail. I wasn’t aware about this before I came across your post. However, we have been using and trusting HIT for a very long time now.
I never knew that leptospirosis was so dreadful. Anyways I am afraid of rats and other rodents. So I am extra careful not to let them settle in my house. Thanks for this informative post.
rats are an absolute menace and i didnt know they can chew through plastic.. i have used glue pads for rats in the past, very effective.
Thanks dear for sharing such depth information on leptospirosis disease. I was not aware of it completely.
I never knew about this disease . It really informative and I will be more caution than before. No rat will enter my house now.
This was really informative buddy, I earnestly had no idea about it. Thanks a lot for sharing this.
This is a great informative post about leptospirosis and I am glad you had suggested all options of prevention. Hit rat is a great brand and I am sure it will help us in keeping our home rat free.
Rats menace is rampant, especially during the monsoon. I will follow your tips to keep my home healthy and free of these pests. Thank you for writing this informative post.
Very informative post.. Not many people are aware about this thanks a lot for sharing.. It can help many for taking preventive actions.
We fought with a rat yesterday night. It came with the potato sack delivered by the grocery store. Hope to find sleep tonight if we can catch it. Your post came just in time!
I’ve never known rats can pass on illnesses to humans. That’s scary if people have rats and mice around.
Thank you for sharing this