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2. “200 stings or more.” Have you had sea lice after visiting a ...

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   Unlike head lice, sea lice are not insects. Instead, they are microscopic jellyfish larvae, transparent and unseen to the human eye, which get trapped underneath bathing suits, in hair and under ...

3. Sea louse - Wikipedia

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   Sea lice, particularly L. salmonis and various Caligus species, including C. clemensi and C. rogercresseyi, can cause deadly infestations of both farm-grown and wild salmon. [3] [30] Sea lice migrate and latch onto the skin of wild salmon during free-swimming, planktonic nauplii and copepodid larval stages, which can persist for several days.

4. Want to avoid an itchy trip to the ocean? Here’s how to avoid ...

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   Here’s what you need to know about sea lice and swimmers’ itch. Some Myrtle Beach ocean-goers finish their trip to the beach feeling itchy. Here’s what you need to know about sea lice and ...

5. What You Should Know About These Nasty, Rash-Causing Sea Lice ...

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   What You Should Know About These Nasty, Rash-Causing Sea Lice Reported in Florida Beaches

6. Ichthyophthirius multifiliis - Wikipedia

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   The trophont is not visible to the naked eye until it has fed on the fish and grown to a diameter of about 0.3-0.5 millimetres. The white spots may reach more than 1 mm in diameter and are easily recognized on skin and fins whereas trophonts attached to the gills are hard to see due to the gill cover ( operculum ).

7. Ivermectin - Wikipedia

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   Ivermectin is an antiparasitic drug. [7] After its discovery in 1975, [8] its first uses were in veterinary medicine to prevent and treat heartworm and acariasis. [9] Approved for human use in 1987, [10] it is used to treat infestations including head lice, scabies, river blindness (onchocerciasis), strongyloidiasis, trichuriasis, ascariasis and lymphatic filariasis.

8. Visiting Myrtle Beach? Just watch out for sea lice in the ...

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   Sea lice are copepods — a microscopic type of crustacean related to crabs, shrimp and lobsters. With nearly 15,000 identified species, the creatures are found anywhere there’s water and are a ...

9. Seabather's eruption - Wikipedia

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   Seabather's eruption is an itching dermatitis [1] caused by a hypersensitivity reaction to the immature nematocysts of larval-stage thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata), sea anemones (Edwardsiella lineata) and other larval cnidarians. [2]