Good day. My young years, especially the student ones, passed so that some moments are sometimes inconvenient to recall.
But do not think - no crime or debauchery, no, no. At that time I had to face such an unpleasant parasite as lice.
And they appeared in very intimate places. Since then, I am very well oriented in this matter, as far as possible I prompt other people. Want to know about the symptoms of pubic lice? How to quickly calculate and get rid of the parasite? Now for you I will sign everything in the smallest details.
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Pubic lice
What is pubic lice? Pubic lice (syn: phthiriasis) cause pubic lice (syn: ploschiki). Pubic louse attached to pubic hair. In order to survive, twice a day she needs to suck fresh blood. The laid eggs (nits) are firmly attached to the pubic hair by the female; it is impossible to wash them off with water.
What areas of the skin affect pubic lice? Pubic lice live mainly on the hair located on the pubis, genitals, around the anus. Sometimes they spread to other areas of the skin covered with hair - chest, abdomen, armpits.
How is pubic lice manifested? Itching is characteristic, which usually intensifies at night. Sometimes the patient does not bother. In some cases, pubic lice bites cause an allergic rash in the affected area.
Often patients with pubic pediculosis independently identify nodules on their pubic hair (nits).
How is pubic pediculosis diagnosed? Diagnosis is based on the clinical presentation and identification of lice or nits.
The drug is used 1 time. One bottle is enough to treat 2 people. After using the drug, a change of underwear and bed linen is necessary. Old linen needs to be boiled and ironed on both sides.
Your sexual partners. The treatment of sexual partners is recommended.
The risk of other sexually transmitted diseases. It should be noted that sexually transmitted skin diseases (scabies, pubic lice, molluscum contagiosum) are markers of other sexually transmitted diseases.
Therefore, if a man who has a sex life is found to have scabies, pubic lice or molluscum contagiosum, screening for other sexually transmitted diseases is necessary.
Intimate Pediculosis Epidemic
In Europe and the United States, this disease has gained the scope of an epidemic, and mainly young people suffer from parasites. In Russia, according to recent statistics, up to 8% of the population of large cities are infected with pubic lice.
On the other hand, they cannot tolerate hunger: if they are suddenly torn from the body, then without lice, lice suddenly die within 24 hours. In addition, they are lazy and even if they cling to their hair, they do not get off it until death. But lice live and breed well only at a temperature of + 30-38 ° С.
Scientists can not yet explain this selectivity, but pubic lice do not eat all people. But if a person seemed tasty, then the insect instantly creeps to the causal place and clings to the hair with three legs on one side of the body. If you try to tear the louse from its place of residence, it shows signs of life and clings even more strongly to the hair, because of which it can be removed only with great difficulty and most often with the hair.
In Europe and the United States, this disease has really gained the scope of an epidemic, and mainly young people suffer from parasites. In Russia, according to recent statistics, up to 8% of the population of large cities are infected with pubic lice.
Infection pathways
Strictly speaking, pubic lice is not exactly a sexually transmitted disease. Usually they become infected with lice during sexual contact, but you can pick up these parasites through bedding and underwear, as well as in baths, saunas, pools and even in a solarium.
The inguinal region is preferred by the “ploschiki”, because there are most of all the apocrine glands, which secrete a special sweat with a strong, “animal” smell.
But they can live not only "there", but also on the hips, trunk, armpits. And if you kill them from these places, then lice can crawl onto a beard, mustache or eyelashes. It all depends on the degree of hairiness of the victim.
Self-diagnosis of intimate disease
It is very difficult to see a louse or nits. The fact is that these are the smallest lice - 1-3 mm, and they are attached at the very base of the hair. But if you find the following symptoms, then it's time to grieve: you are the master of a brood of parasites.
- Itching First, lice inject a substance that dilutes the blood and causes a characteristic itch.
- Stains. After lice are populated on the skin of the host, blue or shadow spots appear with a diameter of up to 1 cm, which quickly disappear. This is either minor hemorrhage, or deposition of the secretion of the salivary glands of the pubic lice.
- Dark dots on linen. In the areas of underwear in contact with the inguinal region, small dark spots appear. This means that lice have settled: spots are the products of their vital functions.
- Blisters. Scratching of itchy places leads to the appearance of red tubercles, blisters and eczema.
- Lice themselves. As the hair grows, nits along with the hairs rise above the surface of the skin, it is easier to see. And by the height of their location, you can approximately estimate how much they are “visiting”.
Pubic lice treatment
Obviously, an ordinary shower with soap does not kill lice and does not relieve nits. But do not pour kerosene, there are modern and reliable tools.
Of the external drugs in pharmacies offer mercury-ointment ointment, xylene, nittifor with the active substance permethrin, French spray Pax. There are drugs like butadione that, when taken orally, make blood poisonous to lice. But they do not relieve parasite bites.
Precautionary measures
Dirty laundry should be boiled with a solution of soda for 25-30 minutes to kill nits that can live there for another 6 days. Iron clothes with a hot iron, especially folds.
And, the most unpleasant thing is to be examined for the presence of syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia and other sexually transmitted diseases. Who knows whose blood these pests sucked before?
What are pubic lice?
The yellow-gray tiny parasites look like small crabs. They are very small (no more than 3 mm), so it is extremely difficult to see with the naked eye.
Dusts (another name for pubic lice) are inactive, but multiply quickly enough by laying eggs of nits. They feed exclusively on human blood and live about 24 days.
Reasons for the appearance
Pubic lice parasitize only on humans. It is impossible to get infected from domestic or wild animals. Common signs of pubic lice appear after intercourse, during which the carrier infects a healthy partner.
However, cases are regularly recorded when parasites penetrate the body through towels, bedding or clothes.
For this reason, some caution should be exercised in swimming pools, saunas, tanning salons and public toilets, where the risk of picking up unpleasant neighbors is highest.
What happens when infected?
Having moved to the body of the new owner, pubic lice attach to the hair and begin their destructive activity. First of all, they pierce the skin of the wearer and extract the first portion of blood. The salivary glands of insects produce a special enzyme that enters the wound and prevents blood from clotting.
Because of this, bites of pubic lice cause a lot of inconvenience. Human skin constantly itches and itches, sometimes allergic reactions appear on the arms, legs and groin. A closer examination of the skin can reveal bluish bite marks.
After saturation and mating, pubic lice lay eggs (7-9 pieces). They are firmly fixed on the hair with the help of a secret and therefore are not washed off by water during hygiene procedures. Nits develop for about two weeks, and then new pubic lice hatch from them.
Pubic lice - symptoms and consequences
The first signs of pubic lice are observed a month after the appearance of the first individuals. The most characteristic symptom is severe skin itching at the site of bites.
Most often, it is noted in the pubic area, but sometimes the hips, arms and trunk also itch. People with plentiful hair cover are especially affected by it, since in their case pubic lice can live literally throughout the body.
The intensity of itching depends on the individual anatomical features of a person and the time of day.
If, with a diagnosis of pubic lice, treatment was not carried out or was insufficient, then small skin lesions develop into eczema and facilitate the penetration of secondary infections into the body.
A striking symptom of the disease is not only itching, but also bites of pubic lice. At the site of penetration of the proboscis of the parasite under the skin, cyanotic spots often appear.
They are small, but, unlike the lice themselves, are clearly distinguishable with the naked eye. The causes of such spots are either minor hemorrhages, or a secret that is injected with parasites to prevent blood clotting.
The consequences of pubic lice. The parasites themselves are not particularly dangerous. However, with a diagnosis of pubic lice, treatment should begin as soon as possible, since bites can cause an allergic reaction, and combing and itching can weaken the body's protective barriers.
Since secondary infections easily penetrate through damaged skin, all patients with pubic pediculosis are tested for syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia and other sexually transmitted diseases.
Disease treatment
Most recently, people got rid of lice with the help of kerosene, dust, laundry soap and other improvised means. Fortunately, those times are already in the past.
Next, sulfuric ointment or any ointment with benzyl benzoate is applied to the skin. In pharmacies, you can also purchase more convenient drugs, for example, nittifor or spray-pax. They can be applied directly to the hair without worrying about shaving intimate parts of the body.
Since pubic lice can be on bedding or clothes, soak things in hot water and add bleach to it.
Pubic lice
Pubic lice or squamous lice are an infectious parasitic disease. The parasites themselves, pubic lice, belong to one of the three types of lice that affect the human body. Outside the human body, this type of parasite does not occur, and cannot live.
Pubic lice cause pubic lice or phthiasis. These parasites are located in the human genital area (pubis, perineum, scrotum), in hair growing around the anus, in the armpits, since their sense of smell is oriented to the apocrine glands.
Much less often pubic lice can be found in the area of a mustache, beard, eyelash, eyebrow or hair on the head of a child.
This type of parasite feeds exclusively on human blood, and disappears after 24 hours without food. The size of the pubic louse can reach three millimeters, and the females are larger than the males, and accordingly they feed on large volumes of blood.
Infections with pubic lice occur through sexual contact or through bedding.
Symptoms
The first manifestations of pubic lice will be a strong persistent itching in the pubic region and in the perineum. This itching is caused by bites of lice, and it leads to skin irritation in these places, which is the result of combing.
In the center of each such spot there will be a barely noticeable point - the site of the bite. In appearance, these spots resemble syphilitic roseola. But, these spots disappear on their own after two weeks, and leave no traces.
With the advanced form of this disease, the patient has an increase in lymph nodes. With a long-term course of the disease, the patient's skin becomes modified - rough, thick, hyperpigmented. And in the place of combing there are cicatricial traces of a white shade.
Diagnostics
Diagnosis of phthyroidism or pubic pediculosis never causes difficulties. The doctor examines and interviews the patient, and if nits and lice are detected, he makes an accurate diagnosis.
In a more neglected state of the disease, the diagnosis is also made when glued hairs are detected during the examination - this occurs with the help of serous-purulent discharge and is called “coltun”.
Prevention
Preventive methods of pubic pediculosis or phthiriasis consist in constant medical examinations and individual sexual hygiene.
When detecting and diagnosing pubic pediculosis, it is necessary to disinfect clothes, clothes, bedding, not only the patient himself, but also all his sexual partners or those who had contact with his bedding.
Treatment
To remove most of the parasites from the patient’s body, the hair in the pubic part is completely shaved, as well as in the perineum and near the anus.
It is capable of destructively affecting pubic lice and nits. Drugs such as medifox, pedillin and nittifor are also used for treatment - these are antiparasitic ointments, solutions, creams and shampoos.
After applying all these funds, the patient needs to undergo quite often water procedures. All linen must be thoroughly disinfected.
Subject to all the rules of treatment and disinfection, a complete recovery from pubic lice is guaranteed.
Description of the disease pubic lice
Pubic lice is a specific parasitic disease of the skin caused by pubic lice.
The reason for this choice is that a significant number of apocrine glands are located in such areas, and the smell of pubic lice is specifically oriented to them. Less often they affect eyebrows, mustaches, eyelashes, hair on the head of children.
Causes
Often, pubic lice are transmitted by sexual contact, then insects from one partner jump onto another.
In addition, according to studies, a louse unhooked from a person lives only no more than a day, but larvae are able to maintain viability for about a week.
Thus, it is possible to become infected with pubic lice through towels or bedding, clothes. Infection is possible in baths, pools, tanning salons and even toilets.
Pubic lice are so specific that they parasitize only on humans and it is impossible to get infected from an animal.
Symptoms
Initially, the incubation period begins, when there are no symptoms, but pubic lice already settle on the human body, which lasts about a month.
Then several symptoms appear. The main one is skin itching in the habitat of lice. Usually it is the itch of the pubic region, but other parts of the body, such as the hips, trunk (for example, in people with increased body hair) or a beard and mustache, are also possible.
Also a sign of pubic lice is considered to be the appearance on the skin of blue or shadow spots that quickly disappear with a diameter of up to 1 cm. They appear from small hemorrhages from the exhaustion of blood by lice, or when the secretion of the salivary glands is deposited.
Symptoms of pubic lice include an allergic rash. An indisputable sign of pubic lice is the detection of pubic lice on the skin or underwear, as well as their larvae.
How to treat
Local pubic lice treatment. Antiparasitic shampoos, ointments, creams or solutions are used. At the same time, it is worth checking for sexually transmitted diseases.
- Bed and underwear should be thoroughly washed and ironed.
- Pubic hair is recommended to shave.
- The effect of treating pubic lice is very high if all the rules are followed.
- It is necessary to process clothes, upholstered furniture, bedding, mattresses - when in contact with them, you can get sick again.
Pubic lice prophylaxis
Personal hygiene and the elimination of accidental sexual intercourse.
Little parasites and big problems
Pubic lice are scanty parasites that resemble crabs and settle in areas with hairline (usually in the inguinal region). Pubic lice are often called platypus.
Since they are very small and often do not even reach 3 mm, they are rather difficult to detect. Most often, these yellow-brown lice, as can be seen in the photo, choose the hairy groin area for living, but can be found on the armpits, eyebrows, beard, eyelashes, etc.
Young, sexually active people fall ill more often, because promiscuous sexual relations contribute to infection. In a third of patients, as a rule, other venereal pathologies are also found.
Symptoms
The first symptoms of pubic lice, indicating the presence of a parasite, are severe itching, which usually appears after about a month from a possible infection. An itchy sensation tends to become intolerable at night. In the perineum and groin, the patient shows signs of hemorrhage in the form of small bluish dots.
These bluish spots are the bite of the parasite and disappear on their own after a few days. Symptoms of the location of the parasite on the hair help determine the age of the parasite. After all, initially the louse adheres to the base of the hair and then does not move anymore.
If the parasitization of the sites is in the launching phase, then the patient's inguinal lymph nodes may noticeably increase, and the skin becomes thickened, rough to the touch.
If the parasitization of the sites is in the launching phase, then the patient's inguinal lymph nodes may noticeably increase, and the skin becomes thickened, rough to the touch. Places of combing are often covered with scarred traces. If you're interested, you can also familiarize yourself with the symptoms of Kaposi’s sarcoma.
Reasons for the appearance
As already specified earlier, infection with pubic lice occurs through sexual contact, so the causes of the disease are associated with a promiscuous sexual life.
But you can get infected by contact-household method when visiting a solarium, pool, sauna or bath, as well as through underwear or bed. It often happens that the pathology is epidemic in places where a large number of people live, such as a dormitory, barracks, hotel or train.
After contact with the skin, the pubic louse is not activated immediately, usually the first signs appear after a month from the date of infection. The louse is partially attached to the skin, partially to the hair. By making a bite, the parasite secretes a special enzyme that prevents blood coagulation. So, bite after bite, the female eats and lays eggs of nits.
By the way, nits can live on linen and things for quite a while without contacting the human body. Whereas an adult will die in a day without human blood. The presence of firmly sitting nits on the hairs are also characteristic symptoms of the presence of parasites.
The most preferred habitat is the inguinal region. The reasons for this commitment are associated with the apocrine glands located here, which produce a secret that so attracts parasites.
Medical practice shows that one third of the owners of such parasites have parallel pathologies of venereal genesis such as mycoplasmosis, trichomoniasis, gonorrhea or chlamydia, which once again proves that the causes of such pediculosis are associated with promiscuous and violent sexual activity.
Some mistakenly believe that pets can be carriers of such parasites, but this is not true. The pubic louse can parasitize only on the human body, because it needs human blood to feed.
How to get rid of parasites
Treatment should be started at the first sign of infection in order to avoid the mass reproduction of the parasite, which is fraught with the spread of lice and other hairy areas in the water of the armpits, eyebrows or beards.
For starters, it is recommended to shave hair in the habitats of pubic lice. This is a treatment, because with removed hair you will eliminate lice with nits. In addition, the treatment will be much more effective when ointment and other drugs are applied directly to the skin.
If such a procedure disgusts the patient, then shaving the hair is not necessary. For treatment, a remedy such as sulfuric ointment is often used, the treatment of which lasts no more than 3 days.
The ointment is rubbed several times a day in the possible habitat of the parasite. Other medicines with local therapeutic effects are often used, among which the most popular and effective are Spray-Pax, Lindane, Permethrin, Nittifor and other medicines.
This product is simply rubbed into the skin. Pharmacies offer alternative medications such as Calamine Lotion, which also very well eliminates itching with pubic lice.
When treatment is over, clothes, underwear and bedding should be boiled, and after drying, iron it. Since pubic lice are often accompanied by concomitant sexually transmitted pathologies, a preventive examination with the aim of possible detection of genital infections is desirable after treatment.
For preventive purposes, it is also recommended to exclude promiscuous sexual relations, not to neglect intimate hygiene and to treat pubic lice that have appeared in a timely manner.
Pubic lice
Pubic lice are small insects that parasitize the human body. Lice predominantly choose the pubic area (both in men and women), but can also settle in other places where there is hair - armpits, stomach, chest. The scalp is extremely rare for this type of parasite.
On the human body, parasites grow a little into the skin, but despite practical immobility, lice lay a large number of larvae.
Lice are quite tenacious - they can withstand pressure up to 1 kg, a 30-cm layer of sand and survive in water for two days.
In European countries, the disease is widespread, mainly lice affect young people.
What does pubic louse look like?
Pubic lice grow a maximum of 2 mm, adult individuals have a pale gray color, which makes them almost invisible on the body. Parasites feel good at temperatures from 30 to 38 C.
Lice live on average 27 days, during this period one individual lays a huge number of larvae.
How are pubic lice transmitted?
Pubic lice cause phytiasis (pubic lice), which is considered a sexually transmitted disease.
But lice infection can also occur in public places, such as a sauna, swimming pool, solarium, hotel, barracks, train, etc. Infection in hotels or trains can occur due to poor processing of bed linen or towels, in which the parasites are in a state of "hibernation" »May be several months.
After contact with the skin, the activity of parasites appears in about a month. First, the insect adheres to the hair and introduces part of its body into human skin.
The salivary glands of the insect secrete a special enzyme that prevents blood from clotting. After a few days, the parasites begin to lay larvae (an adult female lays up to 10 eggs at a time).
Parasites usually choose pubic hair for their livelihoods, where the apocrine glands are concentrated, the secretions of which attract lice.
Quite often, pubic lice is accompanied by chlamydia, gonorrhea, and other sexually transmitted diseases, since the main route of transmission of parasites is through sexual contact.
Symptoms
The main symptom of pubic lice is itching, which appears after the end of the incubation period. In addition to itching, bluish spots (places of bites) can appear on the body, which quickly disappear.
The fact from which moment the lice settled on the skin can be judged by the growth of hair, since parasites attached to the skin attach to the base of the hair and do not move in the future.
In addition to itching, brown spots on the underwear, which are substances that secrete parasites as a result of their life activity, can tell about the disease.
Lice become more visible after drinking blood, as the parasites change color from pale gray to dark orange.
Pubic lice on the head. Pubic lice, due to their anatomical features, are not able to live on the scalp. The paws of parasites are adapted for movement through hair with a triangular section, which grows on the pubis, in the armpits, etc. (the hair on the head has a circular cross section).
Pubic lice in men. Both men and women are equally at risk of parasite infection.
But in men, lice often affect both the pubic area and other parts of the body covered with hair (anus, scrotum, armpits, stomach, chest, back). In this case, the more hair on the man’s body, the larger the area of parasite damage.
Pubic lice can be transmitted to children during a joint sleep with parents, when using other people's towels, after visiting public baths, etc.
Pubic lice in children usually parasitize on eyelashes or eyebrows.
Pubic Lice Treatment
Parasites are destroyed by local preparations - ointments, sprays, creams, shampoos, solutions. Often, when identifying a person's pubic lice, they are sent for an additional examination, since various sexually transmitted diseases are frequent satellites of pubic lice.
Pediculosis patient should carefully wash the bedding and underwear, it is also necessary to iron it.
During treatment, it is recommended to shave off hair on affected parts of the body. The effectiveness of treatment depends on compliance with all the recommendations of the doctor.
In addition to underwear and bedding, it is very important to treat upholstered furniture, mattress and other items with which the patient came in contact with special preparations.
Preparations
When identifying pubic lice, special drugs are prescribed that quickly help to destroy insects.
The most popular drugs are:
- water-alcohol solution Nittifor - destroys both adults and larvae. The drug is applied to the affected parts of the body and is washed off after 40 minutes. After a week, a repeated preventive procedure is done.
- Pedilin shampoo - destroys parasite larvae, applied to hair, rinsed off after 10 minutes. After a week, a second procedure is performed.
- Medifox emulsion - destroys parasites, the course of treatment is 3 days (the emulsion is rubbed into the affected parts of the body and left overnight). After treatment, it is recommended to thoroughly wash, change and disinfect bedding and underwear. During treatment, care must be taken to avoid getting the drug on the face, neck, and scalp.
- Veda-2 shampoo - helps to destroy parasites in the pubic or anus. The shampoo is applied for 10 minutes, then washed off, after the procedure, all dead insects and larvae should be removed from the hair.
To increase the effectiveness of the treatment, all the hair on the affected parts of the body needs to be shaved, if this is not possible, it is necessary to treat the areas with lice with warm water with the addition of vinegar, which will allow the adhesive to dissolve the parasite-retaining hair.
Pubic Lice Spray. There are several types of pubic pediculosis sprays on the pharmaceutical market:
- Pax - is a combination drug, it contains a neurotoxin that destroys parasites. This type of spray allows you to get rid of parasites in just one procedure. After treatment, it is recommended to wash thoroughly with soap.
- Lax, Nyuda - in the composition there is a natural insecticide - pyrethrin, which destroys adult insects and larvae.
- Pediculin - spray for processing underwear and bedding.
Pubic Lice Ointment. In the pharmacy you can see a large selection of ointments for pubic lice.
Before applying the ointment, you need to shave your hair or treat it with acetic water. The procedure is best done before bedtime.
Home treatment
If pubic lice are found, you can try to fight parasites on your own. It is not possible to simply wash off insects and their larvae with shampoo, but hot water with the addition of vinegar helps to dissolve the secret secreted by lice for attachment to hair.
The hair on body parts affected by lice should be shaved, which will allow you to get rid of a significant part of the parasites and facilitate the monitoring of parasites remaining on the skin.
Sulfur ointment, which has a pungent odor, but acts almost 100%, shows good effectiveness. Tar tar is also used to treat head lice, which thoroughly washed the affected areas.
Parasites in themselves are not dangerous for humans, but they can be carriers of sexually transmitted diseases, therefore it is not recommended to treat this disease on their own, since it is possible to identify diseases such as syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia only after visiting a doctor.
Pubic lice are a parasitic disease that is transmitted primarily through sexual contact. Mostly young people who have an illegible sex life suffer from this type of lice.
Modern medicine allows you to get rid of lice quite quickly (some drugs can destroy parasites and their larvae after just one procedure), but there is a high risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases.
Causes, Symptoms and Treatment of Phthyroidism
Pubic lice are insects that parasitize the human body.Despite its name, pubic louse lives not only in the inguinal region of humans.
The disease that causes pubic louse is called phytiasis, or pubic lice. The disease occurs in both women and men. Phthyroidism is often combined with sexually transmitted infections.
Description
Pubic louse is an arthropod insect. In terms of size, this is the smallest representative of this group, but has powerful paws like ticks.
It is with their help that the parasite clings to the hair. The color of the insect is gray, but after the parasite is saturated with blood, it acquires a brown hue. The video will help you better deal with the problem of lice.
Externally, pubic lice are significantly different from other representatives of this group of insects. They parasitize only on humans, other mammals cannot be a carrier of the disease.
Ftyriasis does not develop immediately after the parasite enters the hairline. It can take up to one month before symptoms begin to develop. But the entire incubation period, the person remains contagious, thus pubic pediculosis spreads.
The process of reproduction is associated with the deposition of nits. One individual can postpone up to 12 nits per day. Nits can be detected on the hairs to which they are attached. Nits are also found on bedding, linen, towels.
Infection pathways
Given that pubic pediculosis is ubiquitous, it is fairly easy to get infected. Human infection can occur in several ways. First of all, the following reasons should be noted:
- Infection of women and men occurs during close contact with the carrier of lice, for example during sexual intercourse.
- Fthriasis can result from using clothes, towels, or bedding from an infected person.
- Pubic pediculosis in men and women may appear after visiting such public places as a bath, sauna, swimming pool, solarium, public toilet.
It is worth noting that lice appear not only in unscrupulous individuals. Phytiasis can develop in everyone. Regardless of the location of the initial contact with the body, lice are spread across all their favorite habitats.
How are they manifested?
Mostly the symptoms of the disease are due to the characteristics of the life of the lice. Given that the insect feeds on human blood, the main symptoms are itching and discomfort in places of bites, which intensify at night.
Severe itching leads to scratching, which can be secondarily infected. On the skin of women and men, crusts and peeling are noticeable. Subsequently, dermatitis, eczema appears. Other symptoms are associated with the appearance of rashes.
The rash is specific. These are small in size numerous towering elements of a bluish color. Symptoms are due to the effect of lice saliva on blood elements. At the site of the bite, hemoglobin decays, the products of which give the rashes a characteristic shade.
Pubic lice can be suspected by the presence of small dark spots on underwear in men and women. Symptoms are explained by the presence of waste products of the insect parasite.
If phthiriasis is accompanied by eyelash damage, inflammation of the eyelids occurs - blepharitis. This condition requires consultation with an ophthalmologist.
Therapeutic tactics
Treatment of pubic lice is a time-consuming process, because getting rid of a parasite can be difficult. It is better to treat phthyriasis under the supervision of a dermatologist. Previously, treatment of pubic pediculosis with such folk remedies as kerosene or dust was common.
Such treatment allows you to get rid of lice and nits, but it is not always safe. Therefore, it is not recommended to treat fever at home with folk remedies.
The drugs are available in various forms, which allows you to choose the most convenient means for use at home. Consider the most popular treatments:
- Pyrethrin Spray - Spray Pax. The composition of the aerosol includes poison, which has a neurotoxic effect on the parasite. Instructions for use recommend applying the product to the pubic area, perineum, anus and genitals. Stand for 30 minutes, after which it should be washed with soap. One bottle can be divided into two parts, because it is enough to use only half. Reviews indicate ease of use, as well as the fact that the spray shows good efficiency.
- Shampoo - Veda-2, Pedilin. Such preparations are applied to the affected areas, incubated for 10 minutes, then washed well with water. For best effectiveness, it is recommended to comb out nits and parts of dead parasites. Since shampoos are monocomponent, a procedure should be repeated after a week. Such treatment will help to get rid of parasites better.
- Ointment. At home, sulfur-mercury ointment can be used. It should be rubbed into the affected areas daily for two weeks. Mercury ointment is also used if pubic pediculosis has spread to the eyelashes.
- Emulsion Medifoks. The composition includes permethrin, which has a toxic effect on insects. It should be applied to the pubis for three days. After that, on the fourth day they carry out hygiene procedures and change their underwear. Thus, it is possible to remove lice and get rid of their nits.
- Nittifor solution. The composition of the product includes permethrin, due to this it is possible to get rid of larvae and nits. The method of application is rubbing the affected area. After 40 minutes, rinse off. And after a week, the treatment is repeated.
Reviews note that at home it is very convenient to treat phthyriasis in this way, as a result, pubic lice have nowhere to live.
Infection with phthiasis can occur through sexual contact or by contact when visiting public places. The disease can develop in women and men.
Treatment can be carried out at home, and new drugs make the process of getting rid of the parasite much easier. In any case, if there are symptoms, it is better to seek the help of a doctor, treatment for lice should be carried out necessarily, since phthiriasis is contagious.
And it’s better to forget about the treatment option using traditional medicine, because you can buy a much more effective and easy to use tool.
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