How Do I Report a Cockroach Infestation in My Apartment?

If you have a cockroach infestation in your apartment, You can report a cockroach infestation to your landlord or property manager. You need to act fast to get rid of these persistent insect pests. Cockroaches are not “dirty” or only taking up residence in an untidy home. On the contrary, cockroaches are pests of convenience, they will set up shop wherever it is convenient for them to do so. Which can include in your home, walls, kitchen or bathroom.

Cockroaches prefer the rooms with high humidity, dripping faucets and fresh water resources. That is why they are found the most often in the kitchen or bathroom areas. Once they get into the walls, they are hard to eradicate, but it is not impossible to do so. Spraying them from a can of insecticide is not going to work, your landlord needs to get involved to get the job done right the first time.

Cockroaches Cause Many Different Types of Diseases to Humans
You may have suffered from being exposed to the harmful micro-organisms and diseases that a cockroach can carry on their body. You can become quite sick if you are exposed even for short periods of time, to cockroach food-borne pathogens.

If the cockroaches are getting into your pantry, refrigerator or food storage areas of the apartment, then you may also be exposed to food storage safety issues. Cockroaches have an uncanny ability to share food with humans, without our even knowing that they are there. They are poor guests in the kitchen, because they leave feces and dropping behind, that can carry serious infections that are harmful to humans.

• Shigella dysenteriae which causes dysentery
• Proteus mirabilis which causes wound infections, gastroenteritis
• Pseudomonas spp., which can cause respiratory infections, gastroenteritis
• Sphyngobacterium spp., which causes sepsis from pathogenic microorganisms
• Staphylococcus epidermalis which causes wound infections
• Proteus rettgeri which causes wound infections
• Proteus vulgaris which causes wound infections
• Salmonella spp., which cause gastroenteritis, food poisoning
• Morganella morganii which causes wound infections

Symptoms of Being Sick on Cockroach Feces and Droppings
You may have experienced severe reactions to being exposed to cockroach feces and droppings in your apartment. You may have felt like:

• Bloating
• Dysentery
• Asthma
• Coughing
• Fever
• Muscle pain
• Joint pain
• Wheezing

Cockroaches Are Hard on People with Asthma and Breathing Problems
If you already suffer from allergies and asthma, it will be even more difficult for you to breath properly if you are exposed to the feces of cockroaches. These feces are small droppings, barely visible to the human eye. But you will feel the effects of them if you are already suffering from breathing issues.

In a home with cockroaches, their feces will mix with the dust in the house. This offers the opportunity for the cockroach feces to become air-borne. In that state it will cause a severe allergic reaction to children and adults. You may experience symptoms that look and feel like hay fever, such as: runny nose, itchy eyes or an increased amount of sneezing. You may develop a chronic lung disorder associated with the asthma, that may actually make it difficult to breathe. These are cockroach allergens, and they can be highly dangerous to human health.

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Can I Sue If I Reported My Cockroach Infestation to My Landlord, and Nothing Was Done?
Yes, you can sue if you report your cockroach infestation to your landlord, and you were ignored and received no result. You need to understand that it is important to get rid of the cockroaches as soon as they are noticed. This is because a cockroach infestation will grow and grow on its own, it will not stop on its own without being intervened and prevented.

You might need to report the infestation of cockroaches in your apartment to your landlord several times. If this is the case, write down, notate and record each time you did ask the landlord to do this work order to rid your apartment of cockroaches. If you are not getting a response from the landlord, you may need to initiate a lawsuit to prevent further damage to you as a personal injury. You will be susceptible to other health consequences if you are continually forced to breathe in cockroach feces.

You can give us a call and our Los Angeles case lawyers can file a lawsuit on your behalf for cockroach infestations in your apartment. Just contact our case attorneys in Los Angeles, to get the full recovery compensation package that you need to pay your medical bills on this case.

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We offer to you a free second opinion on this case, and are ready to help you get the recovery package that you deserve to pay for your medical bills now. We know that the medical issues you are having while breathing in cockroach feces may come as a surprise to you. But cockroach feces are a human health hazard, and it is nothing to sniff at since it can result in serious respiratory issues in the short run and over a long time. Call us now, and we can help you and tell you the next steps in this situation.

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