PEDICULOSIS

Course overview

PEDICULOSIS (LOUSE INFESTATION) AFFECTS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WORLDWIDE EACH YEAR AND HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN ALL COUNTRIES AND WITHIN ALL SOCIOECONOMIC CLASSES. THE THREE VARIETIES THAT ARE PARASITIC TO HUMANS ARE PEDICULUS HUMANUS CAPITIS (HEAD LOUSE), PTHIRUS PUBIS (CRAB LOUSE), AND PEDICULUS HUMANUS (BODY LOUSE). HEAD LICE CROSS ALL SOCIOECONOMIC BARRIERS, WHEREAS BODY LICE MORE COMMONLY AFFECT HOMELESS AND DISPLACED POPULATIONS. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS HOW TO PROPERLY EVALUATE AND TREAT PEDICULOSIS AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN CARING FOR PATIENTS WITH THIS CONDITION.