Pediculosis - this, accompanied by the spread of lice on the scalp. The causative agent is head lice, which suck the blood of a person and live most often on the temples and the back of the head.
Who is the culprit of pediculosis?
Each adult specimen of this type of insects lives no more than 38 days, and during this time new ones grow to replace it. Thus, if we do not take measures to destroy them, they will live forever. To completely get rid of them, you need to carry out not only local treatment, but also general - disinfection of the room, personal belongings and protection from infected people. It is important hygiene of each member of the family.
There are several types of lice:
- hair - live in the hair of the head;
- Pubic - live directly on the hair of the genital organs;
- clothes - they live in clothes.
Thus, the types of pediculosis are distributed depending on the spread of lice - pubic, hair and pediculosis.
The symptoms of pediculosis of any type are almost identical - it is redness, small bites, itching and irritated skin. But, despite this, hairy pediculosis and pubic are often found.
Signs of lice
The main symptoms of the disease:
- itching at the site of the spread of insects - itches the scalp, the back of the head, the frontal part of the hair;
- itching may worsen at night, but people with thick skin can sometimes not even feel bites;
- when viewed, you can see the places of bites and irritations, since it is almost impossible to notice a mass movement;
- at places of bites can be gray-blue spots that are itchy;
- on the blond hair in bright light you can see tiny eggs laid by insects.
If you do not take measures of treatment, the lice will spread more and more, because in a week and a half of the nits hatch a new insect.
Chronic pediculosis can be observed only when it is not combated. Such people include homeless people who can not detect the disease in time
In no case should you run the spread of insects, because then it will be difficult to deal with them. You should immediately purchase a special shampoo in the pharmacy or prepare home remedies and begin treatment from the first day of the problem. It is worth remembering that at the end of treatment after a while it is better to hold a second course, and during a month to wash your head with a degreased shampoo so that the lice do not start again. If only one live nit remains, the onset of the disease is more likely than its withdrawal.