If you have untreated head lice, a bacterial infection requiring antibiotics can result. In rare, severe cases , head lice and nits can lead to iron deficiency anemia due to blood loss.

Lice are spread by direct “ head-to-head contact,” according to the Mayo Clinic. it could also be spread via items that an infested person has used, like hats, combs, brushes, towels, pillows ...

Head lice infestations have exploded globally, ... If untreated, these nits can multiply by the tens of thousands. 'Eventually, you could end up carrying 20,000 of these unwanted hitchhikers, ...

If body lice go untreated, ... (Pediculus humanus corporis) are different from head lice or pubic lice . Body lice bites are ...

An adult head louse can lay up to eight eggs every single day and when those eggs hatch out 7-10 days later each of those head lice will start laying eight eggs per day once they are fully grown ...

An adult head louse can lay up to eight eggs every single day and when those eggs hatch out 7-10 days later each of those head lice will start laying eight eggs per day once they are fully grown ...

Head lice used to be listed as a communicable disease, and had to report it to the Health Department, King added. We need your help to stay independent Subscribe today to support Salon's ...

Nearly 50% of the public mistakenly think head lice can be dangerous if left untreated, according to a survey. The research, by the Doctor Patient Partnership, reveals widely-held misconceptions about ...

From In the Matter of the Necessity for the Hospitalization of Lila B., decided Friday by the Alaska Supreme Court (in an opinion by Chief Justice Maassen): A woman with a severe head-lice ...

Materials . Human head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis) used in this work were received as untreated live head lice collected from infested patients and shipped the day of collection at room ...