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Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
Pediculosis
Sections: Key Features, Essentials of Diagnosis, General Considerations, Clinical Findings, Symptoms and Signs, Differential Diagnosis, Diagnosis, Laboratory Tests, Treatment, Medications, Head lice, Pubic lice, Therapeutic Procedures, Outcome, When to Refer, Reference,
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Topics Discussed: lice infestation.
Excerpt: | |  Permethrin 1% lotion is the treatment of choice
| | – It is applied to the scalp and hair after shampooing and left on for 10 min before rinsing out |
Malathion lotion 1% (Ovide) applied to dry scalp and hair and left on for 8–12 h before rinsing out is very effective, but it is highly volatile and flammable, so application must be done in a well-ventilated room or outdoors For involvement of eyelashes, petrolatum is applied thickly twice daily for 8 days, and remaining nits are then plucked off |
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