Whats is the difference between lice and scabies?
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yeah two different bugs. lice hang out in the hair scabies hang around the fingers. http://www.safe2use.com/pests/scabies/scabies.htm\nand your school should check for lice every year.
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Not specifically a home remedy but a non-toxic, non-pesticide solution to scabies is a product called Kleen Free. It is an enzyme that has been tested and proven to help get rid of scabies.\n\nMost of the creams prescribed by Dr's will have some type of pesticide in them and many people don't want to put pesticides on their body. \n\nKleen Free is a liquid concentrate that is added to the bath, the laundry and used as a spray. Because it is non-toxic, it is safe for repeated use (unlike pesticide creams) and it is safe around children and pets.
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Well I assume you are white so have you ever considered that you have lice (do you live with animals in the house??). If not then start by thoroughly washing your hair with medicated shampoo. Then use a light oil or grease in your hair. Sulfur 8 works for me and my kids when their heads start to itch. A little oil/grease wont hurt anybody, no matter what hair type!!
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No, lice don't look much like fleas at all. \n\nFleas are very active animals and are constantly either crawling or jumping if you can see them. In contrast lice are very slow moving and are physically incpable of jumping.\n\nFleas are flattened side-side like a book, making them very thin and able to squeeze between hairs. Lice are excatly the opposite and are flattened to to bottom like a pancake so they can cling to the skin surface.\n\nFleas are a dark brown or reddish colour. In contrast lice are a dull light grey.
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Scabies are a skin parasite and while they are contagious are usually only passed if you share a bed or have alot of skin to skin contact.  You do want to go to a doctor to get the medicated cream and treat your bedding etc as you would if you had a lice infestation.  The bumps are in the warmest most moist areas of the groin between the toes and fingers behind the ears around arm pits etc but will burrow everywhere in a large infestation...the "bumps" itch and can be scratched open and bleed which leads to further infestation and infection.  If treated properly it should go away.  Improperly sanitized hotels spread this parasite...always sleep between the sheets.  Good luck!!
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Though they can't fly or jump, these tiny parasites have specially adapted claws that allow them to crawl and cling firmly to hair. They spread mainly through head-to-head contact, but sharing clothing, bed linens, combs, brushes, and hats can also help pass them along. Children and teens are most prone to catching lice because they tend to have close physical contact with each other and often share personal items.  http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/common/lice.html\n\nAdults do not fly or jump from one person to another.  http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/HGIC2503.htm
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Head lice were a problem, especially at a time when bathing was considered something people did not do. It was easier to shave your head and wear a wig powdered to keep the nasty things off. Judges and barristers in English courts still wear the wigs.
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there are a lot of creatures living in or on the human body, some are useful (helping the digestion) some are harmful (causing diseases) or other annoying ones: itchy mites, ticks, worms, fungi, lice, parasites, bacterias, fleas and others.
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Crabs, also known as pubic lice, are parasitic insects found in the genital area of humans. \n\nPubic lice have six legs, but their two front legs are very large and look like the pincher claws of a crab; this is how they got the nickname "crabs." Pubic lice are tan to grayish-white in color. Females lay nits and are usually larger than males. To live, adult lice must feed on blood. If the louse falls off a person, it dies within 1-2 days.\n\nThey don't have ears.
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care homes are big carriers because they keep the home so warm. Qual lotion is the only way to rid the body of scabies. the home has to be cleaned from top too bottom.all bedding,clothes you have worn need to be washed,hot dryer, no clothes line.scabies can live in the floorboards bed rails, they need to set beds out in the sun after their cleaned with lysol.
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"Crabs" is a name for pubic lice. Call it what you want but they are little tiny bugs that live in your pubic hair and live off your blood by bitting your flesh. They are the same thing as head lice so if you get head lice you should also get checked for pubic lice.
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Scabies\n(SKAY-bees)\n\nWhat is scabies?\n\nScabies is an infestation of the skin with the microscopic mite Sarcoptes scabei. Infestation is common, found worldwide, and affects people of all races and social classes. Scabies spreads rapidly under crowded conditions where there is frequent skin-to-skin contact between people, such as in hospitals, institutions, child-care facilities, and nursing homes.\n\nWhat are the signs and symptoms of scabies infestation?\n\n    * Pimple-like irritations, burrows or rash of the skin, especially     the webbing between the fingers; the skin folds on the wrist, elbow, or knee; the penis, the breast, or shoulder blades.\n    * Intense itching, especially at night and over most of the body.\n    * Sores on the body caused by scratching. These sores can sometimes become infected with bacteria.\n\nHow did I get scabies?\n\nBy direct, prolonged, skin-to-skin contact with a person already infested with scabies. Contact must be prolonged (a quick handshake or hug will usually not spread infestation). Infestation is easily spread to sexual partners and household members. Infestation may also occur by sharing clothing, towels, and bedding.\n\nWho is at risk for severe infestation?\n\nPeople with weakened immune systems and the elderly are at risk for a more severe form of scabies, called Norwegian or crusted scabies.\n\nHow long will mites live?\n\nOnce away from the human body, mites do not survive more than 48-72 hours. When living on a person, an adult female mite can live up to a month.\n\nDid my pet spread scabies to me?\n\nNo. Pets become infested with a different kind of scabies mite. If your pet is infested with scabies, (also called mange) and they have close contact with you, the mite can get under your skin and cause itching and skin irritation. However, the mite dies in a couple of days and does not reproduce. The mites may cause you to itch for several days, but you do not need to be treated with special medication to kill the mites. Until your pet is successfully treated, mites can continue to burrow into your skin and cause you to have symptoms.\n\nHow soon after infestation will symptoms begin?\n\nFor a person who has never been infested with scabies, symptoms may take 4-6 weeks to begin. For a person who has had scabies, symptoms appear within several days. You do not become immune to an infestation.\n\nHow is scabies infestation diagnosed?\n\nDiagnosis is most commonly made by looking at the burrows or rash. A skin scraping may be taken to look for mites, eggs, or mite fecal matter to confirm the diagnosis. If a skin scraping or biopsy is taken and returns negative, it is possible that you may still be infested. Typically, there are fewer than 10 mites on the entire body of an infested person; this makes it easy for an infestation to be missed.\n\nCan scabies be treated?\n\nYes. Several lotions are available to treat scabies. Always follow the directions provided by your physician or the directions on the package insert. Apply lotion to a clean body from the neck down to the toes and left overnight (8 hours). After 8 hours, take a bath or shower to wash off the lotion. Put on clean clothes. All clothes, bedding, and towels used by the infested person 2 days before treatment should be washed in hot water; dry in a hot dryer. A second treatment of the body with the same lotion may be necessary 7-10 days later. Pregnant women and children are often treated with milder scabies medications.\n\nWho should be treated for scabies?\n\nAnyone who is diagnosed with scabies, as well as his or her sexual partners and persons who have close, prolonged contact to the infested person should also be treated. If your health care provider has instructed family members to be treated, everyone should receive treatment at the same time to prevent reinfestation.\n\nHow soon after treatment will I feel better?\n\nItching may continue for 2-3 weeks, and does not mean that you are still infested. Your healt
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There is no "worse" it's like pregnant either you are or your not.  If you have lice you need to treat them.
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Having two daughters who had lice for three years was a nightmare.\n\nI started off with the chemicals, tried the oils as already suggested, but then resorted to a Sunday evening ritual of 'The Nit Scrake'.\n\nMy girls often tried to wiggle out of this and I could have given up, but it became a ritual.\n\nSo just to explain. You get adult lice (the breeders) medium lice (cannot breed yet) and the nits the eggs.\n\nSo every Sunday, a good day as it is scrub up day before school.\n\nGet your daughter to lean over the bath, and wet her hair for her, then add copious amounts of conditioner, I buy the biggest and cheapest, rub it through and add more water, brush it through with her own hair brush to detangle and start combing with a metal lice comb, from the nape of the neck and forward to her brow, you must ensure the comb touches her scalp, you must ensure you do every area of her head,  rinse the little beggers off following each stroke. Your daughter will see them falling into the bath and start to undersand why she has to endure this.\n\nNow turn her over so that her face is uppermost...it is possible and do it all again.\n\nchuck the comb in a sink...count the little black dots with her, show her them close up, see the little wiggly legs and she may then take this more seriously.\n\nI now rinse the bath and offer an evening shower or bath whatever their preference. They can relax, wash their hair and its all over.\n\nSo all in all you will have caught most of the mature ones, left some eggs behind and not managed to get the tiny lice, but as they grow on in the week you can catch them next sunday, and when the eggs hatch you will catch them in about three sundays.\n\nYou should  notice a change in the size of lice being caught, but if they remain large...she is picking them up from somewhere or you are not doing a thorough job.\n\nThe reason why I do it over the bath is because lice will fall onto clothing or towels and crawl back up to the hair....I used to get covered in the early days and actually watched one wandering its way upwards and onwards.\n\nWe became lice and egg free in about two months, and my girls were absolutely infested, as long as you get the immature ones each week you will break the life cycle.\n\nWe all have our own hairbrushes..they are forbidden from using their friends brushes...easier to blame others for your lice!!.\n\nWe now continue this ritual, just to keep on top of things and have been clear for about five months.\n\nI now do this with a small white towel over their shoulders, but still then get them to have their bath or shower afterwards, and the towel goes straight to the wash as if contaminated.\n\nThe hard work is so worthwhile when you get a sigh of relief and a 'Im not itchy anymore'....\n\nI also clean the hairbrushes each week, but just as a note, check your own hair, one little itch means you have one.\n\nBut their hair is also so healthy now. I have saved myself a fortune, I have two girls who have an understanding of a life cycle, and I did not boil their clothes and bedding daily, The"nit scrake" ritual was more than I could bear.
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I don't know how long you can have them before you notice them, but certainly not long aftre they hatch because they itch like hell. Also, it is possible to get them from infected places, but not likely.  I would not believe that he didn't cheat. Especially if he acts like nothing happened.\n\nThe crab louse can live in almost any form of human hair, but is found most commonly in pubic hair, leading to its other common name of pubic louse. Its legs are adapted to climbing along relatively widely spaced hairs, and so can be found in eyelashes, pubic hair, beards, moustaches, and even armpit hairs. The individual louse can survive for ~24 hours apart from its necessary human host, so that crab lice can be passed on in sleeping bags and bedding. The female may lay up to 40 eggs at a time, resulting in a fluctuating but growing population. The louse feeds on blood and can leave irritating spots on the skin, sometimes mistaken for pimples, a condition called Pediculosis pubis.\n\nPubic lice have legs that are spaced further apart than head lice, this is an adaptation that enables them to move around more easily in their habitat.\n\nThe female louse glues her eggs, called "nits", which look like tiny white beads, to hair shafts. Lice bite through the skin to suck blood, and the bite causes itching. Bites can become secondarily infected; scratching may break the skin and help cause secondary infection. The most common symptom of crab lice is itching of genital area.\n\nPubic lice are most commonly spread by sexual contact and are considered a sexually transmitted disease, but can also be spread by sharing clothes or bedding. Contrary to popular belief, pubic lice can also be spread by sitting on a toilet seat.
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ticks, but they are bugs. I do not know of any animals. But yes what was said above, and bed bugs. Lice, scabies, parasites, etc...
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To remove lice, you can purchase a product otc at your drugstore such as quell, nix, pronto, etc. You can also buy a special comb and some products even include this comb.   Be sure to also clean all the bedding and towels in hot water and vacuum any padded furniture as well every day until the infestation is cured. LIce can live for a day or so and their eggs can survive up to a week when OFF the human host so cleaning properly helps contain the possibility of re-investation or spreading hte lice to others.\n\nAs for the comb, you can buy special de-lousing combs.  Follow the directions exactly.  You also need to clean the comb frequently during the combing process.  This process takes several hours a night and must be repeated every day until no more active lice are seen (will take several days, possibly a week).  You comb one small section at a time.\n\nEvery day, be sure to clean all your combs and brushes to dispose of any lice or nits.