Blood-sucking stink bugs are raging in America

At least 28 states in the United States are facing blood-sucking bugs, the spread of dangerous sleepy parasites.

Blood-sucking bugs are raging in America

IB Times reported on November 26, the leaders of the US Agency for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that blood-sucking bugs or killer beetles were recorded in at least 28 states. The type of bug that normally absorbs blood on this victim's face is concentrated mainly in the southern United States. Recently, they appear in the states of Arkansas, Arizona, Massachusetts, Tennessee and Texas.

Stinking bugs can spread parasites that cause sleepiness.(Photo: Flickr).

According to CDC, triatomine bug that looks like cockroach and Trypanosoma cruzi parasite (T. cruzi ) causes Chagas sleep disease, which can be fatal if not treated promptly. The number of cases of Chagas sleeping disease in the US is more than 300,000 but most are infected in Latin America.

Amy Rowland, a CDC spokesperson, stressed that Chagas' sleeping sickness from blood-sucking bugs is rare and must be through many bites.Infection occurs only when the stink is spread on the skin or into the eye . Studies show that there is one case of Chagas sleeping disease among 900 - 4,000 cases of contact with kissing bugs, according to CNN.

Blood smoked bugs are often found outside the home, sometimes under beds and carpets. According to ABC News, after parasites enter the body, it can hide for years and cause serious heart disease. Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease specialist at Vanderbilt University, Tennessee, said T. cruzi hid in the heart for a period of 20 to 30 years.