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The treatment of human lice is the removal of head lice parasites from human hair. It has been debated and studied for centuries. It has been debated and studied for centuries. However, the number of cases of human louse infestations (or pediculosis ) has increased worldwide since the mid-1960s, reaching hundreds of millions annually. [ 1 ]
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 ]
Accordingly, the infestation with head lice is named pediculosis capitis, while this with body lice, pediculosis corporis. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Although pediculosis in humans may properly refer to lice infestation of any part of the body, the term is sometimes used loosely to refer to pediculosis capitis , the infestation of the human head with the ...
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.
Treatment Washing contaminated bedding and clothing in hot or boiling water, personal hygiene , pediculicide Pediculosis corporis or Vagabond's disease is a cutaneous condition caused by body lice ( Pediculus humanus humanus ) that lay their eggs on clothing and to a lesser extent on human hairs.
A dead nit attached to a hair. No nit policy is a public health policy implemented by some education authorities to prevent the transmission of head lice infestation.The "no nit" policy requires the sending home and barring of all children who have nits (egg shells) on their hair from controlled settings such as school, summer camp or day care facilities.
Head lice and body lice. Malathion is approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for treatment of pediculosis . [ 11 ] [ 12 ] It is claimed to effectively kill both the eggs and the adult lice, but in fact has been shown in UK studies to be only 36% effective on head lice, and less so on their eggs. [ 13 ]
Head lice, like other insects of the order Phthiraptera, are hemimetabolous. [ 1 ] [ 10 ] Newly hatched nymphs will moult three times before reaching the sexually mature adult stage. [ 1 ] Thus, mobile head lice populations may contain eggs, nits, three nymphal instars , and the adults (male and female) ( imago ). [ 1 ]