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The mice
As mice move around your home, looking for food and places to nest, they are not shy about relieving themselves in between, including on food preparation surfaces and even food.
Unfortunately, mice can carry diseases and bacteria. One of the dangers of having mice in your living space is contracting lymphocytic choriomeningitis. Simply put, lymphocytic choriomeningitis is a disease that you can contract if you come into contact with mouse urine, droppings, saliva, or nesting materials used by infected mice.
The initial symptoms are similar to those of the common flu: loss of appetite, headache, nausea, vomiting. But they can degenerate into neurological disease.
Even if you don’t see them, mice could have been walking all over your kitchen counters with their dirty paws. This is a health risk if your home has a rodent infestation.
Spiders
According to the University of Minnesota, over 80% of suspected spider bites were caused by other types of arthropods. Spiders are afraid of humans and only bite in self-defense. Even if a spider bites you, chances are the spider is not injecting venom. Spiders only use venom for hunting, not self-defense.
Spiders commonly found in homes very rarely bite people. Their bites are not dangerous. In fact, there are only 3 types of dangerous venomous spiders in France: the Malmignatte, the Lycose of Narbonne, and the Segestria Florentina.
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