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A 6-year-old girl is brought to the office by ...
Pediculus humanus capitis ๐Ÿ” / ๐Ÿ“บ / ๐ŸŒณ / ๐Ÿ“–
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submitted by โˆ—sympathetikey(1600)
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Pediculus Humanus

Blood-sucking lice that cause intense pruritus with associated excoriations, commonly on scalp and neck (head lice), waistband and axilla (body lice), or pubic and perianal regions (pubic lice).

Best give away in this question, for me, is the "white, globular protuberances". Looks just like the pic in First Aid 2019 (see below).

https://i.imgur.com/mh5JA2D.png

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aaftabsethi1  How the hell did pediculus spread in the class . Who is having head to head contact there ? +
impostersyndromel1000  they probably were assigned group projects where the teacher asked them to put their heads together ;-) +1



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Lice are small insects that live on the skin. They are often connected to hair on the scalp or in the pubic area. When you have lice, it is called pediculosis.

Scabies is a condition caused by mites, which are tiny, insect-like animals that dig under the skin.

-AAFP https://www.aafp.org/afp/2012/0915/p535-s1.html

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