These otherwise harmless parasites can cause itchiness and discomfort. A video seen over a million times online shows a man with a really bad case of head lice (and we're not joking!).
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This poor fellow was suffering with body lice infestation. They are about 1⁄16 to 1⁄8 inch long. But there is plenty of bad news where this parasite is concerned.
Lice are easily spread — especially by schoolchildren — through close personal contact your child may have nits in his or her hair but not necessarily develop a case of head lice.
A video seen over a million times online shows a man with a really bad case of head lice (and we're not joking!). Cdc reports that cases number in the hundreds of millions worldwide. Lice eggs can rarely be transmitted through sharing personal objects, such as combs, elastic bands, towels, pillow cases etc. There are several species or kinds of lice that feed on people. Nits can be found in garments. Head lice have existed on humans for thousands of years. They cement the egg, called a 'nit', to a hair shaft usually within an inch of the host scalp. While lice do not carry any diseases, having them can be itchy and uncomfortable. While lice can occasionally cause significant. Females lay about six eggs a day. Know that in most cases these complications are rare. Thousands of lice were residing on his body and his clothes were filled with lices. Read about head lice, body lice, and crabs, or pubic lice. Parents should remember that young children are particularly vulnerable to outbreaks but that quick intervention can prevent anything on this scale, he said. That makes it 100 times harder to get rid of. It becomes a bad case when they start laying nits/eggs. In 1999, the european commission for human rights referred the case ayder and others v. Matthew gass of the british association of dermatologists (bad) described the infestation as an extremely severe case of head lice.
