Infectious Diseases

Head Lice Infestation (Pediculosis Capitis): Drug Therapy

Therapeutic target Removal of the lice and the nits (eggs of the head louse). Therapy recommendations Optimal therapy: combination of chemical, mechanical and physical principles of action. Safe killing of nits is not given by pediculocides (group of active substances for pharmacological therapy of head lice infestation; usually pyrethroids and organophosphates; very neurotoxic). Therefore, the … Head Lice Infestation (Pediculosis Capitis): Drug Therapy

Head Lice Infestation (Pediculosis Capitis): Diagnostic Tests

Medical device diagnosis is usually not required.

Head Lice Infestation (Pediculosis Capitis): Prevention

To prevent pediculosis capitis (head lice infestation), attention must be paid to reducing risk factors. Behavioral risk factors Transmission through close physical contact (“hair-to-hair contact”). Less common is transmission through objects that come into contact with the hair