What do lice bites look like
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- The appearance of various pest bites
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- Means for relieving itch bite lice
Not all people know what lice bites on their heads look like and whether bloodsuckers can bite other parts of the body. Itchy wounds in the hair and on the neck are perceived as consequences mosquito attacks or flea bites. Sometimes traces of lice are confused with tick bite. Everyone should know how to identify this parasite. To do this, you need to learn how to distinguish between lice bites and bites from other blood-sucking insects.
What are dangerous lice
Wounds from lice bites cause severe itching. But not only this dangerous pediculosis. Lice tolerate diseases:
- typhus;
- quintan;
- relapsing fever.
Pathogenic bacteria are found in insect excrement. They enter the human body through open wounds that appear after the insect bites the human skin.
Interesting!
The best prevention of typhoid fever is a regular examination of the hair for the presence of lice. It is these parasites that can cause an epidemic of dangerous disease.
Numerous scratching leads to the appearance of:
- dermatitis;
- eczema;
- purulent inflammation.
Children suffer from parasites more than adults. Their bodies are more sensitive and may be allergic to lice bites.
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Her daughter had red spots on her neck. I remembered that the day before she had eaten a lot of sweet, and therefore decided that the body reacted to a large amount of sugar with a rash. She gave the child an antihistamine and sent her to sleep. At night, the daughter woke up and complained of itching. In the morning we went to the hospital. What was my surprise when the pediatrician identified pediculosis.
Ekaterina Anatolyevna, Murmansk
Itchy wounds prevent the children from concentrating; they prevent them from learning and sleeping normally. Adult family members do not realize that the child is suffering from pediculosis. Nervousness is attributed to severe stress.
Head lice
Head view of parasites inhabits the hair of the head. It is easiest to find them in the temporal and occipital parts. Head lice bites are among the hair, but can appear behind the ears and on the neck. If the number of wounds is large, then they can merge into bluish spots.
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Pests nimbly hide among hair, but their eggs are striking. Therefore, patients with pediculosis are often interested in whether nits bite. It seems to them that itchy eggs cause lice, which are attached to the hair shaft.
Itching causes a special enzyme that the louse injects into the wound when it is bitten. It prevents blood from clotting and irritates the nerve endings on the skin. The saliva of the larvae contains less of this enzyme, so nymph bites do not blush so much and itch.
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My son had small wounds behind his ears. I immediately examined the child's hair and found lice and nits. The pediatrician said that there may be more insects in her hair and appointed antiparasitic. But my child is allergic, so she did not take risks and simply cut her boy "to zero."
Liza, Moscow
Photos of lice bites on the head show what wounds insects leave. They have the appearance of small red spots with traces of dried blood. Sometimes pus starts to stand out from them, which entangles hair and forms a crust. Such wounds itch more and heal longer.
Body lice
Body lice bites are often confused with bedbug bites or fleas. Parasites live on clothes and can bite the whole body. This species is derived from head lice. He adapted to live in the seams of clothing. There he lays his eggs. Bite the human body pest can every four hours. These wounds itch much and interfere with sleep.
Interesting!
In 1909, Charles Nicole found out that cootie is a carrier of typhus.
Pediculosis causes:
- blistering, boils, papules;
- the occurrence of skin roughness;
- the appearance of age spots.
To understand what happened parasitic infection, it is worth looking at the photo. underwear lice bites. You can see that the wounds are mostly located where the clothes are close to the body:
- axillary hollows;
- sides;
- arms;
- lower legs.
In chronic disease, the entire body is covered with painful sores. The skin turns red and begins to peel off. Such pediculosis was called the "disease of vagrants." The human body with a serious infection with bloodsuckers adapts to clothes louses and the places of bites cease to cause great anxiety. But the skin does not become healthy.
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The wardrobe look does not settle on wool, silk, synthetics. Pests prefer to dwell on cotton and flax. Therefore, linen made from these fabrics needs washing at high temperatures and ironing.
Lice bites on the body can merge into large bluish spots, but they will not be on the head. A clothes louse cannot bite the skin in the hair.
Thyroid gland
Pubic louse or ploschitsa settles on the pubis and in the armpits. The parasite is attached to the base of the hair and almost does not move. Pubic lice bites look like small bluish specks and cause unbearable itching.
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The pubic appearance is not adapted for life on the hair part of the head. His legs are such that they can cling to the hair, which has a triangular cross-section.
A symptom of severe ploshchitsy infection is the appearance of traces in the lower abdomen and on the buttocks.On underwear you can see brown spots - these are traces of pest activity.
Phthyriasis is not easy to detect. The parasite is small and hides at the very base of the hair. But after feeding, the louse acquires a brighter color and impersonates itself. Pubic pediculosis is often confused with a genital infection, because in both cases there is severe itching in the genital area. But the parasite gives itself marks of bites. Lice bite looks like a bluish spot, which does not disappear when pressed.
The louse itself is easy to detect if you take a magnifying glass.
Differences of lice bites from other insect bites
Determining bloodsuckers will be easy if you know how to bite lice. These are the only insects that can live among human hair. Therefore, lice bites on a person will be located:
- on the head;
- pubic;
- in the armpits;
- in men, bugs can live in a beard and mustache.
Linen lice can be confused with fleas or bedbugs because their traces are located all over the body. The main difference is that the second bites are often arranged in a row. A clothes louse doesn't bite like that.
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I went to a friend to the country.We planned to rest there for a few days. On the first night, I began to experience pain and severe itching. In the morning the entire back was strewn with fine spots. A friend spread his hands - fleas. But it turned out that the biting louse bites that way. We threw out the sofa on the same day.
Alexey, Lipetsk
Another characteristic lice symptom - blue spots. Their appearance causes insect saliva.
How to relieve itching
Bite lice causes pain and discomfort. Discomfort can persist even after the destruction of insects. Often head continues to itch after removing lice. But there are tools that help alleviate the condition of the patient and soothe the pain:
- Wounds should be washed with warm soapy water. You can take baby or tar soap. It should not cause allergies, otherwise itching will only intensify.
- Treat comb vodka or alcohol. It will kill the bacteria and relieve discomfort.
- Lubricate the inflamed wound with ointment Rescuer. It will accelerate the healing of the abscess.
- Severe itching will remove the Asterisk or Fenistil balm.
- Menovazin is used if an allergy has developed from louse bites. In this case, you can take an antihistamine drug: Zodak, Lorotadin, Suprastin. Drink it should be, following the instructions.
Sometimes insect bites cause nausea, headaches, swollen lymph nodes. In this case, you should immediately consult a doctor. The doctor will determine if a serious illness has occurred, or if a severe allergic reaction has occurred.
To cure pediculosisit is not enough just to handle bite spots. Required get rid of lice. To do this, buy a special tool in the pharmacy. During the period of treatment it is necessary to change bed linen and clothes every day. In addition to these measures, it is recommended sanitary treatment of the apartment.
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