Pediculosis, is the technical term for infestation of lice. Lice are parasitic insects that live on the bodies of humans. Often times this condition is known by its more common street names: Head/Pubic/Body lice.
Some quick information:
- Children aged 3-10 and their families get Head lice more often
- Females are more likely to get head lice than males
- In the United States African-Americans have head lice less often
- Human lice do not occur on pets or other animals
- Lice do not have wings and cannot jump.
- Lice cannot burrow into the skin.
A lice are spread by direct contact with a person who is infested. Body lice are spread through first person contact with the body, clothing or any other items of a person that are already infested with lice. Pubic Lice are most often spread by intimate contact with an infested person. Head lice take place on the head hair of a person, body lice on the clothing, and pubic lice mainly on the hair in the groinal region of a person.
Each lice egg may hatch one nymph that will grow and develop to the adult size live. Lice when fully grown...