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Pediculosis - damage to human skin, which is caused by lice parasites.

For some reason, a large number of people think that lice are a disease of the past, but in fact, in modern times, pediculosis is quite common.

Many of us remember the "lousy moments" in our childhood, when parents and grandmothers treated their heads with gasoline and put clothes on top, and then long and tediously sought out the remaining lice and nits in their hair. But this is at best, because what a shame it was, especially for girls, when they had to cut off all their hair in order to make it easier to get rid of unbearable insects.

Most often, head lice infect children, but adults suffer.

In places where large numbers of people live, where unsanitary conditions flourish, lice occurs almost always (asocial families with many children, gypsy camps, shelters for people without a certain place of residence, villages, where there is no free access to water for hygienic procedures, etc.).

There are frequent outbreaks of pediculosis in organized children's groups (summer camps, boarding schools, shelters, kindergartens, junior classes of the school, including those classified as elite institutions, and so on). But closed adult groups can also be “lined up”: military barracks, places of detention, psychiatric hospitals, and so on.

In large cities, BOMS are particularly conducive to the spread of all types of parasites, and "moths" are often a source of pubic lice.

In the history there are a lot of facts of the pediculosis epidemic, it is a rather ancient disease, even Herodot (5 centuries BC) described the need to shave people of high ranks so that not one louse would stick.

Scientists believe that lice are alive from that time on and up until man lives on planet Earth.

Many classic literary works of the whole world also describe scenes associated with lice (in M. Sholokhov, L. Tolstoy, V. Shakespeare, A. Chekhov, N. Gogol, A. Solzhenitsyn, R. Arthur, and many other classics).

And in the Bible there is a mention of lice when Herod died, from him "... lice flowed like a spring that flows from the earth ...".

Especially high head lice raised during wars, hunger strikes, natural disasters. But the lice themselves were not as dangerous as the infections they carried. Many historical facts are described, indicating that during the wars most of the soldiers did not die from their wounds, but from typhus tolerated by lice.

Some statistics!

Pediculosis is spread throughout the world, and prosperous developed countries are no exception. According to the World Health Organization, every year billions of people come into contact with carriers of lice. And every second suffered this trouble on himself at least once in his life.

Official indicators of “lice” are almost impossible to ascertain precisely, since most people do not apply for epidemic treatment to the sanitary facilities, but independently cope with parasites at home. After all, the problem is very delicate and intimate, people are afraid of publicity.

Top 15 most common myths about pediculosis

• Myth number 1: "Lice - is a disease of the poor". Nobody is protected from pediculosis, since even money cannot help to completely isolate from the outside world.
• Myth number 2: "Lice do not affect people with dyed hair." Lice are absolutely not tasty hair, they need skin and blood, so dyed hair for them is not a barrier. On the other hand, when lice are already present, hair coloring with ammonia can partially kill the parasites.
• Myth number 3: "Lice carry HIV." Fortunately, neither lice nor other insects can tolerate HIV, since the virus is very quickly destroyed by the enzyme system of lice or mosquitoes.
• Myth number 4: "Lice love a special blood type." Lice are absolutely not important blood type, they prefer and digest absolutely any "menu of human blood."
• Myth number 5: "Lice can be infected from animals". Animals can also have lice, but of a different type, and the causative agent of lice - human and pubic louse, lives only on the human body, and, conversely, animal lice do not pass on to us. Interesting! Many animals are characterized by a special type of lice, for example, camel, elephant, deer, seals, hare, pig lice, and so on.
  
• Myth number 6: "Lice jumps or flies from one person to another." Anatomy of lice does not allow to move in any other way, except how to slowly crawl at a speed of 23 cm per minute. Therefore, lice are transferred directly through direct contact with a sick person or object of care.
• Myth number 7: "Pubic lice are transferred only through sexual contact." Although sexual contact is the main way of transmitting pubic lice, this type of parasite can also be picked up in public places (baths, swimming pool), as well as in contact with personal hygiene items.
• Myth number 8: "Lice love only long hair." Lice need hair in order to cling to it and have free access to the skin, for this is enough hair length of 3-4 mm.
• Myth number 9: "Lice love only dirty hair". But in fact, lice prefer clean scalp, as it is easier for it to penetrate the skin without a layer of thick sebum.
• Myth number 10: "Lice penetrate the skin of a person". This is also not the case; lice cannot penetrate the skin, their anatomy allows them to cling to the hair or fibers of the tissue, live, sleep and multiply there, and human skin is only a “feeding trough”.
• Myth number 11: "It is believed that lice from the head can be completely combed out using a thick ridge". Mechanical removal of parasites and nits gives efficiency only up to 40%, whereas chemical methods (insecticide applications) give 98%.
• Myth number 12: "Lice do not survive without a person." Lice can live without blood in the environment for up to one week, during which time it is very easy to find a new victim. So very often people become infected on the beach, where parasites can be waited in the sand or when using “public pillows” (in children's groups, hospitals and so on).
• Myth number 13: "Lice is only an unpleasant disease that violates the aesthetics of the body, and after treatment with special preparations, you can forget about them." Unfortunately, it is not. In young children, pregnant women, allergies, people with reduced immunity, lice can leave complications in the form of chronic skin diseases, as well as provoke a pronounced allergic reaction. And these parasites carry especially dangerous infections - typhus and relapsing fever.
• Myth number 14: "Alcohol in the blood - the best prevention of various parasites." Special studies on this topic have not been carried out, but statistics show that people who are addicted to alcohol and drugs suffer even more pediculosis than people without bad habits.
• Myth number 15: "Lice love dandruff, as they eat the scales of the epidermis." Louse is a blood-sucking parasite, does not feed on any other secretions and parts of the human body.

Interesting Facts!

• Negroid people head lice suffers less frequently than people of the white-skinned race, perhaps because of the fact that dark skin is thicker, adapted to severe weather conditions, and harder to bite through lice.
• Body lice are more common in poor countries. with low levels of sanitation (for example, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, African countries and others).
• The lice themselves leave their master, when the body temperature drops sharply (in case of his death) or vice versa rises (fever of different origin), since for lice the most comfortable temperature is from 33 to 36 o C.
• According to the classification, lice belong to the subclass of dipterous insects, but they do not have wings, but they have a similar structure of the breathing tube. Perhaps flying insects were the precursors of lice.

Where do lice and nits come from

This problem can occur not only in conditions of poor sanitation, since parasites prefer healthy hair and healthy skin, where there is something to profit. In this regard, insects often look for a new prey with healthy, well-groomed hair.

In fact, there are several types of lice. For example:

• Head lice settling on the head. Similar parasites appear as a result of contacts between family members when hygiene products are used, as well as when dealing with strangers who have got unpleasant insects. As a rule, children bring home lice from preschool institutions or from school as a result of close contacts.
• Linen lice. They may appear in cases when a person wears clothes bought at a flea market, or sleeps on bedding, where there were nits or adults. As a rule, the sources of infection are cheap hotels or passenger trains, where this problem is given little attention and does not produce appropriate disinfection of bedding.
• Pubic lice. Such parasites appear as a result of intimate relationships, when one of the partners suffers from tuberculosis (pubic lice).

Nits of parasites can be found in crowded places, and the presence of a moist environment allows them to persist for 2 days. That is why lice can easily become infected in the changing room of a pool or gym.

Lice infection

When these not big insects get in comfortable conditions, they start to multiply actively. For 2 weeks, one female can lay up to 300 eggs or nits, as they are called. Although adults do not live for more than 1 month, during this period they can cause a lot of harm.

Ways of infection with pediculosis depend on the type of insect. Therefore, after determining in which part of the body the parasites have taken root, it is easy to understand how they got to the person. Despite this, they have one goal - to feed on human blood. What is the difference between lice:

• Head lice settle on the head of a person, preferring thick hair.
• Linen lice prefer to be among the bedding, in the folds of clothes, among things in wardrobes.
• Pubic louses prefer the intimate areas of a person, eyebrows and eyelashes, as well as underarm areas.

How lice are transmitted

Fleas do not jump, but crawl from person to person, therefore, in order to get infected with them, you need long-term contact between children or adults. Pediculosis is a serious problem for “closed” institutions, such as correctional colonies or army barracks. Quite often, parasites actively proliferate in institutions.

Head lice are transmitted:

• As a result of using someone else’s hygiene products such as combs, hairpins, erasers, etc.
• As a result of contact between family members.
• As a result of using someone else's towels in various public institutions.
• As a result of the joint sleep of parents and children. During this period, adults move without problems to a new host.

If friends or acquaintances have lice, it is impossible to catch them from a distance. This will happen during a hug or even a handshake. Quite often, friends, especially girlfriends, try on each other's clothes or hats, which can certainly lead to infection.

Body lice are transmitted:

• Through a common bed with his family.
• As a result of fitting or wearing someone else's clothes.
• As a result of poor-quality disinfection of bedding in cheap hotels or passenger trains.

All note! Nits are perfectly preserved in a humid environment, so it is easy to understand how easy it is to catch pediculosis in public places, such as a bath, sauna, swimming pool, fitness club, solarium, etc.

How to determine the presence of lice

Recognize this disease is possible only in conditions of active reproduction of parasites. If no more than 2 individuals of lice are present on the human body, then it is almost impossible to detect them, especially if the person has dark hair color. In general, the presence of lice detected by strangers. Despite the fact that there is severe skin itching, many blame it on the frequent stress.

If you do not inspect the head of the child for the presence of lice, then the females may lay a large number of eggs. Nits that are distinguished by a greyish-white tint are quite firmly held on to the hair, with the help of an adhesive substance and just like that, without effort, it is difficult to get rid of them.

In addition, the presence of pediculosis can be determined by other signs:

• When lice show maximum activity, the person feels the active movement of something on his head.
• On the skin you can see traces of scratching, which can take the form of wounds or scabs.
• Human skin is covered with dark blue spots, indicating poisoning by toxic substances of the human body.
• Bite marks are visible in the head area, which leads to a feeling of discomfort.
• When the infection occurs with body or pubic lice, itching is noted in intimate places, in the area of ​​eyebrows and eyelashes, as well as in the armpits.
• If you carefully examine the problem areas, you can immediately notice not only adults, but also eggs. As a rule, nits are held securely on the hair, so just shake them off will not succeed.
• Live nits are crushed with a distinctive sound and some liquid is released.

Classification

Most often they suffer from children.

Lice prefer to live on the hair parts of the human body, in connection with which there are three types of these parasites:

• Head. Have a grayish-white color, the size of these lice from 2 to 4 mm. They live in the hair on the head, but also sometimes on the eyebrows and eyelashes,
• Payments. These nits are from 2 to 5 mm, prefer to live in folds of human skin, in clothes or bedding,
• Pubic. Represent yellow-gray insects from 1 to 1.5 mm. They settle in the hair areas surrounding the genitals, sometimes choosing armpits, mustaches, beards, eyebrows as their habitats.

The most common subspecies of head lice.

The epidermis on the head is thin, which makes it easier for nits to access blood. The individual of the parasite has a thickened body, the abdomen is larger than the head. With the help of the piercing-sucking structure of the mouth apparatus, the insect pierces the skin. In this case, a certain amount of saliva is released, which prevents blood from clotting, and the bite is accompanied by irritation and itching.

How to get rid of lice

The most important thing is to detect lice in time, otherwise there may be serious problems associated with deterioration of the skin, followed by the appearance of scratching. Therefore, it is important to know how to get rid of such parasites. At the same time, you need to know that treatment in adults and children is completely different. For the treatment of pediculosis in children, not all formulations are suitable, especially if the child is not yet 5 years old. This is especially true when there is a tendency to allergies or have to treat a pregnant woman. In this case, you have to more carefully select therapeutic drugs.

How to proceed:

• First of all, you should pay attention to problem areas and listen to the patient if there are any complaints of itching in the head or other parts of the body.
• If there are complaints and there is suspicion of head lice, you should immediately consult a doctor.
• If this is not possible, then it is better to study information about the types of lice and the characteristics of their distribution, as well as about ways to combat them.
• It is very important to determine the source of infection. If lice are found in children, then it is imperative to notify the kindergarten or school so that children can be examined for the presence of lice. It may be that most children have lice.
• At the next stage, you need to get a special comb for combing parasites and a special tool for their destruction. In the case when the child has long and thick hair, you have to prepare for the fact that most of the nits will have to be removed manually.
• Children are better to make a short haircut, as this will simplify the procedure for the destruction of nits.
• Problem areas are best treated with the drug, following the instructions for use. If necessary, the procedure can be repeated after one week.
• The dead adults are gathered, and the nits are combed out with a special comb. If necessary, the nits are selected manually.
• All things are subjected to special washing at a high temperature, about 70-80 degrees. After the laundry or things dry, they are ironed with a hot iron, and they must be.

Life cycle

These parasites are very active. Their reproduction occurs by laying eggs of a yellowish color at the roots of the hair with the help of a sticky secret that the female secretes.

Food for lice is human blood. At one time they are able to drink up to 0.003 ml. During the day the louse eats 2-3 times.

Lice live an average of 27 to 46 days. Without a host organism, a louse can last up to 10 days.

The parasite has a susceptibility to ambient temperature. Comfortable conditions for it should be: not lower than 10 ° С and not higher than 44 ° С. Treat lice better quickly.

What is dangerous pediculosis?

The device of the body of lice causes their parasitic nature. The fact that they pierce the skin and come into direct contact with the blood makes them ideal carriers of various diseases. The most dangerous diseases that a person can catch from lice are relapsing or typhus.

Over the entire period of its life, the female is able to lay up to several hundred eggs - nits. Ten days later, these nits become full-fledged individuals of lice, occupy the human body, and he develops pediculosis. If you do not start timely treatment, for a couple of months lice can literally eat their master. Therefore, the sooner you can get rid of lice, the better. Today it is possible to do it at home.

Causes of the problem

The main reason for the appearance of lice is the lack of basic sanitary and hygienic standards. As a rule, these parasites appear in places of large concentrations of people in conditions of natural disasters, wars, disasters, when it is not possible to take care of cleanliness and get rid of parasites.

Pediculosis can easily become infected by a clean person who is in favorable home conditions - from another person. So, babies are infected with lice from their parents.

Parasites can be transmitted:

• Through bedding, common hats or scarves,
• When using one brush or comb for hair,
• Through the use of common washcloth, towel and other items of personal hygiene,
• Through the water in small stagnant ponds and public pools,

Places where pediculosis can be picked up: schools, kindergartens, summer camps, baths, saunas, hotels, hairdressers, beauty salons, trains and other public places.

For their movement, lice can use the places of temporary storage of clothes where things are tightly in contact with each other: school or other public changing rooms, hangers.

Head lice survive best in long hair, so they are more common in females. Compared to other subspecies, these insects are distinguished by agility and the ability to jump high.

Pubic lice is characteristic of young people, especially homosexuals. This disease is transmitted predominantly through sex, although it can pass from one person to another through the use of common hygiene items.

Body lice choose those areas of the body that are most closely in contact with clothing: shoulder blades, lumbar region. They settle in the tissues, and on the human body are transferred only for food. Most often, they can be seen in homeless people or in those who live in poor conditions. Get rid of the parasites they do not go.

The main symptoms of the disease

With the defeat of pediculosis, the patient has the following symptoms:

• Severe itching at insect bite. In the head form of the disease, itching is observed in the regions of the occiput, temporal lobes, behind the ears. Ward lice is diffusely directed - it is distributed throughout the body. People suffering from this type of illness cannot even sleep. The intensity of itching decreases during the development of the disease due to the addiction of a person to discomfort,
• Combs, ulcers, boils. Most patients comb their bite to the blood again and again, which causes the formation of purulent crusts on the affected area,
• Rash on the body. After the first bites of lice on the skin may appear red spots - in the case of head lice. They are almost invisible in the hair. If we are talking about the sick form of the disease, then the patient has a characteristic "Bluish" skin tone due to the widespread response of the body. In the case of pubic lice, blue spots appear between 3 mm and 1 cm in size in the abdomen or thighs. This color is due to the breakdown products of hemoglobin.
• The presence of nits. This is irrefutable evidence of the presence of pediculosis. Nits look like 2-3 mm grayish bubbles attached to the hair for 1 cm from the hair roots. They can be both alive and dead. Living ones have a brighter, more intense color, while the dead have a dull color.

Diagnosis of the disease

To make a diagnosis "pediculosis", you need to find live or dead nits in the hair. Wood's fluorescent lamp is often used: in its light, the dead nits are gray and the live ones are white or blue.

If pubic louses are suspected, they carefully examine the areas around the genitals. On the skin, as a rule, there are bluish-gray spots, which remain under pressure. The parasites themselves will look like brown dots under a magnifying glass.

How to get rid of pediculosis at home?

A known mechanical method to remove lice is combing. It will only take a comb with frequent teeth. This procedure is time consuming and lengthy. Before combing the head is washed, then the hair is rubbed with sunflower or olive oil or with a special balm, after which the selected parasites are shaken onto a newspaper or white cloth. It is necessary to perform combing once a week for 30-40 days.

To quickly get rid of parasites, experts often advise special sprays or shampoo against lice.

The most popular among them are:

• Shampoo "Paranit" with mineral oils,
• Chemerichnaya water
• Malathion Shampoo,
• Shampoo "Parasidosis",
• Boric ointment,
• 5% sulfur ointment.

Before choosing the right product, consult a dermatologist. Virtually all of these drugs are toxic, which automatically excludes their use for pregnant women and young children, as well as people prone to allergic reactions.

Also, in order to get rid of insects, heat treatment is applied with a hot dryer or irons.Lice do not tolerate high temperatures and burst, they can be removed from the hair with forceps or comb comb.

Folk remedies

Effectively and quickly remove lice at home can be grandmother's methods. An incredibly effective way is to shave it well, but today very few people will agree to such extreme measures.

Get rid of lice will help:

• A decoction of freshly squeezed pomegranate juice with two tablespoons of mint. Apply to hair and then rinse off.
• Cranberry juice. The acid of cranberries not bad destroys the adhesive means by which the nits are attached to the hair. Repeated many times during the week,
• Table vinegar or citric acid solution. Diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 2. Apply to hair, then a plastic bag is put on your head for 15 minutes, then washed off with water. The procedure is repeated,
• Tea tree oil. Mixed with shampoo, used as an aid,
• A mixture of finely chopped garlic and onion is rubbed into the scalp, so it is left for several hours, and then washed off with a weak solution of citric acid and washed with shampoo.

Further prevention problems

After the parasites have been removed, there is still a chance that the disease will recur, therefore it is recommended:

• Do not attend public places - school, cinema, theater for two weeks,
• To carry out a thorough cleaning throughout the apartment,
• Rub all clothes and all bedding at a temperature not lower than 55 degrees (nits and lice die at a temperature of 54 degrees),
• Disinfect all combs, combs and hairpins: you can keep them in an alcohol solution or a special lice shampoo for about an hour. There is also an option to wash these accessories with soap and pack in a sealed bag, which is then placed in the freezer for 2 days,
• Things that you can not wash yourself: hats, a coat is best to dry clean.

In order to prevent the occurrence of lice, it is enough to pay attention to the rules of personal hygiene and monitor the condition of their hair. For example, those who have long hair, you need time to remove them in a ponytail or hide under clothes in public places.

Do not use other people's combs, barrettes, towels. To bring lice in the modern world of work is not, but the occupation is not among the pleasant pastime.

What species live in humans

For varieties of lice judge the type of insects that parasitize people. On the human body live 3 types of blood-sucking insects. Depending on the place of localization, lice are distinguished:

In some cases, a person may become infected with moose lice, but due to the inability to live on the human body, even in the presence of food - blood, the individual dies. "Pick up" moose louse probably in the forest. Usually hunters and mushroom pickers face the problem.

Head louse - settles at the person on the head. Getting into environmental conditions dies after two days. Long absence of food source and air temperature below 25 * C leads to inevitable death of the individual.

Pubic louse - lives on the human body, where there is coarse vegetation. The main places of localization:

• Axillary area,
• Eyebrows and eyelashes
• Groin and pubis,
• Beard and mustache.

In the absence of a food source, dies after 10 hours.

The linen bloodsucker lives in the seams of clothing, bedding and in the folds of things. Able to withstand a long hunger strike up to 7 days.

External differences of parasites

Insects differ in size and appearance:

• head lice in humans reach 4 mm in length,
• pubic barely grow to 1.5 mm,
• the largest - underwear, the size of the female's calf reaches 5 mm.

Males of the head bloodsucker are distinguished from females in size by the abdomen and legs. The female is superior in the length of the male relative.

Different in structure and foot.In the male, on the front pair of legs there are outgrowths resembling claws with their help, the parasite keeps the female during mating.

The belly of males is rounded, females are split. When examining the belly of the female individual there are small patches - these are fertilized eggs.

What lice eat

All varieties of lice feed on human blood. Parasites do not eat:

• Fiber fabric
• Particles of the epidermis,
• Hair shaft

In order to extract food, the insect pierces all layers of the epidermis to reach the blood vessel. The long proboscis allows penetration deep into the tissues. Before the meal, the pest releases an exudate that prevents the clotting of human blood.

It is the released fluid that causes an unbearable itching sensation in a person. In some cases, an allergic reaction develops, the wound swells, redness appears.

Linen parasites take food while a person wears contaminated clothes or sleeps in a bed where insects live in the seams. After drinking blood, the louse returns to the tissue, where it breeds and mates.

Breeding features

It is enough for the female to fertilize once, then to actively lay eggs on the human body. For a life cycle that is more than 40 days, the head parasite lays up to 160 eggs.

A linen louse is able to lay up to 10 tons of eggs at a time; it is not difficult to calculate what the scale of infection will be in a month.

Pubic - does not differ fertility. For a month, the number of eggs barely reaches 50.

The females matured in the belly go through the excretory canal and are attached to the hair shaft with the help of sticky exudate. Around the egg from the same sticky liquid forms a durable membrane that protects the larva from damage and the effects of insecticides.

After the nit is ripe, the larva gnaws at the membrane. The young individual is not able to get out on its own, but the enhanced work of the respiratory organs makes it possible to obtain a maximum of oxygen that passes through the gastrointestinal tract and leaves their anus. The accumulated air pushes the larva onto the human body.

After hatching, the young individual immediately begins to eat. Without a power source, the larva dies within a few hours.

Ways to transmit pediculosis

Pediculosis is transmitted by contact-household way. How does this happen? A healthy person, being in the society of an infected person, becomes an object of blood-sucking specimens, which do not jump over, but crawl to a healthy human body.

It is real to get infected just by sleeping in the same bed with a sick pediculosis or by taking advantage of his personal belongings. It is strictly prohibited to use:

It is not recommended to wear other people's hats, underwear.

Pediculosis can be “picked up” anywhere, even without communicating with the patient. Standing in line at a hospital or supermarket, in public transport, in children's institutions. Even at a concert of your favorite artist it is possible to get lice.

Pubic lice are most likely to become infected in a bath or sauna. Pool - a source of infection, swimming without a rubber cap in contaminated water leads to infection.

A condom does not protect against infection by pubic parasites. Random connections are the most common method of infection.

Linen lice usually bring from work, gym, swimming pool. Lingerie is infected through infected booths. Often, parasite bites are confused with the bugs.

It is possible to distinguish the trace from the bite of the bug and lice by localization. The bedbug sucks blood on one part of the body, mainly on the side and back. Localization depends on the position of the sleeper.

The linen insects can bite during the daytime, they do not choose places with vegetation, bites can be localized throughout the body.

Can animals infect with lice?

Many people notice the bloodsucking parasites on the animal, trying to get rid of the four-legged pet, fearing for their own health. In vain!

Types of fleas and lice in animals and people are different. Human lice feed on blood, dog lice feed on particles of the epidermis and hairs.

On the human body, fleas do not have a chance to survive. Even if a jumping individual falls on a person, it will die from hunger and adverse living conditions.

The same applies to elk lice. It does not survive on the human body, even with thick vegetation on the head. Human blood has an excellent composition from animals, it is not suitable for insects.

How to get rid of blood suckers

Treatment of pediculosis requires patience. There are many pharmacy tools and folk recipes that allow you to get rid of adult individuals, but not from nits. Only some insecticides are active against parasite eggs.

The choice is always the consumer: many people prefer to be treated by folk methods, someone trusts exclusively chemical preparations. Effective and those, and others, but in order to remove insects folk councils, will require no procedure.

After any treatment, combing of the curls with a comb is required. There are special electric combs that allow to detect live individuals and nits in the head.

As soon as the parasite gets into the small teeth, the comb will stop working. The method is especially relevant at the final stage of treatment when there is a need to remove insects that survived after the baiting.

Chemicals

Pharmacies sell a lot of drugs that promise to completely cure pediculosis in one use. In fact, the tools help or this is just another trick of marketers.

The following drugs are most popular among consumers:

Foxilon released in the form of a lotion that effectively frees the head from adults. On nits means does not work.

It is enough to apply the drug to the scalp and leave it to act for 10 minutes. Then the hair is washed and combed thick comb. The active ingredient is benzyl benzoate.

Here - means on the basis of silicone oil - Dimetikon, is issued in the form of spray. Effective against adults and nits.

Easy to apply, does not burn hair and does not penetrate into the systemic circulation. The exposure time is 45 minutes, after which the rinds are rinsed with shampoo and mechanically removed nits and dead individuals.

Pediculin - inexpensive shampoo, suitable for children over 3 years. Apply to the scalp, lather and leave for 15 minutes.

Wash off and remove dead individuals. Shampoo is not effective against larvae and eggs.

Nittifor - Available in lotion and cream. It is highly effective against bloodsucking and their eggs.

Contains a high dose of insecticide, is forbidden to use for pregnant women, children under 5 years old and weakened persons. May cause an allergic reaction in the form of itching and rash. The drug is applied to the hair roots, leave for 40 minutes and wash off with regular shampoo.

Pedilin - shampoo, emulsion. The drug is rubbed into the roots of wet hair and left for 30 minutes, after rinsing, repeat the procedure, causing the tool for 5 minutes. After the time, the head is washed and combed out with a comb with frequent teeth.

Paranit - shampoo. At the heart of - mineral oil. Effectively works against adults and nits. Apply on the scalp and leave for half an hour, then wash off. Repeat the procedure after 7 days.

Buying pharmaceutical means pay attention to the expiration date and possible contraindications. Most drugs are prohibited for children, pregnant and lactating women.

Folk methods

Traditional medicine advises many recipes that can free the head from the settlement of bloodsuckers. Fight advised by the following means:

• Essential concentrates and tea tree oil,
• Cranberries,
• Hair coloring,
• Tar soap,
• Chemerichnaya water
• Acetic acid.

Essential oils are used for pediculosis, but with caution.A strong smell can provoke an allergic reaction in a patient. With strong hair, a person will experience severe burning and pain.

In order to etch the parasites, use the oil:

The concentrate is applied to the hair, wrapped in polyethylene and left for 30 minutes. Then rinse the curls and remove the parasites by mechanical means.

An effective treatment for pediculosis is cranberry. Use both juice, and berry pulp. The product is applied to the head and wrapped.

After 40 minutes, the hair is washed and combed with a small comb. Harassment of cranberries requires repeated use, the procedure is repeated for 5 days in a row.

Many, to get rid of insects, dye their hair. The method works in the case of proper selection of paint. The composition must contain hydrogen peroxide or ammonia. The specified chemicals are in clarifiers.

Tar soap - a cheap and safe treatment for pediculosis. The head is washed with a natural product and the parasites are mechanically removed. The procedure will bring proper efficiency, if it is repeated 7 days in a row, followed by combing.

Chemerichnaya water. Used over the years as an effective remedy for pediculosis. For long hair will require 3-4 bottles.

Acquired means in any pharmacy at an affordable price. Destroys both nits, and adult individuals. Two applications are enough, with an interval of 5 days, to completely cure pediculosis.

Vinegar helps in the fight against nits. It is very difficult and painful to push an egg along the entire length of the hair; rinsing with acetic water will facilitate this process, since it dissolves the adhesive substance from the hair shaft.

If you decide to fight parasites using popular methods, be prepared for the fact that the procedure will have to be repeated more than once. After each treatment, the hair is inspected and nits combed.

Features of use for pregnant women and children

Not all means are allowed to apply to children and pregnant women. Chemical preparations contain insecticides that have not only a detrimental effect on insects, but also poison the human body.

The drug through the skin can penetrate into the systemic circulation, and in pregnant women overcome the placental barrier. The effect of insecticide is rather unpredictable.

Another aspect is the pungent smell of poisonous substances. Receptors in pregnant women are very sensitive, irreversible toxicosis can develop.

Choosing a drug, stop the choice on those that contain Dimethicone or D-95 oil base. It is strictly impossible to use drugs containing benzyl benzoate, malathion, pyrethrin and phenotrin.

Considering therapy with the use of folk remedies, exclude:

• Kerosene,
• Chemeric water
• Alcohol,
• Essential oils,
• Dichlorvos.

A child and a pregnant woman can get poisoned or have a severe allergic reaction.

Deduce parasites and pubic

In the fight against pubic insects, a complete shave of vegetation in intimate places and armpits will become a rational method of treatment. You need to shave repeatedly, but for several months.

Bite marks are treated with healing anti-inflammatory ointments. Quickly regenerates tissue Levomekol.

From laundry parasites get rid only by boiling, washing and ironing. Heavily infected things are burned, houses are spring-cleaning with the use of off-the-sheet products.

Preventive actions

It is much easier to follow simple preventive measures than to get rid of the disease for a long time and persistently.

To protect yourself from infection, it is enough to follow the golden rules familiar to everyone from early childhood:

• Do not wear other people's hats,
• Do not take foreign hairbrushes,
• Wear a hat in the pool
• Braid loose hair,
• Swimwear and underwear do not borrow,
• Intimate relationships be legible.

When infected with pediculosis, the whole family should be treated.It is desirable to identify and notify the contact, so that the disease does not go "in people." Early treatment ensures full recovery, and adherence to prevention - protection from relapse.

How to get rid of 3 types of lice parasitizing on the human body

Pediculosis is a parasitic disease caused by small blood-sucking insects. Despite the diversity of this family of parasites, the human body is attractive only for three types of lice: head, pubic and wardrobe. They differ not only in the place of deployment, but also in size, color. Due to the absence of wings, lice move exclusively by running, so infection occurs when close contact with a patient with head lice.

Louse in the hair is an affliction and we must get rid of it.

The life cycle of these insects reaches an average of 38 days, which can slow down or accelerate depending on the temperature of the external environment. Therefore, the fight against lice takes a little more than a month before the complete elimination of possible manifestations of parasites. The development of the parasite takes place in three stages:

1. Eggs or nits laid by the female are attached to the root of the hairline or in the underwear seams. Before the emergence of the larva, 4 to 16 days can pass, the lower the temperature, the slower the embryonic development. A critical temperature at which nits do not hatch is considered to be below 22 degrees.
2. The larval stage begins from the moment of formation of the adolescent individual and until it grows into an adult, capable of reproducing its own kind. This stage takes about 9-15 days. All this time, the louse larva actively feeds on the blood of the host animal and, as it grows, discards the outdated chitinous cover, changing it to a new one.
3. An adult individual can be considered larvae after the third molt. Now the insect is ready to breed. A fertilized female of the head species lays up to 4 eggs per day and is capable of increasing the number of the genus to 140 units until the end of its life. The clothes louse is more productive and lays up to 14 eggs daily.

Causes and signs of lice in the human hair

The main reason for the appearance of pediculosis is considered a violation of the rules of personal hygiene. Therefore, more often the victims of parasites are people with low social status and children. Infection can occur through close contact with the things used by the patient with head lice.

Lice quietly move from one head to another in places of large concentrations of people: the subway, public transport, corridors of municipal institutions, elevators. It is possible to get infected through unfairly crafted hairdressing tools, articles of clothing, stored in dressing rooms along with lousy headgear. In public baths, swimming pools and saunas, you can also purchase parasites without knowing it.

In most cases, children bring home lice from kindergartens, schools or summer camps, where they can pick up vermin in close contact with their peers.

Priority transmission of pubic lice - sexual. There is also an infection through personal hygiene items, a bathroom, clothes and towels. Unlike head bloodsuckers, pubic parasites settle in the hairy part of the intimate areas, armpits, on the body and legs.

There is a myth about the possibility of the appearance of pediculosis due to severe stress. In fact, severe nervous experiences are not the root cause of parasitic diseases. The presence of a source of insects required. However, head lice when choosing a victim are guided by smell, and the release of stress hormones into the blood greatly enhances the aroma that attracts parasites.

How to detect pediculosis on the head

The first pronounced clinical symptoms appear after 4 weeks from the moment of infection. By this time, hatched from the initial clutches of eggs, the larvae actively feed on human blood along with adult individuals.Head lice in humans are difficult to detect, especially when their numbers are relatively small, and their hair is rather thick and long. To determine their presence can be on the characteristic spots that remain after the bite. The disease is accompanied by pruritus due to substances that are contained in the saliva of parasites, which prevent blood from clotting.

Nits in the form of small light yellow balls, glued at the base of the hair, can be seen when combing hair. When the parasites spread to the eyebrows and eyelashes, the fact of their presence becomes obvious and does not require additional confirmation.

Ways to permanently destroy head lice at home folk remedies

The easiest way to get rid of pediculosis quickly and efficiently is to shave your head clean. But this option is not everyone will like. To save the hair will have to resort to more laborious treatment, which has two main components: chemical effects and mechanical removal.

The mechanical method consists in combing insects out of the hair by means of a comb with fine teeth. It is better to purchase a special tool in the pharmacy. The procedure should be carried out daily in conjunction with the use of anti-pediculosis drugs. Of course, absolutely all parasites can hardly be removed in this way, but it is possible to increase efficiency by using a rinse that creates additional slip of the lice along the length of the hair. To destroy the sticky substance that fixes the eggs of parasites, you can rub cranberry juice into the scalp.

Chemical treatments with kerosene, vinegar and alcohol

For the treatment of pediculosis at home in folk medicine used aggressive substances that do an excellent job with the destruction of parasites, but can ruin the hair and harm the scalp.

If vodka is used as an anti-pediculosis remedy, it is applied to the infected areas, covered with polyethylene for half an hour and washed off with plenty of warm water, followed by combing the dead parasites.

Kerosene is destructive to bloodsucking insects. Since the substance can cause skin burns, add a little vegetable oil to it. The composition is applied and aged in the same way as vodka. Kerosene can not be used in the presence of damaged scalp and severe allergic rash. The tool is poorly washed off the hair, so it is used in the most extreme cases.

Acetic essence will help to get rid of lice. 9% solution must be spread on the curls over the entire length and securely wrap with cling film, after an hour, rinse the head and remove insects using a special comb.

All of these methods should not try to get rid of lice on the head of a child. Children's skin is very sensitive to chemicals. In addition, there are safer folk recipes for pediculosis:

• Shampoo with the addition of tea tree oil,
• Tar soap,
• 1.5% hydrogen peroxide.

Despite many years of experience in the use of these substances, it is better to take advantage of the achievements of modern pharmacology. Sprays and ointments sold in pharmacies are just as effective, but for most people harmless, if you strictly follow the instructions.

How to get rid of lice underwear

In essence, lingerie or clothes parasites are simply a type of head lice. In the process of evolution, they have adapted to life in human clothes and make their way onto the host’s body only for food. Due to this peculiarity of the lifestyle, it will be necessary to fight against linen insects in a slightly different way.

Body lice do not live directly on the skin of a person, but can leave eggs laying. Therefore, the treatment must begin with your own body. It is necessary to take a shower with use of special shampoos against parasites: Veda-2, Medifox, Bubil, Lauri and others.

All clothing suspected of being infected is recommended to boil for 20 minutes with the addition of a small amount of insecticides containing permethrin.

If expensive clothes that could not be boiled have been attacked by lice, it is better to hand dry your clothes using steam-formalin chambers. Such a remedy for pediculosis at home can not be established because of the high cost and massiveness of the equipment.

Choose a means and method of dealing with nits, protect your health

In the presence of huge hordes of clothes parasites, insecticidal measures should touch not only bed linen and wardrobe items. It is necessary to carry out a general cleaning of the entire premises with the use of Karbofos or Micros.

Description of the disease: What is pediculosis?

On the surface of the human body are able to parasitize three types of lice, which are the causative agents of pediculosis, namely:

1. Head louse (lives on the scalp, beard, behind the ears).
2. Pubic louse (parasitic mainly in the pubic area, but can also parasitize in the armpits, on the body).
3. The clothes wash (lives in folds of clothes of the person, can pass from it to any site of skin having a hair covering).

All types of lice described above have approximately the same body structure and methods of parasitism, the only difference is in their habitat on the human body.

Misconception is the idea that these parasites infest exclusively in those people who do not follow the hygiene. In fact, lice can infest even in clean people after contact with an infected person, but still in people who do not follow the rules of hygiene, lice in the head and body are more common.

There was once an extremely uncomfortable disease (infected people suffered so much that they could not fall asleep) - pediculosis - is currently being treated for 1-3 days, followed by active protection from repeated relapses for several months.

Description of the parasite: what is lice, what are they, where can they live and what do they eat?

As mentioned earlier, there are three types of lice that can affect the human body. Types of lice in humans may be as follows:

• a wardrobe look - as mentioned earlier, these lice are transferred from the clothes of an infected person to third-party clothes, while the parasite eventually lives on clothes, only occasionally making its way to the host’s body,
• head view - this type of lice is most common in children, which is associated with violations of personal hygiene and being in a team (kindergarten, school, courtyard, etc.),
• pubic species - previously common insects that a few years after the introduction of the fashion for haircuts in the intimate area almost completely disappeared in developed countries.

All of the above-described lice combines the structure of the body and methods of obtaining blood, the only differences in the specifics of parasitization (localization). Parasitism of these insects also combines common symptoms - itching, localized redness of the skin, folliculitis, and some other signs of parasitism.

How many lice of these species live outside the host's body is an open question, since science currently does not provide specific numbers, but according to some data, no more than 3 days (nits - no more than 10 days).

How does lice harm a person?

It may seem that both lice and nits (their larvae) bring only imaginary damage to the human body, limited to only creating discomfort (itching, burning and so on). In fact, the harm is more serious, although not so much so that the life of the patient is threatened.

Human lice (of any kind) can create more problems, especially in people with increased individual sensitivity to substances injected by insects during blood absorption. Simply put, people with allergies to these substances severe reactions may develop, although relatively rarely.

In casuistic cases, it is even possible to develop anaphylactic shock or angioedema of the larynx, which, according to medical literature, amounts to no more than a dozen cases per year for the entire human population in the world.

In the place of insect parasitization, the development of dermatitis or folliculitis is possible, while the latter sometimes develops into a furuncle or abscess, which requires surgical intervention. But the main harm to lice is itching, which is sometimes so painful that the patient can not sleep properly, spending no more than 4 hours a day in a dream (which is fraught with other problems).

Symptoms of lice

Lice appear approximately the same in all groups of patients, but the symptoms they provoke are so non-specific that they resemble many other skin diseases. Fortunately, in most cases, one glance at the site of the lesion is enough to identify lice there, which will immediately explain the cause of the symptoms.

In most cases, the symptoms of lice are as follows:

1. Itching, and often painful.
2. The appearance in the place of itching rash, redness of the skin.
3. Occurrence of folliculitis at the site of injury, often multiple.
4. The development of eczema, sometimes wet.
5. The appearance of scratches and abrasions at the site of damage, the cause of which is scratching the skin. At the same time, the patient may not even notice what combs the skin (not only during sleep, but even wakefulness).

It also happens that the parasites are already bred and there are no lice, but it hurts the head or any other place where they are located. There is quite a reasonable question, why is itching your head if there are no lice?

This phenomenon is not so rare and is usually explained by a residual effect, when the organism “out of habit” gives a signal to the previously lice-affected places on the body, interpreted by the nerve endings as itching. This usually goes on 4-5 days after treatment.

Diagnosis of lice: which doctor makes an accurate diagnosis?

To start treatment for lice, it is necessary to make a diagnosis using special diagnostic methods that are used even when the patient has full confidence in the diagnosis due to the vision of the parasites with their own eyes.

With the help of simple magnifying equipment, a physician, mycologist, a dermatologist or a parasitologist can confirm the condition of the affected area and confirm the presence of lice and nits. This usually ends the diagnosis of head lice.

In more complex cases, if the patient has seborrheic dermatitis (scales with this disease resemble parasites) or mild pediculosis (when there are so few parasites that it is difficult to discern), a more thorough diagnosis is carried out.

When conducting in-depth diagnostics, the doctor not only searches for parasites, but also draws attention to indirect signs of lice. Despite the fact that doctors of many specializations can perform such a procedure, it is recommended to contact a dermatologist, and if the scalp is affected, also a trichologist.

Lice preparations

Preparations for the control of lice are presented in several forms:

• In the form of sprays.
• In the form of shampoos.
• In powder form.
• In the form of lotion.
• In the form of creams and ointments.

The composition of anti-pediculosis drugs include such active substances:

• Insecticides have a detrimental effect on parasites. The main active ingredient is permethrin.
• Dimethicone has a mechanical action, causing suffocation, as a result of which the parasites die.

Insecticides and other means are used against lice:

• Permethrin ointment.
• Medfoks.
• Lauri.
• Parasidosis.
• Medilis Super.
• Noda.
• Benzyl benzoate ointment.

Popular drugs of mechanical action include:

Combined products include:

For the fight against pediculosis in children suitable drugs:

There is an inexpensive means "Chemerichnaya water", which is detrimental to adults and nits.The composition has a certain toxicity, so use for the treatment of lice in children is not recommended until 5 years of age.

How to prevent lice in humans

A person is so closely contacted with a person that no one is immune from the appearance of lice, especially in children, when they attend pre-school institutions and school. But if you remember how lice are transmitted from person to person, the risk of infection can be reduced to almost zero.

What not to do:

• Try on other people's hats.
• Use one comb all family members.
• Wear other people's things or things of your relatives.
• Use other people's hygiene products.
• Do not follow basic hygiene rules.
• Engage in sex with unfamiliar people, in other words - to lead an immoral lifestyle.
• Use various accessories belonging to other people.

It is better to pay attention:

• On the purity of their hair and the use of quality care products.
• When you often have to travel in public transport, it is better to pick up long hair with a special type of hairstyle.
• Explain to children that you can’t give friends a comb or try on girlfriends ’clothes.
• Change bedding regularly, and after washing it you should definitely iron it.
• When washing your hair, it will be helpful to add a few drops of tea tree oil to the water, which will scare off parasites with its smell.
• Avoid resting places where there is a large mass of people.
• Every week to carry out an inspection of the head of the child, even in the absence of complaints of discomfort.
• In the case of detection of lice should immediately consult a doctor.
• Responsible attitude to the choice of a partner for intimate relationships.

Lice in children is a fairly common phenomenon, since children are very actively in contact with each other. If at least one child has such parasites, practically all children in the same group or in the same class can catch the lice. Therefore, you need not be lazy, and regularly carry out examination of children for the appearance of lice. The sooner they are able to detect them, the sooner they can be eliminated, especially since there are a lot of pharmacy drugs nowadays, although you can also use traditional methods. Especially folk remedies are effective in the case of their use as a prophylactic agent. If you think about it in advance, you can never see the lice and not know what it is.

What is lice?

Insect sizes do not exceed 6 mm, and the smallest individuals can be no more than 0.4 mm. Living, for the most part, on the hairy parts of the human body, lice feed on human blood and have for this purpose a specially adapted proboscis, capable of piercing the skin. At rest, the proboscis is sucked into the mouth.

Insects have very developed salivary glands and secrete a large amount at the time of puncture. This prevents blood from clotting and facilitates the process of nutrition. Saliva irritates the scalp, and at the time of the bite there is a strong itching.

The head and the body are small in comparison with the belly, since the digestive system is the main part of any parasitic organism. Each individual has 6 legs with sickle claws, with which it clasps the hair and is fixed with a claw on a special groove of the tibia.

The average lifespan of parasites is 38 days, for this period of time the female is able to produce up to several hundred nits - eggs fixed on the hair with the help of a special secret so strong that finger removal can be carried out with great difficulty. Mature female lays from 5 to 10 nits per day, after at most 8 days they all mature, and new individuals appear.

Important! The optimum temperature for the development of nits is from + 22⁰С to + 40⁰С.If t rises higher, the eggs die, but when lowered down to 0 ° C, they can remain viable for up to several months.

There are two types of lice, parasitic on the human body:

➡ Pubic louse. Parasitic on the hairy parts of the human body, with the exception of the head, which is associated with a different structure of the hair. The hair on the head has a circular cross-section, on the rest of the body it is triangular, and the limbs of the pubic louse are precisely adapted to the triangular shape. Without food, this species dies within a day. According to a number of researchers, the popularization of pubic hair removal put this species on the brink of extinction in some regions,

➡ The human louse is represented by two morphotypes: head and wardrobe. Clothing parasites are a more youthful species, with the smallest genome among insects, due to the relatively recent appearance of clothing in humans. The body louse is a source of infection with typhus and trench fever. Head louse lives only in the scalp and is not a carrier of diseases. In nature, these two subspecies do not interbreed, but under laboratory conditions they actively mate and give birth to offspring. When both species are on the human body for a long time (3-4 months), transformation from one subspecies to another is possible.

Important! Two main conditions for the survival of parasites - temperature and the availability of food. Without fresh blood, insects die for a maximum of 2-3 days, and when processing clothes by boiling, it is possible to achieve complete destruction of both adults and nits.

Symptoms of Pediculosis

The diagnosis of pediculosis, or lice infection, is made when live parasites or live nits are found. To determine the presence of insects is easy enough if you know about the main symptoms characteristic of them:

➡ Pruritus at the site of the bite. This is the main sign of infection with lice. Itching occurs at the site of the bite and lasts for a long time, aggravated by combing. Predominant places for head lice are areas behind the ears, on the back of the head and on the temples. If the head lice bites can not disturb very strongly, the clothes louse causes an incessant desire to scratch. Scratching sites become a gateway for any infection, and this is how typhus is transmitted through insect excrement. Pubic lice cause slight discomfort in the anus and genitals, with only a slight itch,

➡ Rash. Some time after the bite, bluish spots appear on the skin, which, after long-term infection, merge into a solid blue-purple spot. This color is the result of the breakdown of hemoglobin, which enters the bite of a parasite from a blood vessel into a tissue. If the infection occurs with a head lice, the color becomes reddish, and the affected areas are located mainly on the periphery of the head where hair grows. The body louse causes stains on all parts of the body, and when infected with pubic louse, the affected areas are visible in the thighs and abdomen,

➡ Combing (excoriation). If the infection continues for a long period without treatment, minor damage (scratching) will inevitably occur on the skin. Since the skin is one of the barriers to infection or protozoan parasites entering the body, suppurations and crusts inevitably appear in areas of excoriation,

➡ Presence of nits on the hair. This symptom is characteristic when infected with pubic or head lice. The live egg has a white color and watery content. When crushed by a dense object, the sound is muffled, unlike the empty nits, which emit a characteristic crackling sound. Dead nit attached to the hair is not so strong and has a grayish color. When it is difficult to determine the presence of nits, Wood's fluorescent lamp is used, making it easy to detect the presence of live or dead eggs.

Delaying treatment can cause numerous complications, and some of them are severe lesions that cannot be fully cured:

• secondary infections caused by the introduction of various bacteria into the skin. A typical case is impetigo - purulent blister rash on the skin,
• conjunctivitis,
• lymphadenitis,
• sepsis of the skin,
• blepharitis (inflammation of the eyelids),
• typhus.

Important! Lice do not know how to jump, swim and fly, but they easily tolerate water procedures, closing the respiratory holes. It should also be noted that the parasites prefer to move to clean hair - because there and the skin is clean, and, therefore, it can be easily bite.

How to get rid of lice

Today, the pharmaceutical industry offers us an extensive selection of effective drugs to combat parasites. However, the most working of them are highly toxic, and the safest ones do not provide a 100% guarantee of getting rid of lice. Therefore, in order to increase efficiency, it is recommended to combine mechanical methods of insect extermination with drug-induced ones.

Lice killing preparations are represented by several groups:

• Permethrin products: Veda shampoos and NOC, Pair Plus spray, Knicks cream, Nittifor and Medifox solutions,
• Phenotrin Remedies: Anti-Bit, Itax, Fluid, Parasidosis, Phenolone, BIN, Cifax lotions, Des-F soap, Sumitrin shampoo,
• Essential Oil Remedies: spray Lavinal, pediculen-ultra aerosol,
• Combined funds: Pair Plus, A-Par, Spray Pax, Bubil.

Important! The most safe drugs with a high level of effectiveness are recognized: Paranit, Nyuda, Lavinal, Pedikulen-ultra.

Treatment with chemicals is carried out with observance of precautionary measures:

• for the treatment of young children or with a tendency to allergic reactions, consultation of the attending physician is obligatory,
• the procedure is carried out strictly according to the instructions
• not using multiple tools at the same time,
• It is recommended to carry out the treatment by applying to dry hair that has not been subjected to prior exposure to shampoo or conditioner,
• Before applying the agent, it is recommended to wrap the head below the hairline with a thick cloth - this way you can avoid applying the agent to clothing or body parts
• after washing off the product you should not dry your head with a hair dryer - many preparations contain flammable substances,
• After treatment, you should not wash your hair for 2 days,
• Do not use antiparasitic drugs for animals. They have completely different types of parasites, and the tool should be designed specifically for human lice,
• if the drug does not have a visible effect after 3 applications, change the agent - perhaps the parasites developed addiction. Lice have a very strong adaptability.

Important! During pregnancy or lactation, consult your doctor about choosing the safest means. Do not allow children to apply the medicine themselves and keep it out of the reach of children.

Chemical treatments should be carried out repeatedly - the drug may not work on live nits, and you will receive a re-infection. At the same time, it is necessary to check all family members, as well as to process the places where eggs can remain - personal items and bedding.

Each treatment must end with the obligatory combing of dead and live insects with special ridges that meet special requirements:

• increased material strength (medical steel),
• frequency of teeth not more than 0.2 mm,
• special notches that let the hair loose, but do not allow parasites and their eggs to remain.

The main advantage of such ridges is their environmental friendliness and safety. If you use the scallop often enough (several times a day), then in a week you can get rid of insects completely without the use of chemicals.

Pediculosis prevention

The probability of infection with pediculosis, even today, when hot water and hygiene products are available to everyone, is quite high and, as it turned out, is not always associated with violation of sanitary rules. Lice are preferred by healthy hosts, because patients with chronic or infectious diseases often have high body temperature, and parasites do not like it.

Children are at particular risk - they always communicate closely and can take advantage of other people's things. Also, head lice always very quickly spread in places with great overcrowding and inability to wash often: in refugee camps, in war, in prisons.

However, in everyday life, in a completely peaceful environment, the probability of catching parasites is great, if you do not follow certain rules:

• Wash your head and body at least once a week with hot water and soap, and also change bedding at least every 7 days (or as it gets dirty),
• Do not use other people's hats and hair care products: hairpins, hairbrushes, rubber bands. Personal items and hygiene products must also be individualized.
• Avoid accidental sexual intercourse - they become the cause of infection with pubic lice in the vast majority of cases,
• When children stay in groups, braid girls' hair in pigtails, and boys make a short haircut,
• To do a regular inspection of the child after returning from kindergarten or school, especially when suspicious scratching,
• In case of infection of one family member, to conduct preventive treatment for all, especially children,
• In order to prevent the treatment of the head every 14 days with a small amount of special shampoo,
• When visiting pools, hotels, on trips, personal belongings should be placed in packages,
• After trips, keep things in quarantine for 2 weeks - without a host and food, the parasites will quickly die,
• If you suspect pediculosis, be examined by a specialist,
• Monitor the regularity of medical examinations in children's institutions that the child attends.

Of particular importance in the prevention of pediculosis is the timeliness of its detection. Many parents consider him something shameful, although, as we have seen, the probability of infection exists in almost everyone. It is the silence of the fact of lice can cause re-infection - because insects could crawl from your child to someone else, and even when you cure your baby, without proper control in the same team, he can pick up the parasites again.

For the purposes of prophylaxis, it is recommended to use special repellents (tea tree oil, lavender, cemeric water, tansy), which have almost no odor, and also regularly clean the premises, combining it with mandatory carpet cleaning.

If you find lice in yourself or your child, do not panic, try to get advice from a competent specialist on the choice of means and regularity of treatment - after all, at once to get rid of parasites will not work. Be sure to use a comb. And, of course, notify the caregiver or teacher - this will help reduce the likelihood of re-infection to zero.

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How lice and nits look: photo

In the photo below you can see how lice and nits look on the hair of an adult or a child.

A quick way to get rid of lice and nits in 1 day

The most radical, fast and reliable method in the fight against head lice at home can be bald, it will get rid of lice for 1 day forever. However, this is not for everyone, hardly any girl wants to say goodbye to her long hair, albeit for a while. But guys can easily shave.

So, when a haircut is impossible - you have to start treatment. At the same time it is worthwhile to make a reservation that it will not be fast. The fact is that the lice themselves - adults can die from poison or other means rather quickly.They are also sensitive to too high or low temperatures. But their eggs - nits more tenacious.

From them, as a rule, you can get rid of either combing or waiting for hatching. The egg ripening period is about 7 days. Accordingly, any treatment after this period should be repeated. Then the issue of getting rid of lice will no longer disturb you.

Mechanical methods

There are few of them: just a few. The first - shave bald. The second is combing. About the haircut, we have already discussed above, so dwell on combing.

Initially, the head is washed with shampoo, then the parasites are combed out with a special comb, which must be purchased at a pharmacy. These are special combs (AntiV, LiceGuard, RobiComb) made of stainless steel. It is very simple to use them, it can be applied directly at home.

After washing, you should carefully drive the "tool" for each individual strand of hair, starting from the roots. Nits and lice will get stuck on the ridge, they need to be immediately removed, wiping on a towel. You should brush your hair this way several times and observe the effect for a month. You can do without any means, just wash your head before combing with rinse, balm or smear with vegetable oil (anise, olive) - then it will be easier to separate the lice from the hair.

But you know, shampoo by itself does not relieve either nits or lice, but only improves and facilitates combing them, therefore, in addition to shampoo, it is recommended to use an anti-pediculosis remedy.

How to remove lice and nits folk remedies

In addition to medicines to get rid of lice and nits at home and use folk remedies. Some of them are harmless, others - can be very dangerous. Consider the most common folk remedies for the treatment of head lice:

1. Kerosene. Dilute kerosene with vegetable oil in the ratio of 1:10. Sunflower oil, corn, pumpkin seeds, grape seed are used. The resulting composition is neatly distributed on the scalp, wrapped with wax paper (parchment) or polyethylene, warmed with a scarf and kept up all night. The next morning, the head is washed with ordinary, children's, sulfuric or tar soap, and the dead lice and nits are combed out with a frequent comb dipped in vinegar to remove the eggs from the rods. Judging by the numerous reviews, kerosene is a very effective, but dangerous tool. With inept use, you can get a severe burn, both head and face.
2. Lemon, cranberry or pomegranate juice - contains a large amount of acids that are heavily tolerated by these parasites, the juice is applied to the entire length of the hair, held for a while, then washed off and removed the nits.
3. A good cure for lice and nits is cranberries. The juice of fresh cranberries (three handfuls) is rubbed into the hair roots, the residue from the squeeze is applied to the entire length of the hair. The hair is covered with a plastic cap (and a towel on top) for three hours, until it is completely dry. Further, according to the standard scheme - washing and combing.
4. Rinse and rub with vinegar. In the first case, we will need a 70% solution of vinegar, which is mixed with water in a ratio of 1 to 10. The patient’s head is thoroughly washed out with the resulting solution once a day for 3 days (sometimes longer). For wiping it is better to use table vinegar, which is also diluted with water, but already in a ratio of 1 to 1. The resulting mixture is applied to the head with a cotton swab. After 10-15 minutes, the head is washed thoroughly with cold running water.
5. Take half a bucket of coniferous branches, cover with water and boil for two to three hours. After washing your hair with laundry soap, rinse it with warm broth and leave it overnight, wrapping it with a towel. Broth quickly relieves lice, as the parasites can not stand the smell of pine needles and die.

Folk remedies for getting rid of lice is certainly very good. The effectiveness of these funds is about 90%.Of course, these tools can be used at home, but with increased caution, and you should know that:

1. Vinegar very dry hair, and a concentrated solution of vinegar can burn your scalp.
2. When using kerosene, be aware and know that the hair for quite a long time can not come in order. Kerosene is greasy and therefore is washed off for a long time thereby spoiling the hair.

It is also recommended to put a plastic bag on your hair after applying any folk remedy and wrap your head with a mohair towel - such a headband should be worn for at least 2 hours.

Chemerichnaya water

When pediculosis is used very often hellebore water, as many reviews can get rid of parasites quickly and efficiently. Before use, it is important to carefully wash your hair with regular shampoo. Then it is necessary to apply hellebic water on the scalp and hair along the entire length. It is convenient to use a cotton pad for this.

It is important to carefully ensure that the solution is distributed throughout the hair completely. After applying the drug on the head, you must wear a simple plastic bag or tie a scarf. Means on the hair should be left for 30 minutes. After this time, you should thoroughly wash the hair, first with running water, and then using a regular shampoo. In the final stage, you need to thoroughly comb the dead lice and nits.

When removing lice, it is important to remember that cemeric water is a hazardous substance. It is believed that even 1 ml of this water in the digestive tract can cause serious poisoning, and in large quantities it can be deadly to humans.

However, against cementa lice water may well be used, it is only important to ensure that the skin in the treatment area was free of wounds and scratches. After applying the hellebore water to the hair, it is necessary to control your sensations - if an excessively strong burning sensation, itching, hot sensation begins to appear on the head, then there is no need to endure it, rinse off the product as soon as possible.

Who prescribes treatment?

As in the case of the diagnosis of pediculosis, the same doctors - trichologist, mycologist, therapist, dermatologist and parasitologist can prescribe treatment. Treatment is prescribed taking into account the individual characteristics of the course of the disease and the condition of the patient.

Meanwhile, the treatment of pediculosis is one of those few situations in medicine when an independent selection and carrying out of therapy is allowed. In most cases, pediculosis can be treated yourself by contacting any pharmacy for any modern means and buying a comb for mechanical cleaning of hair.

In severe cases, when pediculosis is extensive and painful symptoms of the disease are observed, including multiple folliculitis and unbearable itching, it is extremely important to consult a doctor. In severe pediculosis, self-treatment can have either a partial or temporary effect, which is unacceptable for such a disease, which is transmitted to other people.

It is also important to understand that, living with a family, all infected people should start treatment at the same time, and not infected, use the minimum dosage of the drug for prevention.

The question of how to remove lice from a child (especially if he is less than 3 years old) is decided on consultation with a pediatrician.

Treatment methods

With the development of modern medicine, the question of how to get rid of lice on the head or body is not worth it at all. For the treatment of pediculosis there is a huge arsenal of drugs, including shampoos, ointments, gels, creams and sprays (aerosols).

What specific type of drugs to use - with almost no difference, although not in all cases. It is also important to understand that the remedy should be chosen individually, since one drug may be effective for some patients, but not effective for others.

In addition to the medical destruction of parasites, mechanical cleaning is also required, which is especially important in the treatment of pediculosis of the scalp. For this purpose, special combs from nits and lice are used, which can be purchased at almost any pharmacy, but they are often supplied as a bonus with the medication.

Watch the video: What are Head Lice? Treatment, Symptoms, Causes, Prevention (May 2024).