Lice

help to locate lice or fungal infection and make the correct diagnosis . Dandruff and seborrheic dermatitis This condition is due to an overgrowth of yeast on the scalp. For mild conditions, you could use over the counter shampoos containing zinc pyrithione which help control the itchy scalp. If the condition still persists, you need to visit your dermatologist to exclude other causes like lice, psoriasis or eczema. This condition should respond within 2 to 3 weeks in most cases. Lice They are…

There are three types of lice that can inhabit a human: head lice, body lice, and pubic lice (Hellolife, 2014). Human hair is a necessity for lice, which is normally where they are found. Specifically in the scalp, which provides necessary shelter, food, and reproductive environment for the lice. The hair keeps the temperature consistent and warm, making it a good place for nits to be laid (Hellolife, 2014). Nits are the white to gray eggs of lice that are glued firmly to the base of…

Pthirus 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…

dilemma. One student who has been having poor attendance since the beginning of the semester has recently come down with a case of head lice. The said student like I have said has missed quite a few classes already and really can not afford to keep missing them. Now with this case of head lice the proper procedure is to keep the student at home until the head lice has cleared up. We could send home assignment for the student to do while at home but the thing is she really wont understand how…

“And Here My Troubles Began” to reflect the horrible events that happened to Vladek under the control of the Nazis. The prisoners caught lice as they were all sitting of the straw bundles in the barracks. The Germans checked everyone’s shirt for lice and “if it was any lice, you got no soup”(251). Vladek claimed that “this was impossible” as everywhere there were lice (251). This is an excellent example of how Vladek was finally impacted by the orders of the German soldiers. Often, Vladek was…

and artillery. However, chemical weapons, such as chlorine, caught the Allied troops fighting in the Western Front of guard when first introduced. Which lead to a new approach to battle in the trenches called chemical warfare. Then, disease, rats, lice, and carcuses was the usual scenery of a soldier fighting in the Western Front. Afterwards, trench warfare, took a toll on the soldiers who fought in it. Many soldiers suffered a psychological trauma, known as shell shock. It was emotional…

to ocean water. But Sea lice could not stand on fish when the salmon travelling in fresh water and this is a natural way to remove sea lice from fish. Though in ocean, farm salmon continuous captive in cages and cannot access to fresh water and this increase of getting more sea lice. European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) mentioned that, “Sea lice is known as biggest welfare and economical risk for salmon at farms in the marine environment” (Algers et al., 2008). Sea lice continuously reproduce…

Abstracts: This paper is to explain what a biological weapon is and how it affects environment, humans, and the economy. Along with explaining how the disease is spread from person to person, promoting illness. With a little bit of history on biological weapons, and my views on biological weapons. A biological weapon is also known as a germ weapon. This is when bacteria, viruses, fungi, or toxins can be used as a weapon against, animals, plants of humans. The use of infectious agents were used…

there are too many people who can say they enjoy the company of the world's creepy-crawlies despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of them will do us humans no harm at all that's not to say they're all harmless though here are seven more insects that are incredibly harmful to humans 7 brown recluse spider you're quite safe from these recluse spiders if you live somewhere a bit on the chilly side as they prefer a warm climate but they are found the world over these little guys have 6…

Merry Christmas! Life here during the war is much harder than I ever believed. It is great to know that i’m making history fighting for our country, but it hurts seeing the men from my line die right in front of me, and with all lice going around it is hard to keep a strong face. I wouldn’t miss this for anything but, it makes me wonder if I made the right decision coming here. There is so much chaos, mostly at night when heavy fire is aimed at us. Many of my fellow soldiers have been wounded…