Pediculosis: the best treatments for lice and nits

Lice control measures are made up of physical, mechanical and chemical methods.

Physical way to kill lice - boiling things, ironing clothes and clothes with a hot iron, disinsection of clothes and clothes in disinfection chambers of various types at special temperature conditions.

Mechanical way includes the removal of parasites from the body, underwear and clothing. Body lice are easy to remove from the body by simple washing with soap and shower. Head lice are combed out with frequent scallops and removed with short hair cut. If there is a pubic louse, it is obligatory to shave all the hair areas of the body with the subsequent treatment with insecticidal ointments. Lice are removed from clothes and linen with a brush or vacuum cleaner, and the parasites removed must be burned.

To destroy the lice on the human body is used to wash with hot water with insecticidal soap - 5% DDT or 3% HCCH. Apply to kills of head lice: karbofos (1%), dicresyl (25%), soap-kerosene emulsion (containing 45% kerosene), insecticidal soap DDT and HCH, 3-5% insecticidal ointment methyl acetophos, shampoo containing 5% methyl acetophos, shampoo on diphos and others

To combat pubic lice, shave the hairy skin, treat them with 5% ointment methylacetophos.

Lice on bedding and bed linen, clothes and bedding are destroyed in dry heat, steam or steam baths. In the absence of disinfection chambers, bedding to be washed is soaked in 1% DDT emulsion, 0.15% karbofos emulsion or 0.06% sulfidophos emulsion for 20-30 minutes, followed by washing in the usual way. Clothes and bedding are watered or wiped with brushes moistened with karbofos or sulphidophos emulsion, collars, cuffs, seams and belt folds are carefully treated or evenly pollinated with Sulpholan dust at a rate of 150 g / set. After processing, things are put in a bag or wrapped in a blanket for 30 minutes, and then shaken out and aired.

During mass processing of people, clothes are treated once, without removing them, pollinating DDT with dust from the sprayer through the collar, the sleeves, the unbuttoned belt, the unlaced shoes, the bottom of the trousers, and under the headdress.

For the impregnation of underwear using an emulsion of karbofos or sulphidophos, respectively, 0.15% and 0.25% concentration at the rate of 2.5 liters per 1 set of underwear or 5 l per 1 kg of dry linen. The property is soaked for 5 minutes, and then squeezed and dried. Insecticidal properties of such clothes are maintained for 15 days during the process of wearing and 3 months. when stored.

If pediculosis occurs in groups and if insecticides are not available or it is impossible to use them, the synthetic therapeutic drug butadion can be used to kill lice. Possessing a strong systemic pediculicidal effect on head and body lice, it ensures their complete death after a single meal on the person who took this drug.In the foci of pediculosis, butadion is taken in 0.15 g 4 times a day for 2 days, after which human blood remains toxic to lice for 7-8 days. If necessary, this course can be repeated in 10-14 days under the supervision of a medical professional. Children up to 4 years old are not suitable for butadion, children from 4 to 7 years old should be given 0.05 g butadiene, from 8 to 10 years old - 0.08 g each, and over 10 years old - 0.12 g 3 times a day for 2 days. .

Types of funds from lice and nits

In the XXI century, pediculosis is much less common, but in any pharmacy, and now you can find five to ten items of funds for lice and nits.

This suggests that pediculosis in our time is not uncommon. Reviews cured encouraging that modern means against nits and lice are effective enough.

In addition, a completely new means of dealing with these parasites, allowing to reduce the number of treatments to one and bring the blood suckers with a 100% guarantee.

Pediculosis treatment

Human lice are of three types: head, pubic and ward. Pubic can not live on the head or in the seams of clothing and vice versa.

They are different in structure, physiology and developmental cycles insects, adapted to different lifestyles.

So, for example, the hooks with which the insect is held by the hairs have different diameter for the pubic and head lice, so the parasites simply can not be held by the hairs not on “their” body part.

The main thing in the treatment of pediculosis of any type is thoroughness. To finally remove the lice, it is desirable to understand what and why you have to do.

Treatment activities consist of the processing of medicines, hygiene, treatment of the patient's things, his bedding and underwear and outerwear, sanitary treatment of the room and the implementation of preventive measures.

When ward pediculosis sanitary processing of individual items and clothing is more convenient to carry out in sanitary-epidemiological organizations, as they use professional equipment and tools.

But it is almost always possible to completely get rid of lice of any kind at home, using the head lice and nits that are in the usual pharmacy.

Tip: Old folk remedies for lice and nits, such as tar and kerosene, can damage the skin and lead to general poisoning.

For example, kerosene can be absorbed through the skin and cause damage to internal organs - affecting the liver and kidneys, provoking a narrowing of the bronchi, which can be taken as a sign of asthma.

Vinegar can simply burn the skin, while the nits will survive and after a while it turns out that it was not possible to remove the lice.

Preventive measures

Pediculosis, like any disease, is easier to prevent than to cure. Therefore, if a sick person has already appeared in the family, then it's time to start prevention.

The head of each family member should be carefully inspected daily. The first lice can not be seen, but on the skin under the hair, you can see their bites, and sometimes you can see the first nits.

Each family member should have an individual comb, women and girls should have their own hairpins, hairpins, as head lice are first of all transmitted through hair care products.

Needless to say, everyone's clothes should also be individual, and bedding should not only be washed, but also ironed with a hot iron - these are elementary hygienic requirements that are already complied with in adequate families.

Children 3 - 12 years old are sick more often than other categories of the population, so you should be especially careful about child prevention.

If a child complains about a classmate constantly scratching his head, then it is definitely worth informing the school nurse or class teacher.

Pediculosis is distributed in children's groups instantly, since children spend a lot of time together, and their outerwear, on fur collars and hoods of which adult insects can move, is in close contact with the school wardrobe.

Medications for lice and nits

If lice is diagnosed, treatment should begin immediately. Lice are not only inconvenient, but also carry dangerous diseases.

In addition, constant scratching of the skin leads to infection with bacterial infections.

Drugs that kill insects are called insecticides.

Insecticides that "work" against lice and nits are called pediculicides.

If a patient with pediculosis turns to a doctor, the specialist will individually select a remedy for him, depending on the degree of infection, age and sanitary-epidemiological situation in the area.

The last condition is worth a little more. The fact is that each population of parasites is resistant to certain means and information about this will allow you to avoid unnecessary expenses and efforts, save time.

Of the many tools currently sold in pharmacies of the village, the doctor will prescribe a remedy against parasites and nits, to which insects do not yet have immunity.

Immunity to pediculicides arises from the misuse of homemade lice and nits that are sold freely at the pharmacy.

Incorrectly diluted emulsion, insufficient exposure time on the head means do not lead to the destruction of parasites, but to their addiction.

The following treatment with the drug with the same active ingredient will be completely ineffective.

Each treatment with lice and nits is completed by combing half-dead and dead individuals. For this fit comb or comb with very frequent teeth.

After washing off the means and drying the strands, the scalp is mentally divided into segments and combed out each strand separately, spreading white fabric under it to notice the surviving parasites in time.

There are combs designed specifically for combing lice and nits, for example, ANTI-B medical comb with long and dense teeth of medical steel.

The manufacturer promises that the comb will provide 100% combing of parasites and their eggs thanks to special notches on the teeth, capable of separating the nits stuck to the hairs.

To destroy pubic parasites at home, it is enough to completely shave the hair on the genitals.

By the way, you can destroy head lice, just shaving your head, but not every guy is ready for this method, but there’s nothing to say about women.

Fortunately, modern tools can do without such drastic measures.

Do not use insecticides on eyebrows and eyelashes. When these areas are infested by parasites (pubic lice), they are removed with vaseline oil, repeating the treatment twice a day for 1-2 weeks. From fatty oil lice suffocate.

Lacy lice are treated by treating items of wardrobe and body with insecticides that kill lice and nits.

At the same time have to use a good pharmacological remedy for skin irritation, dermatitis and dermatosis, which certainly lead to the bites of these parasites.

Insecticidal products

If you look at the reviews, the most popular anti-pedicular drugs are now - drugs with insecticide of synthetic origin permethrin.

Medifox, Nittifor, NOC - in the composition of shampoos, creams and lotions produced under these trademarks, there is permethrin, which paralyzes the nervous system of adult lice and larvae.

Permethrin does not work “well” against nits, so after 7–10 days it is necessary to repeat the treatment.

Malathion is an active substance in insecticidal agents, the second most popular after permethrin.Included in the funds "Karbofos", "Pedilin", "Novaktion" and others.

These drugs kill lice and nits due to the ability to accumulate in the body of an insect every time it is in contact with the product.

Judging by the reviews, means with malathion help, even if permethrin does not work on bloodsuckers anymore.

Combined preparations for lice and nits. In their composition there are several active substances, including contact action.

These are shampoos and aerosols “Reed”, “Para-Plus”, “Sprey-Paks”, “Sumitrin”. Poisons in their composition act simultaneously on the nervous, respiratory and enzyme systems of insects and enhance the action of each other.

Such a strong tool is used to treat only healthy adults, if there are no scratches and other skin damage. The feedback on this treatment is always positive.

Due to the immunity developed by the parasites against most lice and nits poisoning agents, drugs that have a completely different mechanism of action become popular.

New means against nits and lice - complexes with dimethicone (so called mineral oils of artificial origin, silicones).

Their effectiveness is still being investigated, but drugs with dimeticon are already on sale and have good reviews.

Mineral oils clog the respiratory system of insects that are not poisoned, but choking.

Almost the same principle works masks from vegetable oil, which are sometimes used against head lice in traditional medicine.

Means against nits and lice with dimeticon is, first of all, spray “Nyuda”, consisting of 92% of dimethicone, spray “Paranit” and others.

Since the drugs of this class do not contain insecticides, they can be used to treat absolutely all categories of patients, including pregnant women and babies.

Other treatment options

There are remedies against nits and lice, in which the active substance is not chemicals, but tinctures of plants or essential oils derived from them.

Such are, for example, spray and lotion "Pediculin Ultra" with anise oil of anise and shampoo with tea tree oil to prevent the appearance of lice.

The most well-known remedy of this class of drugs is cemerichnaya water (alcohol tincture of hellebore roots). Reviews claim that insects do not get used to it.

A completely new method is the treatment of pediculosis not by external means (ointments, shampoos, sprays), but by ingestion of drugs.

They do it in exceptional cases when other lice and nits do not help or they cannot be used.

The drug is absorbed and enters the blood. The parasite dies after drinking blood with medicine. By means of lice and nits in this direction are pills "Butadion".

How to remove lice folk remedies?

Folk remedies against nits and lice are not as effective as industrial insecticides, but many of them can be used to remove lice in young children, pregnant women, and people with weak immunity and a tendency to allergies.

These methods include acetic acid salt masks.

Vinegar (and any other acid) is detrimental to adult lice and nymph larvae, but it is powerless against nits.

But vinegar dissolves the secret with which the female attaches the nits to the hair. After that, it is possible to comb it out.

Therefore, when treating with vinegar, it is more important than ever to get a good comb.

A vinegar mask is made like this: a tablespoon of salt and a tablespoon of alcohol or vodka are added to a glass of 6% vinegar.

First you need to check the skin's reaction to allergies, especially if you have to treat the child. To do this, a drop of money is applied to the skin behind the ear and wait one hour.

If there was no burning, sharp pain, discomfort, redness - the liquid can be used without fear.

The hair is completely wetted in acetic acid, the skin is treated with a cotton swab. The head is covered with foil, wrapped.

After an hour, you can wash your hair with shampoo and take up the comb to comb. The procedure is repeated every other day throughout the week.

Hygiene in the treatment of lice

During treatment, you must comply with certain hygiene measures - it is not enough just to treat the head with lice and nits.

To eliminate secondary contamination at home, the same insecticides need to be treated with combs, hairpins, clips and hair bows, fur collars, hats, scarves, scarves, shower caps, helmets, glasses, scourers and similar items that have come into contact with infected hair. and on which live lice eggs may go unnoticed.

If it is not possible to treat any item with a chemical agent for lice and nits and it cannot be boiled or ironed (this could be, for example, a collar made of valuable fur), then the item is placed in “quarantine” - packed tightly in polyethylene for 10 - 15 days

During this time, adult lice and larvae hatched from eggs will die without food.

Pillows and blankets for prevention are frozen on the street or fried in the sun for a day or two.

If this is not possible - sent in a plastic bag in quarantine.

During the course of treatment, hair conditioner, rinse aid and other conditioning agents that facilitate combing cannot be used, as they wrap the hairs and skin (as well as insects and nits) with a smooth protective film and insecticidal agents cease to act.

If there is a patient in the family, it is necessary daily:

Clothes for the patient. Louse can get on the head with the wave of a sick person's hair.

Therefore, a family member who is undergoing treatment for pediculosis must walk around the house in a headdress to prevent the further spread of the disease — this will save the rest of the household.

Clothes should be changed daily, while in the case of infection with body lice items of clothing should not be worn for at least 14 days. The linen should be with a minimum of folds so that it can be easily ironed.

How to disinfect clothes at home? All toilet articles used during treatment for lice of any kind must be disinfected - treated with insecticides, hung out for two days in the open air, and then ironed with a hot iron.

After this treatment, there will not be any living nits on the clothes.

What a remedy for lice and nits apply for cleaning the house? Disinfection in the house should be carried out only under certain conditions: strong lumpiness of someone or when lice hit all households.

Under normal contamination, wet cleaning with a weak vinegar solution will be sufficient. Carpets, carpets better dry-cleaned.

If this is not possible, the carpets and carpets are washed with a 5% aqueous solution of chlorophos or karbofos.

Of course, social and housing conditions are now better, and hygiene and prevention play an important role in reducing this disease.

But the means against nits and lice are relevant as before, because to destroy head lice, you need to destroy the lice as a species.

At the present stage of development of science, this is impossible, therefore, in pharmacies, anti-nits and lice remedies will long remain a popular product.

Pediculosis (lice) is a parasitic disease that is quite common among children and is caused by insect lice. There are three types of lice adapted to different conditions of habitat, each of which causes a special type of lice: lice of the head (lice parasite in the hair of the head), pubic lice (lice parasite in the pubic hair and hair covering the genitals),wardrobe lice (lice survive on people's things). Infection with head lice occurs upon contact with a person infected with these parasites. The main symptoms of lice are itching at the site of parasite bites, the presence of the parasites themselves and their eggs (nits). Treatment of lice is carried out by special means, which are used strictly according to the instructions and under the supervision of a physician.

Diagnosis of pediculosis. To identify pediculosis, it is necessary to detect lice or live nits. When lice can be used fluorescent method under the lamp Wood. With this diagnostic method, live nits fluoresce white (or blue), empty gray nits.

Features of the treatment of lice in children As mentioned above, children are most often infected with lice. A child infected with lice should be immediately isolated from healthy children and, before treatment, be forced to wear a hat (scarf, hat, which is then boiled). Treatment of lice in children is carried out carefully. It should be remembered that all anti-pediculosis drugs are toxic, so they should not be allowed to enter the eyes, nose or mouth of a child. If, after applying lice, the child suddenly felt unwell, you should immediately rinse the product and call a doctor.

Prevention of pediculosis. Prevention of pediculosis is hygienic measures. Personal hygiene. It is necessary to regularly change clothes and underwear (at least 2 times a week). It is also important to constantly wash the bedding at a high temperature (someone else’s bedding should be avoided). It should be carefully ironed clothing (especially in the area of ​​the seams). Preventive activities in children's groups (kindergartens) are carried out by educators and doctors attached to the children's institution.

Memo for parents who have found a pediculosis in their child

Please calm down and start acting!

1. Buy in the pharmacy any means for the treatment of pediculosis (scarring).

2. Treat the scalp of the child with a means strictly in accordance with the attached instructions.

5. Put the child on clean clothes and clothes.

7. Inspect and, if necessary, treat all family members. Do not forget about yourself.

Repeat examinations of the child and all family members after 7, 14, 21 days and carry out the need for repeated processing until the complete extermination of insects and nits.

Pediculosis! Memo for parents.

What can be complications with pediculosis? Secondary bacterial infection (pyoderma) on the scalp, the ear areas, face, impetigo (impetigo is a disease characterized by the presence of superficial bubble-pustular eruptions on the skin) Blepharitis, conjunctivitis. Lymphadenitis Typhinus - lice are carriers of typhus Sepsis Treatment of pediculosis.

How to get rid of lice? In the treatment of pediculosis, it is necessary to ensure the destruction of both nits (eggs) and adult lice. Depending on the type of lice, the method of treating pediculosis is different. How to get rid of head lice? For the treatment of head lice, Medifox and Medifox-super are used. Before treating the scalp, 2ml of Medifox should be mixed with 30ml of water. Then with this solution to treat the hair (using a swab). After that head wash with shampoo. Another effective remedy for lice is Nittifor. For one person you need from 20 to 50 ml of Nittifor solution. The hairy part of the head is treated with this medium using a tampon. Next, you need to cover your head with a kerchief (for 40 minutes). Then Nittifor wash off with warm water and soap. After using Nittiphor, it is imperative to comb the head with a special frequent comb and remove each egg. Normal comb badly remove the nits (eggs), when using them, you must additionally remove the nits with your fingers. It takes several days and a lot of patience.To facilitate this procedure can be applied to the hair balm for hair, fish oil, vegetable oil. Currently, pharmacies have a large number of anti-pediculosis drugs. The main anti-pediculosis drugs include: Lauri. Nyx Veda-2. Butadion. Serortut ointment. Paraplus. When using any means of lice should strictly follow the instructions for their use, because these drugs are very toxic. After processing the head, be sure to wash your hands. The use of such old and highly toxic products as “Dichlorvos” or Dust is strictly prohibited. When dealing with head lice, it is extremely important to boil the patient's underwear (pillows, towels, pillowcases, sheets). It is also necessary to examine other family members for infection.

Folk remedies for lice In addition to medication, there are a large number of popular recipes. Examples of such products are: · 50% sunflower oil + 50% kerosene. · Tar soap. · Cranberry juice. · Essential oils (tea tree, lavender). All these tools are applied to the hair and incubated for 20-30 minutes, after which the head and the whole body are thoroughly washed with warm water and soap. If necessary, the procedure is repeated several times.

3. Wash the baby with baby soap or shampoo. For boys can be bald. 4. Remove mechanically (use your hands or comb with frequent comb) dead insects and nits. To remove the nits need to moisten the strands of hair in a solution prepared from equal amounts of water and 9% of vinegar. Rinse your hair with warm water.

6. Wash bedding and baby clothes separately from other things, iron them with an iron using steam.

8. Report the situation to the doctor (nurse) of the children's institution, which your child attends, to conduct a complex of anti-pediculosis activities.

What is Pediculosis (lice) -

Pediculosis (lice) (from the Latin. pediculus "louse") - a parasitic disease of the skin and its derivative - hair.

The head louse (Pediculus Humanus Capitis), the body louse (Pediculus Humanus Corporis) and the pubic louse (Phtyrus Pubis) can parasitize a person. Accordingly, head, clothes and pubic pediculosis are distinguished. Mixed pediculosis may also occur when mixed type infestation is present (eg simultaneous infestation of head and wound lice).

Lice feed on the host's blood, and the eggs (nits) are glued to the hair (a clothes louse lays eggs in the folds of clothes, less often sticks to the hair on a person’s body).

Lice are associated with humans since ancient times. The first reports of them are found in Aristotle (4th century BC). Dried lice were found in ancient human graves: in Egyptian, Peruvian and Indian mummies. Lice are also found on the mummified corpses of people in Greenland and the Aleutian Islands (XV century).

Almost 500 years BC. er Herodot wrote that the Egyptian priests and clerks always had their heads thoroughly shaved, “... so that no louse or other unclean creature could cling to them when they serve the gods ...” Ancient Egypt, Babylonia and Assyria.

In Europe, outbreaks of pediculosis have been regularly observed for 200 years. The peak of the incidence is at the beginning of autumn, when children return home from camps and boarding houses.

An increase in the number of patients with pediculosis is observed when people live crowded together and / or in unsanitary conditions, for example, during wars, disasters. Many are convinced that it is easier to get head lice infected with nervous, constantly worried people. Sometimes it is associated with a change in the smell of a person under constant stress.

What triggers / Causes of Pediculosis (lice):

Head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis) - transparent or greyish-yellow insects up to 4 mm long, parasitic, mainly in the temples and occiput, from where they can spread to other parts of the head. For 20-30 days the louse lays up to 10 eggs (nits) per day. After 8-10 days from the nits are formed the larvae, then turning into an adult louse, which after 10-15 days begins to lay eggs itself. Longevity lasts up to 38 days.

Lice do not jump and do not fly, they crawl.Consequently, the infection occurs through direct contact of hair, especially long, as well as through a towel, comb, and other things. A louse can crawl from one head to another in an electric train carriage, in a store, on a beach, in a pool.

When a bite lice secrete saliva, causing quite severe itching. This leads to the appearance of scratching, violation of the integrity of the skin, the development of bloody crusts.

Head lice are transmitted from person to person through direct contact (or through clothing, underwear, household items, hairbrushes, etc.).

Hanging Louse (Latin Pediculus humanus corporis De G. var. vestimenti, sometimes just Pediculus corporis) is an insect, a human parasite with strict monoxeness.

Body lice were known in ancient times.

It is believed that in 1909 Charles Nicole, in experiments on the infection of body lice in monkeys with typhus, first established that lice are a carrier of typhus. However, in the domestic literature there are descriptions of the fact that this fact was established almost two decades ago (in 1892) before the experiments of Nicolas, Professor of Kiev University G. N. Minh.

A clothes louse usually parasitizes a person’s clothing. At the same time she lives and lays eggs (nits) in the folds of clothes and on her nap, and feeds temporarily moving from clothes to the skin.

Lice are well adapted to food on the hosts. In this case, it is believed that the clothes louse, unlike the head, evolutionarily younger species of the parasite, since clothing as a substrate for the residence of arthropod appeared much later than hair on the skin of mammals.

The parasite insect's mouth apparatus is a piercing needle, enclosed in a soft tube (proboscis) that everts out of the mouth and whose edges are pressed tightly against the skin to be pierced. Bleeding is carried out by muscular contractions of the pharyngeal pump and pharynx. Saliva lice contains an enzyme that prevents blood from clotting.

From the short esophagus, blood enters the highly dilated stomach. Usually an adult individual drinks from 1 to 3 μl (0.001-0.003 ml) of blood. The average weight of an insect is 1 mg. Females are bigger in size and weight and drink more blood than males. Through translucent chitin, the process of feeding lice with blood is clearly visible: their abdomen swells, the intestine rhythmically contracts, taking in more and more new blood, and its body becomes dark red.

In 2010, the gene was wrapped lingerie. Its volume turned out to be the smallest among all known insects - only 108 million pairs of nucleotides.

Pubic louse or ploshchitsa (lat. Pthirus pubis) is an ectoparasitic insect from the sub-order of lice (lat. Anoplura), living on the human body mainly in the pubic zone, on the genitals, around the anus, less often in other hair-covered areas: in the armpits, on the chest and in abdominal area, eyebrows, eyelashes, mustache, beard. It feeds exclusively on the blood of its owner. Without food dies within 24 hours. However, outside the human body can fall into anabiosis and stay in it for up to several months. The disease caused by the defeat of this insect is called pubic lice or phthyriasis.

The size of the pubic louse reaches approximately 1-3 mm. Females are 1.5 times larger than males.

The pubic louse lays its eggs at the base of the hair, and itself is attached by a proboscis to the mouths of the hair follicles, usually on the skin of the pubis and scrotum. Infection occurs mainly through sexual contact. Infection through bed linen is possible.

It is impossible to catch lice from animals, since these parasites are species-specific and can only live on an animal.

Symptoms of Pediculosis (lice):

Incubation period from infection to symptoms may last up to 30 days or more.

Getting on the hairy part of the skin, and attaching to the hair with the help of mites located on the legs, the louse inserts its mouth apparatus into the skin and sucks blood. At the site of the bite, under the influence of irritation of the skin by the secret of the salivary glands, itchy spots and nodules appear. On the skin of the abdomen may appear bluish spots, they are formed from hemoglobin of the blood under the influence of an enzyme produced by the glands of lice. Also featured pubic lice there may be small red spots on underwear - these are secretions left by parasites. If an infected patient has abundant hair growth, the pubic louse may creep onto the skin of the chest, abdomen, thighs, limbs, underarms, eyebrows and eyelashes. With an increase in itching, scratching occurs, leading to an increase and spread of inflammation, ulcers and crusts form, peeling of the skin. Against the background of scratching an infection can join, then small abscesses appear on the skin.

Body pediculosis with personal hygiene is rarely observed. But if it does occur, then skin lesions are more often seen on the shoulders, buttocks, and abdomen. With such symptoms, you should immediately check the clothes (most often the folds of underwear), in the seams of which adult lice can live and lay eggs. The most common symptom is itching, leading to scratching the skin and attaching a secondary infection. Uninfected bites look like red spots between 2-4 mm in diameter.

As a result of the infection of the combs, pustular skin diseases can develop.

It is worth noting that body lice are the main carriers of typhus and a number of other rickettsioses. Much less often typhus is transmitted by head lice, in isolated cases - ploschitsy.

Diagnosis of Pediculosis (lice):

All persons who seek medical help and undergo routine medical examinations are subject to examination for pediculosis.

When examining a patient, lice can be seen with the naked eye. Insects are better distinguishable after drinking blood. With pubic lice, lice look like gray-brown spots located at the root of the hair. Lice are completely immobile, but when trying to tear them off, they show signs of life and even more actively cling to the hair, which they tear off with great difficulty. More often find nits attached to the hair.

Treatment of Pediculosis (lice):

For the treatment of pediculosis, an integrated approach is needed that will destroy both nits (eggs) and adults. Wrestling methods are different for different types of lice.

Pubic lice

To get rid of the ploshchitsy (pubic lice), you can use the following method:

• Shave all hair where possible (pubic, armpit), in order to avoid infection of the bite site, disinfect with 10% white mercury ointment.

• Remove eyelids from the eyelashes and eyebrows.

Body lice

Linen and clothing should be boiled or steamed. a simple low-temperature wash may not be enough. After high-temperature treatment, hang out the laundry for a week, preferably in the sun in a ventilated place.

Another method involves treatment with an insecticidal preparation, followed by washing and weekly airing in the sun.

The most effective is the decontamination of clothing and linen in the steam-formalin chamber. This method is more effective because combines high temperature and chemical treatment.

When processing clothes, it should be noted that nits can be deposited in thick folds and seams of clothing, where they can withstand insufficient heat treatment.

Considering the special epidemiological significance of ward lice and the possibility of fixing nits not only on the nap of clothing, but also on the pubescent hair of a person’s skin, with a common process it is necessary to decide not only about the disinsection of clothing, but also about the treatment of a patient with one of the pediculocid preparations.

Head lice

I. The best way: to comb out adult lice, then 3-4 days, as itching appears - hot hair dryer. until you dry all new ones.

Ii. Pharmacies now sell a wide range of anti-pedicular drugs - shampoos, ointments, aerosols. The most famous pediculocides (drugs that kill lice and their nits):

• 20% water-soap suspension of benzyl benzoate (a preparation for the treatment of scabies, previously used also against pediculosis, but now it is not recommended)

• Butadion (ointment for healing wounds from bites)

Of these drugs, some do not have ovocidal (killing nits) effect. Even with the oocytic effect, some nits tend to survive, so it’s important to remove them mechanically. Studies in Western Europe, Canada and the United States, Israel, Argentina, Russia found that head lice become resistant to most anti-pediculosis drugs, which complicates treatment with such means as permethrin and phenotrin. Therefore, now all over the world there are natural remedies for lice and nits. In Russia, this tool is “ROSH TOV Double Impact”. Contains plant and oil extracts that are not pesticides and are approved for use in cosmetics. Natural products do not act like chemicals. The respiratory system of lice consists of respiratory tubes or trachea - branching out all over the body and communicating with spiracles located on the sides of the abdomen and chest. Molecules of essential oils penetrate the respiratory system and clog the respiratory openings of lice. Lice are killed by suffocation and dehydration. Due to the physical mechanism of action, as well as the fact that polysaccharides in the composition of oils and extracts are also included in the structure of insects, it is difficult to develop resistance of lice to the ingredients of such preparations.

When using any means of lice should be as precise as possible to follow the instructions, because these drugs are very toxic. Many of them are contraindicated in pregnant and lactating women, small children.

There are also numerous popular recipes for getting rid of lice. They are usually less effective compared to pharmacies and not necessarily less toxic. Do not use them just because you are ashamed to buy money from head lice at the pharmacy.

• 50% sunflower oil + 50% kerosene

• 50% of household soap + 50% kerosene, dilute the resulting concentrated solution before applying to hair with 1:10 water (100 ml of solution per 1 l of water)

• Cranberry juice (effective against nits, as it dissolves the upper shell of the egg with its acidic environment)

• Vinegar (9% table vinegar is diluted twice with water to obtain an acid concentration of 4.5%)

• Tar soap (valid due to high alkali concentration)

• Essential oils (tea tree, lavender) - put on the hair a few drops not for treatment, but for the prevention of infection with lice, for example, to uninfected family members.

Keep in mind the shortcomings of folk remedies:

• Kerosene is flammable, poorly washed off, spoils hair (it becomes sticky and dirty in appearance), makes it difficult to comb,

• Vinegar dries hair, and a concentrated solution can cause severe burns,

• Dichlorvos and similar products are VERY TOXIC. You can get poisoned.

In addition, the use of such funds is associated with inconveniences: you need to wear a plastic bag on your hair, wrap a towel around your head and keep it in such a form for a long time.

There is another rather radical way to destroy head lice - this is hair dyeing with synthetic paint. Paints contain many caustic chemicals that kill lice and nits.

After using any means, it is necessary to comb the head with a special frequent comb and remove each egg manually. It will take several days, as it is not easy to get the nits out. To achieve maximum efficiency, you should comb the hair with a comb with a very small tooth pitch - for example, with a special AntiV frequent comb. Normal comb badly remove nits, when using them, you must additionally remove the nits with your fingers. If the hair is long, then it will have to be cut at least to the shoulders, to make it easier to comb out dead insects and eggs. To facilitate combing can be applied to the hair with a balm, fish oil, oil, giving a "slip effect." Olive oil eliminates parasites, and geranium oil also has an anti-inflammatory effect and heals wounds.

When dealing with head lice, it is extremely important to neutralize (boil, iron) the personal clothes of the person who has been tested (pillows, towels, pillowcases, sheets, etc.). Other family members (classmates, children in the same kindergarten group, etc.) should also be examined for infection.

Prevention of Pediculosis (lice):

• Compliance with personal and public hygiene: regular body washing (at least 2 times a week), changing of underwear and bed linen, washing bed linen at high temperature, ironing clothes with a hot iron, especially the seams, where head lice usually lay eggs.

• Preventing the transfer of personal combs to others.

• Apply fluids from tea tree and lavender to the back of the head and behind the ears to prevent the appearance of lice.

• Boiling used items (mainly towels, hats, bed linen, clothes with hoods and collars, soft toys) in order to prevent re-infection with lice.

• To check for lice, brush your head over a light cloth.

Which doctors should be consulted if you have Pediculosis (lice):

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Diagnosis of pediculosis

A remedy for lice is used after diagnosis. Mostly carried out physical examination. Diagnosis of difficulties does not cause, as the clinical manifestations are well expressed.

A remedy for lice is used after diagnosis

• The main method is a physical examination. Nits in this case is easy to identify, and problems arise with adults. They can be seen with the naked eye, but it is better to use a magnifying glass.
• Lice that are already nourished with blood are best seen, in this case they acquire a brownish tint. In some cases, parasite excrement may be visible on the skin.
• When pubic lice nits are attached to the hair with a special composition. Nits are similar to seborrhea and have a scaly form. A microscope will help identify them.

Albendazole - a popular remedy for head lice in the form of tablets

Popular drugs

Popular remedies for head lice in the form of tablets:

• Albendazole,
• "Ivermectin",
• "Levamisole",
• "Butadion".

All of them are recognized as effective, but there is a need for a second procedure after a week. There is such a drug as trimethoprim, but it has a weak effect. Lice, like many parasites, feed on human blood. With the help of tablets, it can be made unattractive. This is the principle of action of the tablet form.

Own method of withdrawing nits and lice

Good day everyone!

I have two daughters caught this infection. The younger one has been fighting for the second month. She has very thick hair. Today I tried the NEW METHOD of withdrawing nits. So far, only the eldest (9 years). Tomorrow I will experience the youngest.

1. Cut the hair to the shoulder blades. Fortunately, the daughter agreed.

Larisa January 13, 2015

Deduced both my children with lice with the mousse Neath Free. Loved how it works. And I was very pleased with the effect of its use: the nits started lagging behind so easily that I was just in shock. Previously, I was very agonized with combing, but now everything turned out to be easy and simple. Really worth the money means.

Alexandra January 10, 2015

Hello. I decided to help with the fight against lice. My name is Alexandra, I am 11 years old. Long hair (1m. 13 cm)

At school, lice caught. We treated the pair plus and got rid of lice. A week later, my head itched terribly! The second time squirting steam plus. FIG! Did not help. Nits very much! Cut the hair by 15 cm and sprinkle the steam again with a plus. No effect.

Mom bought a spray sprinkled on it, held it for an hour, then immediately combed the hair along the entire length with a special comb that was in the set, washed the head. It's all over! Not one live nits! Not a single louse! Thank you Nude! How many lice do not comb out all dead. I personally helped. Well, it is certainly expensive. We bought for 534 rubles. But we help well.

And to whom it does not help, try kerasin or cheremical water. Heard cheremical water helps well. And if you do not have lice and nits are not combed out, then I advise you to wash your hair with water with vinegar or cranberry juice, and then comb it with a special comb (preferably with an anti-comb). The fact is that lice do not stick so tightly to the hair from acid and are easy to comb out. Of course, at once everything will not work out, but more or less.

I hope I helped you with my advice.

svetlana January 07, 2015

Do not hesitate to get the right tool at the pharmacy, do not be stingy, ask for the most effective, but if it comes down to finances, it remains to hope for your perseverance (THIS METHOD IS ACTUAL FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO KEEP THE HAIR).

When my daughter was 5 years old (we lived in a hot spot, we didn’t have the means, everyone just survived) and her hair was thick to the waist - not to cut it, it took almost a week to completely remove lice: every day I combed it out with a special comb for combing head lice (such a comb in our childhood was in every family, and now I look makes sense), then you need to comfortably position the child’s head on the pillow, sit comfortably (because you have to sit for several hours) and go through each hair, inspect the head, and at the same time with every hair remove the nits (if they exist), passing the hair between firmly pressed nails. Such an inspection is necessary every day, combed several times a day, on the fourth day the head was clean, but it is necessary to inspect some more days during the course of a few days. GOOD LUCK.

Features of use

To get rid of lice children is very difficult. In this case, it is advisable to use tablets based on pyrethroids or dimethicone. It is worth noting that ivermetkin is more effective than malathion. Head lice disappear in 97% of patients within 15 days. The drug is good when the external treatment has no effect.

Tablet form remedy is an alternative treatment. Apply them at weekly intervals.

Tablet form remedy is an alternative treatment. Apply them at intervals of a week. As an additional effect, the contaminated sites should be treated with lotion containing 0.5% malathion.

The drug for lice is applied 3 times a day, 200 mg. After improvement is observed, the dose must be reduced.

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The tool is contraindicated for people with:

• stomach ulcer,
• impaired kidney, liver,
• heart failure
• arrhythmia.

The drug against lice can not be used during pregnancy and in case of hypersensitivity to any components.

Side effects

When taking funds can be observed side effects:

• tachycardia, increased blood pressure,
• nausea, heartburn, vomiting, constipation or diarrhea, stomatitis, abnormal liver function,
• tinnitus, hearing loss,
• anemia, thrombocytopenia,
• swelling, itching, bronchospasm,
• headache, depression, arousal,
• skin rash, urticaria, angioedema,
• uterine bleeding, increased sweating.

Opinion of experts

Experts say the effectiveness of the drug against lice, but it is recommended not to forget about the rules of admission. So, it is possible to accept means only after food or during food intake. Moreover, the dose will have to be reduced in a few days.It is important to be observed by a specialist, then drug therapy can be carried out during the month.

When taking an agent, side effects may occur, such as an increase in blood pressure.

If you have asthma or intolerance to aspirin and similar drugs, your doctor will forbid you to use the drug. The harm from pills is also noted in people suffering from diseases of the mucous membrane of the digestive system, with ailments of the hematopoietic system, and pregnancy. Also, a lice medicine is prohibited to use

• suffering from diabetes,
• gastritis,
• trophic ulcers,
• allergic dermatitis.

Post Processing Actions

A person can return to work, to school, to kindergarten on the second day after treatment. In this case, the hair may remain nits, but it is not so important. There is no need to wear a hat in the room, just don’t give other people your stuff. Also, do not use the personal belongings of colleagues.

If the child is infected, notify the kindergarten administration. It is important that caregivers check all children, otherwise your child may become infected again. The administration should ensure that all children remain safe; for this, caps and outerwear should be kept separate.

Caregivers must check all children for head lice, otherwise your child may become infected again.

Consumer reviews

Reviews of funds from lice, produced in tablet form, a little. Many people note that if there is pain in the stomach, it is better not to use the drug. Doctors also note the high toxicity of the drug. As a rule, the drug is used if the outdoor options have not helped.

Do not use tablets without consultation with the attending physician. At the same time, during therapy, one should monitor the state of the body in order to promptly note violations in its work that may occur during treatment.

Other pharmaceutical preparations

Pills started to apply for the treatment of lice recently. The essence of therapy is to make the blood unsuitable for feeding lice. When following the instructions for use, these drugs are absolutely safe for people.

Anti-parasitic drugs are prescribed to get rid of lice. Ivermectin, Albendazole, Levamisole. The dosage on the first day is 200–400 mg three times a day, the next day, the amount of the medicine should be reduced by 2 times, children should be given half the adult dose. A week later, the course should be repeated.

Butadion - A drug from the group of NSAIDs with pronounced anti-pediculosis action. It is prescribed for outbreaks of pediculosa in children's and adult groups. Take the tablets after a meal, drink plenty of water.

• adults - 0.15 g 4 times a day,
• children 4–7 years old — 0.05 g 3 times a day,
• children 7–10 years old - 0.08 g three times a day,
• children over 10 years old - 0.12 g three times a day.

Duration of treatment is 2 days, repeated medication is required after a week, since the active ingredients of the drug are not capable of destroying blood sucking eggs.

In liquid form Lice medicines are used infrequently, as they are not very convenient to apply. One of the good ones is D95, possesses an optimum ratio of efficiency and quality, an oily structure considerably facilitates the application process.

D95 - solution based on dimethicone, contains additional ingredients that improve the condition of the hair, give them a pleasant aroma. Comes with a comb.

The tool is applied to dry, well-combed strands, in a thin even layer, with special attention, paying close to the root. After 45 minutes, the strands should be washed, combed thoroughly. Reprocessing should be done in 1–1.5 weeks, when nymphs hatch from eggs.

Methods of traditional medicine

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Recipes for alternative medicine are easy to use, safe, rarely cause negative reactions during treatment.

The only drawback - low efficiency, for complete disposal of lice treatment will have to be carried out repeatedly.

1. Pour 5 tbsp. l crushed elecampane 1 liter of boiling water, leave in a sealed container for an hour, filter. Moisten the strands with a solution, rinse with warm water after a quarter of an hour. Processing done weekly.
2. Pour 20 g of chopped mint with 220 ml of lemon or cranberry juice, stew the mixture over low heat for a quarter of an hour, cool. To rub a means in integuments, to moisten well strands, to leave for 35 minutes, to wash off in the habitual way. Sessions hold every 3-5 days.
3. Chemerichnaya water - an inexpensive pharmacy remedy of plant origin, is highly efficient. Apply the liquid on clean wet strands over the entire length with a sponge or hair brush, cover the head with a bag or a polyethylene cap, a handkerchief, wash hands thoroughly with soap and water. Wash off the drug after 10-30 minutes with shampoo, rinse curls with plenty of warm water.

Mechanical ways to get rid of parasites

Combing is the safest, but rather time-consuming method of dealing with lice. The procedure should be carried out every day for a week, and sometimes a month.

The stages of combing parasites:

1. The person who carries out the combing should take care of his own safety - remove all the hair under the cap.
2. Prepare in advance a deep container with a weak acetic solution for rinsing the comb or comb.
3. For combing you need to use only special fine-toothed combs, you can purchase them at the pharmacy.
4. It is better to carry out the procedure in a room with good lighting; cover the shoulders with a white cloth in order to see well the falling insects.
5. Divide all the hair into thin strands, carefully comb each 5-10 times.
6. Processed and untreated curls should not be in contact with each other, clean strands should be immediately stabbed or grabbed with rubber bands.

The most radical, safe way to treat head lice, which helps with a 100% guarantee to get rid of lice and nits immediately - shave.

Paws of lice can not cling to the smooth skin, so in the absence of hair immediately fall. This method is ideal for treating young children and for dealing with pubic lice in adults.

Funds "for five kopecks"

If you do not have drugs on hand, you can get rid of blood-sucking insects with the help of some improvised means. As a rule, they are effective only at the initial stage of the development of a parasitic infection.

There are many cheap ways to kill lice. For example, vodka or medical alcohol diluted to 40 degrees. The liquid should be poured into a container with a spray, thoroughly treat the skin and hair along the entire length, the strands should be well moisturized.

Then remove the curls under a dense plastic cap, heat the top with a towel, hold for 40–45 minutes, wash off in the usual way. Within a quarter of an hour after application, itching and burning are felt, which are caused by the increased activity of the dying insects.

Sunflower oil or mayonnaise - due to the oily structure, these products penetrate into the respiratory organs of insects, which leads to their quick death.Any means to apply dry strands, cover the head with polyethylene and a warm scarf, you need to keep the compress for at least an hour, but you can leave it overnight.

Rinse off the product in the usual way, but the shampoo will have to be used several times to eliminate excess fat.

In 220 ml of apple or wine vinegar, you can add 45 g of ordinary salt, 5 ml of any alcohol-containing liquid, mix. Put the thin natural fabric into the solution, cover the head with it, fix it with a film.

Compress need to wear a day, periodically re-wetting fabric. The next day, wash your hair in the usual way, the procedures carried out every 3-4 days until the complete destruction of bloodsuckers.

For lice, it is useful to use a dust or tar soap for washing the head, after applying the strands to hide under the cap, wash off after 40–60 minutes. Typically, this tool helps to eliminate all the lice and their larvae at a time, and if necessary, repeat the session after 5 days.

Low-cost or low-temperature exposure to parasites is also considered an inexpensive way to control lice, since parasites can only multiply effectively at a temperature of 25–30 degrees.

Already with an increase in performance to the level of 40 units, the process of reproduction of parasites stops, and at 45 degrees nits cease to develop. Therefore, to get rid of lice in clothes, things should be washed at a temperature of at least 70 degrees, and then ironed things with an iron.

Upholstered furniture can be steamed. Using a hair dryer or curling iron can not get rid of insects, but they will weaken for a while, which will greatly facilitate the process of combing.

Infected clothes can be placed in the freezer for a day, hung out in the cold or the sun. With a small number of parasites, this method of control is quite effective.

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