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Original Source: Pediculosis - louse, lice infestation
Pediculosis — louse infestation — can be traced to prehistory, with the oldest known fossils of louse eggs dating back approximately 10,000 years. Lice are ectoparasites that live on the body, feeding on blood after piercing the skin and injecting saliva, which causes pruritus. The three types of human lice are: • Head lice — Pediculosis capitis • Body lice — Pediculosis corporis • Pubic or crab lice — Pediculosis pubis or Pthirus pubis The he...
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Pubic lice are small, six-legged creatures that infect the pubic hair area and lay eggs. These lice can also be found in armpit hair and eyebrows. Causes, incidence, and risk factors Pubic lice...
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Pediculosis - louse, lice infestation
Pediculosis — louse infestation — can be traced to prehistory, with the oldest known fossils of louse eggs dating back approximately 10,000 years. Lice are ectoparasites that live o...
Pediculosis - louse, lice treatment
There are three main treatment methods for pediculosis capitis: • Mechanical — detection and removal with a specially-designed comb • Chemical — treating the infestation...
Pediculosis - louse, lice diagnosis
Diagnosis is made by observing eggs, nits (empty egg shells), nymphs or mature lice on the patient's head but only people with live lice or live embryos in eggs attached to hair shafts have a...
A topical solution with a novel mechanism of action may be a viable approach to treating head lice which are becoming resistant to traditional pesticides. BMC Dermatology
NPA reports that stigmas about head lice are no longer about “dirty” as much as about parents feeling embarrassed when others detect their child with lice before they do. Preparedness at the begin...
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Treatment of pediculosis capitis with topical albendazole.
Abstract Pediculosis capitis, or head lice infestation, caused by Pediculus humanus capitis, is a common and ubiquitous health concern. Increasing resistance and treatment failures are reported with a...
Circumscribed Alopecia: An Unusual Manifestation of Pediculosis Capitis.
A healthy 10-year-old girl was referred for evaluation of patchy hair loss on the scalp of longer than 6 months duration. She had been diagnosed and treated for head lice approximately 1 month...
Comma Hairs in Tinea Capitis: A Useful Dermatoscopic Sign for Diagnosis of Tinea Capitis.
Diagnosis of tinea capitis (TC) can be challenging for dermatologists, especially in noninflammatory TC caused by anthropophilic dermatophytes and in black patients, in whom erythema of the scalp...
Prevalence of pediculosis capitis among Korean children.
Pediculus humanus capitis is an ectoparasite, which causes scalp pruritus particularly among children. A total of 15,373 children including 8,018 boys and 7,355 girls from 26 primary schools and 15 ki...
Prevalence and causative fungal species of tinea capitis among schoolchildren in Gabon.
Summary Tinea capitis is endemic among schoolchildren in tropical Africa. The objective was to determine the prevalence of symptomatic tinea capitis in schoolchildren in Gabon. A cross-sectional study...
