background: pediculus capitis or head louse infestation affects millions of children worldwide, especially those in the 5-11 years age group. this study aimed to determine the prevalence of head pediculosis among school children in ur­ban and rural areas of fars province, southern iran. methods: all school children of age 6-11 yr from both genders in all urban and rural areas of the province we...

results totally, 93.3% of lesions in the s.c group healed in the first 6 hours, while this rate was 40% in c.o group (p < 0.001). the healing ratio for improvement in the first 6 hours was 7 times more in the s.c group. in addition, 90% of infants in the sc group and 36.7% in the c.o group were improved completely in the first 3 days (p < 0.001). patients and methods a randomized, double blind,...

Author Steven Zeisel believes DEA could induce fetal neural abnormalities in humans, too. “It’s hard to estimate human exposure, but we believe the mice had exposures about ten times higher,” he says, assuming that people bathe and shampoo daily with DEA-containing products, and use DEAcontaining sunscreen. “There’s no reason to believe we wouldn’t see similar effects in humans.” The authors no...

Methods. Dermoscopic images were obtained from 19 participants, ages 5 months to 14 years, with no prior diagnosis of hair or scalp disease, during the period January 2004 to May 2008. Images were acquired using a computerized polarized-light videodermoscopy system (FotoFinderdermoscope; Teachscreen Software, Bad Birnbach, Germany), with a water interface solution (Eau Thermale Avène, Paris, Fr...

Soapwood grows in countries with a warm climate, but northern India is the main area of its location. Sapindus tree 5-10 pairs leaves, somewhat reminiscent our mountain flower. The can grow up to 25 meters height and has beautiful green-white flowers. After that, fruits appear, similar nuts shell. Then they are used instead soap shampoo, because contain 40 percent saponin. It this substance tha...

Background: Pediculosis capitis is a common parasitic infection of children. In this study we assessed the prevalence of head pediculosis among the middle schoolchildren in the urban and rural areas of Fars province, southern Iran.Methods: All middle schoolchildren ages 11-14, in all the urban and rural areas of the province were screened for head lice infestation by examining their hair and sc...