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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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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...
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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...
Permethrin Treatment of Head Lice with Knockdown Resistance-like Gene.
To the Editor: Chosidow and colleagues (March 11, 2010, issue)(1) justify their study of oral ivermectin for the treatment of pediculosis capitis by the increasing resistance of head lice to pyrethroi...
What's bugging you? An update on the treatment of head lice infestation.
Head lice infestation (pediculosis capitis) is a common problem in paediatric practice. It can cause considerable distress to children and their families and may lead to bullying and social stigmatisa...
