Pediculosis (LICE)
Disease information
Pediculosis (LICE)
Pediculosis
(lice)
Cutaneous inflammation caused by tiny parasites (lice) that live in the body and the clothes.
Affected parts.
It can affect any vellosa part of the body, specially the hairy leather, the
genital
eyebrows or zones (Pediculus capitis) skin, specially where the clothes are in
contact
with the enemy with the skin, like shoulders, the waist, the genitals or the rumps (pediculus corporis)
Age.
It affects both sexes, all the ages, being more frequent in the
children
and people with
social
problems
.
Prognosis.
In general it is cured with creams, curativos lotions and champús.
The symptoms can disappear 5 days after the treatment.
The lice usually repeat themselves.
Complications.
The
infection
in the site of the
infection
caused by energetic rascamientos can cause
diseases
like the typhus (rarely)
Diagnosis and treatment.
DIAGNOSIS:
They are possible to be seen liendres (like tiny white balls of rugby) around the hairs. File and physical examination by
a
doctor
.
TREATMENT:
General measures.
The following measures are applied to all the members of the
home
and to all the
sexual
pairs of the components of the familiar scope:
Use the champú, cream or lotion that prescribe the
doctor
to him.
Washing in the washing
machine
ALL its clothes in water and dryer I warm up.
Iron
the clothes to dress and house if it can.
The washing
clears
the lice and the ironing destroys liendres.
If it does not have washing
machine
, it irons all the clothes and guárdela in sealed
plastic
bags during 10 days, to eliminate the lice and liendres.
Boil combs, rollers, brushes of the hair and pins.
It does not have to shave the hair.
Medication.
His
doctor
can prescribe creams, lotions or champús antilice (pediculocidas)
Apply to the zones infected according to the instructions.
In order to use champu ':
Wet the hair.
Apply
a
spoonful of champú.
Do foam during about 4 minutes, rubbing well the hairy leather.
If it enters to him champú the eyes, clarifies well with water immediately.
Clarify the thorough hair abundantly and you dry with
a
towel.
Wash the towel before returning to use it.
Repeatedly pass the comb from the roots towards outside until they are not left liendres.
In more of 90% of the cases, an application of the champú is enough.
It does not use it more than what it is recommended because the champú can cause to irritation of the skin or being absorbed by the body.
If the lice
infect
the eyelashes, the
doctor
will be due to clear carefully.
The mentioned curativos products do not have to enter the eyes or the eyelashes.
After take off it can use petroleum jelly in the eyelashes during 7 or 8 days.
In some cases one second application to the 10 or 14 days is necessary.
Activity
.
Without restrictions.
Diet.
Without restrictions.
Warn its medico if.
You or their
sexual
pair or some of their familiar scope
has
symptoms of lice, or the symptoms are repeated after the treatment.
Factors of risk.
Hacinamiento or insalubridad.
Familiar antecedents of lice.
Sexual
relations with an infected person.
Prevention.
Frequent baths and champús.
Avoid to wear the same clothes more than one or two days.
Frequent changes of the bed clothes.
It does not share combs, brushes nor hats.
Signs and symptoms.
Picores, intense in sites sometimes, generally covered with hair.
Eggs (liendres) in the stems of the hair.
Fragile inflammation of the hairy leather and hairs and parties.
Inflammation of the lymphatic glands in the nape of the neck or ingles (sometimes)
Red
marks of punctures.
Causes.
Tiny parasites (3 to 4mm) that they prick the skin to obtain food (blood)
The punctures cause to picores and inflammation.
Some lice live in the skin, although they are not easy to distinguish.
Others live in the clothes that are in
contact
with the enemy with the skin.
The eggs (liendres)
adhere
to the hair.
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