Treatment of pediculosis.

Pediculosis and scabies: treatment update.

Pediculosis and scabies are caused by ectoparasites. Pruritus is the most common presenting symptom. Head and pubic lice infestations are diagnosed by visualization of live lice. Finding nits (louse egg shells) alone indicates a historical infestation. A "no nit" policy for schools and day care centers no longer is recommended because nits can persist after successful treatment with no risk of ...

Phenyl Cellosolve in the Treatment of Pediculosis

Davis and his co-workers (1944) experimented with phenyl cellosolve (monophenyl ether of ethylene glycol) using a mixture of phenyl cellosolve, ethanol and water in proportions of 1:2:2 with enough methyl salicylate to give it a slight pleasant odour. The material was used against head lice. The results, though not fully evaluated, were however thought to have been completely satisfactory. Hans...

Treatment of Scabies and Pediculosis with Pyrethrum

etiology, significance, diagnosis and treatment of bruxiam

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Further Work on Pyrethrum in the Treatment of Pediculosis

pyrethrum (Roy, Ghosh and Chopra, 1941). The important point which came to light may be recapitulated. Pyrethrum prepared in the form of an extract by heating the powder in water or mixed with white vaseline proves fatal to lice, but fails to act on nits. This necessitates the continuation of the treatment during the whole period extending over the incubation period of eggs. Observations made i...