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2. Does your child have head lice? How to get rid of it for good

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   Head lice are parasitic insects that burrow to the root of people’s hair and suck the blood from their scalps. While many parents have to treat their children, knowing how to find and remove ...

3. Treatment of human lice - Wikipedia

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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. However, the number of cases of human louse infestations (or pediculosis) has increased worldwide since the mid-1960s, reaching hundreds of millions annually. [1] There is no product or method that assures 100% ...

4. Head lice infestation - Wikipedia

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   Common [5] 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] If a person is infected again, symptoms may begin much ...

5. Head louse - Wikipedia

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   Pediculus humanus capitis by Des Helmore. The head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis) is an obligate ectoparasite of humans. [ 1 ] Head lice are wingless insects that spend their entire lives on the human scalp and feed exclusively on human blood. [ 1 ] Humans are the only known hosts of this specific parasite, while chimpanzees and bonobos host ...

6. Pediculosis pubis - Wikipedia

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   Application of permethrin containing lotions. Removing nits with comb. 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 ...

7. Louse - Wikipedia

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   Louse (pl.: lice) is the common name for any member of the clade Phthiraptera, which contains nearly 5,000 species of wingless parasitic insects. Phthiraptera has variously been recognized as an order, infraorder, or a parvorder, as a result of developments in phylogenetic research. [1][2][3] Lice are obligate parasites, living externally on ...