Definition
Pediculosis: infestation with lice
Purpose
• To prevent transmission of some arthropod born diseases
• To make patient comfortable
Equipment
Lindane
1% permethrine cream rinse
Clean linen
Fine-tooth “nit” comb
Disinfectant for comb
Clean gloves
Towel
Lice:
• Are small, grayish white, parasitic insects that infest mammals
• Are of three common kinds:
○ Pediculose capitis: is found on the scalp and tends to stay hidden in the hairs
○ Pediculose pubis: stay in pubic hair
○ Pediculose corporis: tends to cling to clothing, suck blood from the person and lay their eggs the clothing suspect their presence in the cloth and the body:
a. The person habitually scratches
b. There are scratches on the skin, and
c. There are hemorrhagic spots in the skin where the lice have sucked blood Head and body lice lay their eggs on the hairs then eggs look like oval particles, similar to dandruff, clinging to the hair.
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