Revulsion and alarm. These are the typical first reactions of parents whose children come home from school with head lice. But experts say parents shouldn't let panic upend their homes needlessly as they race about trying to rid their kids - and possibly themselves - of the sesame seed-sized parasites. People tend to just freak with this, says Steve Pray, a professor at the School of Pharmacy at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in the US. One of the first things you have to do in a counseling session is calm them down. A minimalist approach is going to be better here. Millions around the globe affected Another thing you should realize about head lice is you're not alone. As many as six million to 12 million people worldwide get head lice every year, according to …
Collembola (Springtails) (Arthropoda: Hexapoda: Entognatha) Found In Scrapings From Individuals Diagnosed With Delusory Parasitosis
Twenty individuals diagnosed with delusory parasitosis participated in a single site clinical study under the auspices of the National Pediculosis Association (NPA) and the Oklahoma State Department of Health. The objective of this study was to determine if there were any common factors in skin scrapings collected from this population. These individuals, whose symptoms were originally attributed to lice or scabies, were part of a larger group reporting symptoms of stinging/biting and/or crawling to the NPA. Multiple skin scrapings from each person were microscopically examined. Any and all fields of view that appeared incongruous to normal human skin were digitally photographed. When the photographic images were initially evaluated, no common factor was identified. However, more extensive …