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2. 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 ]

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

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   Head lice feed on blood several times each day and tend to reside close to your scalp, which explains the itchiness and why it’s sometimes so difficult to tell that you have head lice. Unlike ...

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

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   Female lice also attach sticky unhatched eggs called nits to hair. These eggs take eight to nine days to hatch and can trigger another infestation if not removed, leaving children to have head ...

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. 5 important things to know about lice — and why it’s OK to ...

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   You can also spot head lice and their nits. The nits look like tiny grains of rice that are attached to strands of hair near the base of the scalp. They can easily be mistaken for dandruff, scabs ...

7. 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.