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2. A Guide to Head Lice Symptoms and Treatments - AOL

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   The itchiness, irritation, and the incessant scratching caused by the small bugs on your scalp and hair make head lice a nuisance at best and at worst, well—they’re the worst. Head lice feed ...

3. Head lice infestation - Wikipedia

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   Head lice infestation, also known as pediculosis capitis, is the infection of the head hair and scalp by the head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis). [6] Itching from lice bites is common. [ 5 ] During a person's first infection, the itch may not develop for up to six weeks. [ 5 ]

4. Head louse - Wikipedia

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   Head louse egg (nit) attached to hair shaft of host. Like most insects, head lice are oviparous. Females lay about three or four eggs per day. Louse eggs (also known as nits), are attached near the base of a host hair shaft. [11] [12] Eggs are usually laid on the base of the hair, 3–5 mm off the scalp surface.

5. Pediculosis - Wikipedia

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   From each egg or "nit" may hatch one nymph that will grow and develop to the adult louse. Lice feed on blood once or more often each day by piercing the skin with their tiny needle-like mouthparts. While feeding they excrete saliva, which irritates the skin and causes itching. [8] Lice cannot burrow into the skin. [citation needed]

6. Mineral Oil for Hair: Benefits, Risks & Alternatives - AOL

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   Mineral Oil for Hair: Benefits, Risks & Alternatives. From olive oil to castor oil to coconut oil, it seems like half of the grocery store is trying to work its way into your scalp with claims of ...

7. Jenny Mollen sparks backlash for boarding plane while ...

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   Jenny Mollen has sparked backlash for getting on a flight while she was infected with head lice.. The actor, 45, shared a video of herself on the plane on Instagram on October 29 with a plastic ...

8. Pediculosis pubis - Wikipedia

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   Pediculosis pubis (also known as "crabs" and "pubic lice") is an infestation by the pubic louse, Pthirus pubis, a wingless insect which feeds on blood and lays its eggs (nits) on mainly pubic hair. Less commonly, hair near the anus, armpit, beard, eyebrows, moustache, and eyelashes may be involved.

9. Head lice DNA discovery reveals new details about first ... - AOL

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   Genetic analysis of clothes or body lice, which are one of three lice to live on humans, revealed that humans likely began wearing some form of clothing at least 83,000 years ago, according to a ...