Body louse

Is there really such a thing as super or mutant lice? In 25 states and counting, there has been a highly drug resistant strain of head lice known as the Super Pediculus humanus capitis. Also known as the head louse, it infects six to twelve million people each year (Lice vs Super Lice, n.d.). This is tiny, vampire like parasites that sucks the blood from its victims. Even though they are being called super or mutant by the media as a scare tactic, these lice are actually just regular lice. The only difference is that they have developed an immunity to the chemicals we use to kill them. Just like we develop immunities towards different illnesses. To better protect your families and yourself from these lice it would be smart to know how…

Set Your Head Lice Removal Appointment Today If any members of your family have head lice, you want to get it taken care of as quickly and effectively as possible. This means avoiding any home remedies or over-the-counter products that are ineffective and time consuming. For fast, effective lice treatment, you should contact a lice removal salon. At Lice Lifters of Mercer County, we provide the lice removal process that gets your family in the Ewing Township area lice free in a single visit.…

1) To perform a cellophane tape test for lice you can use cellophane or regular tape. First, (after putting gloves on) you place the tape on the skin and hair so that the sticky part of the tape can collect any visible or non-visible parasites. Try to pick up visible, abnormal particles present from the skin or hair. Collecting the whole hair shaft is useful to see if the lice have infested themselves deeper in into the skin. Once you have obtained the hair sample, place it on a slide with…

pubis, also known as pubic lice or crab louse, is an ectoparasite, which is strictly host specific to humans. Pubic lice have three stages: egg, nymph, and adult (CDC, 2017). Pubic lice targets coarse hair at its base and normally remain on its host until it is removed, controlled, or treated. Initially, the female will lay two to three eggs, also known as nits, over the course of twenty-four hours (CDC, 2017). The nits have a whitish in color and have an oval-like structure, with an incubation…

Set Your Head Lice Removal Appointment Today At Lice Lifters Florida, we have the head lice removal techniques and products that are proven safe and effective at getting rid of this problem for your family. If you're in Palm Beach County, our lice salon is conveniently located for you. Please fill out the contact form, and we'll set up an appointment for you to come in at your earliest convenience. We'll get this problem handled for you in a single visit using our treatment process that's so…

Set Your Head Lice Removal Appointment Today If you learn that someone in your family has head lice, you might not be sure how to handle it if this is the first time it's happened. As a parent in the Reading, Pennsylvania area, you should know about our lice removal service at Lice Lifters of Lancaster. We have experience at handling this problem safely and effectively for families just like yours. To find out more about our lice clinic or to set up an appointment with us, please fill out the…

hypersensitivity reaction to the saliva of the head lice. An initial infestation may take four to six weeks to develop and subsequent infestations may take as little as 48 hours (Yetman, 2014). Almost half of the population never has a response (Glasziou, et al., 2013). Others have pruritus so intense it keeps them up at night and disturbs the quality of their sleep. Some individuals only experience their scalp tickling or feel that something is moving in the hair (CDC, 2013). Regardless of the…

John Green’s book Looking for Alaska focuses on Alaska’s character describing her as a free spirit with interesting stories thirsty for adventure. Because of these qualities, many of her actions have a reckless element to it. She participates in pranks and group activities with her friends yet her light hearted mood is a disguise for the terrible and haunting experience she had on the day her mother died. Her father is almost absent since she rarely speaks of him therefore, lacks a family…

Extraordinarily Ordinary Magical Realism uses the extraordinary to show a person a different view on the world they live in. It allows one to be taken away from a very boring and mundane way of life, and afterwards one sees things previously taken for granted. Magical Realism was created by two South American authors, Marquez and Borges. Marquez is also the author of A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings, so it makes sense that he wrote about a literary classification he helped create. A Very Old…

In the town of Tress Camarones the daily life of Nayeli and her friends is a simple life but it lacks adventure and the girl’s spend most of their free time dreaming of how beautiful things are in the United States. They absorb different cultures throw a computer that was given to them by a friend name Matt who was station there because he was a missioner. All the girls and Tacho have their own unique personalities and ideas of what life must be like in the United States. During one day when the…