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Original Source: Treatment of scabies and pediculosis: Facts and controversies.
Unlike many other skin diseases, success or failure of therapy of ectoparasitic infestation depends much more on how to use the topical preparation and whom we treat than on which scabicide or pediculicides to use. The diagnosis of scabies should no longer rely on the rather uncommon and unpractical sign of finding a burrow or the number of parasites per infected patient. Most infested individuals have been shown to have several-fold more acari than the oft-quoted average of 12 adult acari per infected pati...
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Pediculosis - louse (lice) infestation
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Pediculosis - louse (lice) diagnosis
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Pediculosis - louse (lice) treatment
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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...
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...
Facts about HIV/AIDS worldwide in 2011
Here are some key facts and figures on HIV/AIDS in 2011, released by UNAIDS on Wednesday ahead of the International AIDS Conference set to take place in Washington on July 22-27.
Climate change beliefs: Political views trump facts for some
For some people, scientific facts help determine what they believe about an issue. But for others, political views trump scientific facts and determine what information they will accept as true. It’...
More than just facts: Convention speeches feature poetic license, omissions, flaws
News outlets check the facts offered in the Thursday night convention speeches by President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.
Nutrition Facts Label: 20 and Evolving
Twenty years ago, the Nutrition Facts Label became a revolutionary addition to food packaging, giving consumers important information about the nutritional content of a food at the point of purchase....
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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...
The use of videodermatoscopy to monitor treatment of scabies and pediculosis.
Abstract A great pitfall for scabies and pediculosis therapeutic studies to date is that primary and secondary study outcomes are indirectly assessed (presence or absence of live parasites, including...
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...
Early treatment for class III malocclusions: the facts.
The goal of this article is to present some evidence based facts in order to answer the following questions: 1) Is early treatment of class III malocclusions effective? 2) Which therapeutic device is...
