Treatment of Pubic lice
Pubic Lice treatment is simple and involves making use of lotion, cream or shampoo. Basically, person has to thoroughly use the prescribed shampoo or lotion into the pubic hair for at least 5 minutes. Lotion is applied to affected areas including scalp. After rinsing well with water, comb hair with fine-toothed comb. It is necessary to wash clothes and towels in hot water. If you are pregnant or breast-feeding, then do inform about the same to your doctors, so accordingly, treatment is given to you. Moreover, it is important that sexual partners and other family members infected with lice infestation must be treated at the same time.
Prescription like Elimite, Kwell, Rid and Nix, malathione lotion, permethrin dermal cream, etc is recommended by major doctors. Rid and Nix are over-the-counter medications prescribed by pharmacists. According to the Centers for Disease Control “Over-the-counter treatments of Pubic lice contain either combination of pyrethrins and piperonyl butoxide or permethrin as an active ingredient to kill live pubic lice”. Although, infection gets treated effectively with single treatment, another treatment can be carried out successfully after completion of 4 days or 1 week, if required. Shaving should be strictly avoided after taking the lice treatment. On an average, an adult needs 20-30 gm of cream or 100ml of lotion is considered suitable to apply on the whole body. It is advised not to indulged in any kind of sexual activities till the treatment gets completed. It is noteworthy to disclose that without treatment, pubic lice won’t go away. Good personal hygiene is recommended to prevent infestation of the pubic lice is one of the best ways to keep lice infestation at bay.
Written by: healthplus24.com
Date last updated: December 04, 2009
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