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Pubic Lice & Scabies

Pubic Lice & Scabies. By: Mr. Koch III. what. Aka: Crabs Parasitic insect called biting lice Adult lice are visible to the eye Grips a pubic hair with claws and sticks its head into the skin, where it feeds on blood from tiny blood vessels. Incidence.

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Pubic Lice & Scabies

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  1. Pubic Lice & Scabies By: Mr. Koch III

  2. what • Aka: Crabs • Parasitic insect called biting lice • Adult lice are visible to the eye • Grips a pubic hair with claws and sticks its head into the skin, where it feeds on blood from tiny blood vessels

  3. Incidence • Especially prevalent among young (15-25-year-old) • Frequently associated with other STI’s • Transmitted during sexual contact

  4. Transmission • Can live away from body for 1 day if stomachs are full of blood • May drop into underclothes, bed sheets, sleeping bags, and so forth • Eggs can survive for several days

  5. GROSS • Possible to get by sleeping in someone's bed or wearing someone's clothes • Possible to reinfect ones self by owns clothes • Not limited to pubic areas - can be transmitted from fingers to armpits or scalp

  6. Symptoms • Itching • Scratching brings no relief • Some ignore the bites because the itching is not severe • Self diagnosis is possible by locating a louse on pubic hair

  7. Treatment • Ointment • Shampoo • Wash all clothes and bedding • Eggs can live for 7 days so it is recommended to treat for 7 days

  8. Scabies • Tortoise shaped parasitic mite with four stubby legs • To tiny to be seen with the naked eye • Initiated by the female mite - after mating she burrows below the skin to lay eggs

  9. The mites • Hatched egg becomes adult in 10 to 20 days • Adult mite feeds off host • Average person with scabies is infested with 10 to 15 live adult female mites

  10. Incidence and Transmission • Affects millions worldwide • Highly contagious • Transmitted by sexual and nonsexual contact • Live on clothing and bedding for at least 48 hrs

  11. Symptoms • Small vesicles or pimple like bumps occur in the area where the female mite tunnels into the skin • Itching intensely, especially at night • Sites: webs and sides of fingers, wrists, abdomen, genitals, buttocks, and female breasts

  12. Treatment • Topical cream that is applied from neck to the toes • Two applications that are washed off 8 to 14 hrs after • Washing of bedding and clothing

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