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Arthropod parasites
include lice and scabies
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Lice
- caused by pediculus humanus (Body and head louse)
- Head lice - lice is usually found at the nape of the neck and hairs; eggs are attached to hairs within 1/4 of the scalp. Eggs are called Nits
- Body lice - cling to all hairs of the body
- Crab lice - found on pubic hairs
- Tx: Kwell shampoo with special nit comb
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Scabies
- infectious skin disease
- vary contagious
- caused by itch or mange mite
- intense itching, rash
- Dx: find the mite which is present in the epidermis of the skin
- Tx: Permethrin cream and Lindane sulfur compunds
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