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    Pediculosis is an infestation of lice, which are blood-feeding ectoparasitic insects that can infest warm-blooded animals including humans. There are three main types of pediculosis in humans: pediculosis capitis (head lice infestation), pediculosis corporis (body lice infestation), and pediculosis pubis (crab lice infestation). Head lice infestation is most common in children ages 3-10 and spreads through direct head-to-head contact with an infested person. Diagnosis involves thorough combing of the scalp to examine the comb for living lice. Treatment options include chemical treatments, natural products,

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    Pediculosis is an infestation of lice, which are blood-feeding ectoparasitic insects that can infest warm-blooded animals including humans. There are three main types of pediculosis in humans: pediculosis capitis (head lice infestation), pediculosis corporis (body lice infestation), and pediculosis pubis (crab lice infestation). Head lice infestation is most common in children ages 3-10 and spreads through direct head-to-head contact with an infested person. Diagnosis involves thorough combing of the scalp to examine the comb for living lice. Treatment options include chemical treatments, natural products,

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    Pediculosis is an infestation of lice, which are blood-feeding ectoparasitic insects that can infest warm-blooded animals including humans. There are three main types of pediculosis in humans: pediculosis capitis (head lice infestation), pediculosis corporis (body lice infestation), and pediculosis pubis (crab lice infestation). Head lice infestation is most common in children ages 3-10 and spreads through direct head-to-head contact with an infested person. Diagnosis involves thorough combing of the scalp to examine the comb for living lice. Treatment options include chemical treatments, natural products,

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    Pediculosis is an infestation of lice, which are blood-feeding ectoparasitic insects that can infest warm-blooded animals including humans. There are three main types of pediculosis in humans: pediculosis capitis (head lice infestation), pediculosis corporis (body lice infestation), and pediculosis pubis (crab lice infestation). Head lice infestation is most common in children ages 3-10 and spreads through direct head-to-head contact with an infested person. Diagnosis involves thorough combing of the scalp to examine the comb for living lice. Treatment options include chemical treatments, natural products,

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    The document discusses pediculosis, or lice infestation, outlining the different types including head lice, body lice, and pubic lice. It also describes symptoms, diagnosis, and common treatment methods.

    The document classifies pediculosis into three main types - pediculosis capitis (head lice infestation), pediculosis corporis (body lice infestation), and pediculosis pubis (pubic lice infestation).

    Head lice infestation most commonly affects children aged 3-10 and their families. It spreads through direct head contact. Symptoms include itching of the scalp. Head lice feed on blood and excrete saliva causing irritation and itching.

    PEDICULOSIS

    SUBMITTED BY:
    Rahul Bhardwaj
    (M.D., Ph.D, Associate Professor,

    SUBMITTED TO:
    VOLKOV DIMITRY

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    intermediate surgery.)

    Department of

    WHAT IS PEDICULOSIS?

    Pediculosis is an infestation of liceblood-feeding ectoparasitic insects of


    the order Phthiraptera. The condition can occur in almost any species of warmblooded animal (i.e., mammals and birds), including humans. 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 specific head louse.

    CLASSIFICATION FOR PEDICULOSIS?

    Pediculosis may be divided into the following types:[3]:4468


    Pediculosis capitis (Head lice infestation)
    Pediculosis corporis (Pediculosis vestimenti, Vagabond's disease)

    Pediculosis pubis (Crabs)

    Head Lice
    Head-lice infestation is most frequent on children aged 310 and their families.
    Approximately 3% of school children in the United States contract head lice. Females
    are more frequently infested than males. Those of African descent rarely suffer
    infestation due to differences in hair texture.[5]
    Head lice are spread through direct head-to-head contact with an infested person.
    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.[4] Lice cannot burrow into the skin.

    Diagnosis

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    To diagnose infestation, the entire scalp should be combed thoroughly with a louse
    comb and the teeth of the comb should be examined for the presence of living lice
    after each time the comb passes through the hair. The use of a louse comb is the
    most effective way to detect living lice.[6]
    The most characteristic symptom of infestation is pruritus (itching) on the head which
    normally intensifies 3 to 4 weeks after the initial infestation. The bite reaction is very
    mild and it can be rarely seen between the hairs. Excessive scratching of the infested
    areas can cause sores, which may become infected.

    Treatment
    The number of diagnosed cases of human louse infestations (or pediculosis) has
    increased worldwide since the mid-1960s, reaching hundreds of millions annually.
    [7]
    There is no product or method which assures 100% destruction of the eggs and
    hatched lice after a single treatment. However, there are a number of treatment
    modalities that can be employed with varying degrees of success. These methods
    include chemical treatments, natural products, combs, shaving, hot air, and silicone-

    based lotions. The pharmacological treatment of pediculosis include the use of


    crotamiton applied twice at 24 hour interval and washed off day after that. Benzyl
    benzoate also can be used when combined with lindane,[citation needed] it is applied once
    and then washed off after 24 hours.

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