We should not tolerate external parasites like bedbugs, lice, ticks, leeches as they can deliver disease and infection. Sounds harsh, but bedbugs were once a scourge among northern Europeans. Old remedies included spraying them (using kerosene) in the bedroom. This only “controlled” them. What eliminated them was a law against sale of used mattresses.
Lice were originally “controlled” by frequent washing, louse combs, and ironing the seams of clothing. What eliminated them was the cutting of long hair as a societal practice. But what about mites? They live with us and other animals. Mites are too tiny to see, tiny enough to ride on a dust particle as if it were a magic carpet. They resemble insects. Chiggers are really mites. Mange in animals is a mite infestation. Dust mites
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