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LOUSE
Pediculus capitis
Female Head Louse
HEAD LICE
HEAD LICE FAQs
- What are head lice?
- What are body lice?
- What are pubic lice?
- What about non-human lice?
- What are book, bark, beggar's and sea lice?
- What about cryptic or 'imagined' infestations?
- Do head lice cause harm?
- Why were my children sent home from school?
- From whom did my child acquire head lice?
- What is the origin of head lice?
- How many people are infested with head lice?
- What methods can I use to treat head lice?
- Should everyone in the home be treated?
- Are head lice resistant to insecticides?
- Do insecticides cause resistance?
- Will mechanical removal work?
- What about nit-picking services?
- What about pyrethroid insecticides?
- What about non-pyrethroid insecticides?
- What about essential oils?
- What about enzyme treatments?
- What about antibiotics?
- What about anti-parasitic drugs?
- What about suffocating agents?
- What about using heat?
- What about freezing?
- What about hair cuts to stop the spread of lice?
- What about using hair soap, bleaches or dyes?
- Do dogs and/or cats serve to maintain or transfer head lice?
- Should I clean my house & car to eliminate lice?
- What should be cleaned?
- Should I use insecticides in the house?
- Can anything repel lice?
- How can I have lice specimens evaluated?
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