Lice or scabies? The itch is worse at night
Itching badly, worse in bed, and I cannot see anything obvious. Everything I read describes both and I cannot tell them apart.
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replies 1 month, 1 week ago
Pubic lice
Crabs. Identification, treatment, laundering and bedding, and preventing reinfestation.
Do I have to shave everything off?
First instinct was to shave. A friend says that does nothing and makes the skin worse.
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Can I catch them from someone with no symptoms?
Partner has nothing and no itching at all, but I have been diagnosed. Does that mean it did not come from them?
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They are in my eyebrows as well
Found them in the eyebrows. Do I use the same lotion higher up?
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How long do they survive away from a person?
Trying to work out how paranoid to be about the flat.
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Do I re-treat if I cannot find any live ones?
Treated a week ago. I have gone over everything in good light and I cannot find anything moving, though there are still things attached to the…
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Treated a week ago and eggs are still attached
Nothing moving that I can see, but there are still small pale things stuck to the hairs. Has the treatment failed?
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Do I need to burn my bedding?
Half of what I read says wash everything on the hottest setting and half says it barely matters because they don't survive off a person for…
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Treatment failed twice. Is resistance a thing?
Two rounds of the same over the counter treatment, applied properly, and I am still finding live ones. Do these things stop working?
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Partner refuses treatment because he is not itching
He says if he had them he would know. I do not want to go through this twice.
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Should I get a full screen as well?
Diagnosed at a pharmacy, treated, done. A friend says I should have had a full sexual health screen too. Overkill?
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Found one on an eyelash. Can I use the same lotion?
Being thorough after treating and found one on my lashes. Can I just apply the same lotion carefully?
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Blue grey marks on my skin
Small slate coloured marks on my thighs and lower abdomen. They do not itch and they were not there before this started.
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How long until I am not contagious?
Treated yesterday. Partner, gym, shared house. When am I safe to be around people normally?
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Is there a tablet for this?
The lotion is messy and I have a lot of hair. Is there an oral option?
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Children in the house, do I need to worry?
Diagnosed and now anxious about my kids, sharing a bathroom and sofas and so on.
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What do I do with things I cannot wash?
Bedding and clothes are dealt with. What about a duvet that does not fit my machine, and a couple of things that would be ruined by…
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Second application. How many days apart?
Told to repeat it but I have lost the leaflet and I cannot remember the interval.
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Treated twice and still itching
Two rounds of treatment a week apart and I am still itching. I cannot tell any more whether I still have them or whether I am…
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replies 3 months ago
Do I need to tell everyone I have slept with?
It feels like a much less serious thing to raise than an infection, but also they would probably want to know.
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replies 3 months, 1 week ago
Still itching two weeks after treatment
No live lice that I can find. The itch has not gone. Do I treat again?
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replies 3 months, 1 week ago
Could I have got them from a hotel bed?
Trying to account for it without an obvious source. Is bedding a realistic route?
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replies 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Would bleaching or dyeing kill them?
Seen this suggested in a few places. Sounds like it would hurt.
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replies 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Pregnant and need treatment
Diagnosed and pregnant. The packet warnings have made me nervous about using anything.
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Can I go to work?
Diagnosed yesterday. Feeling like I should be quarantining and aware that might be ridiculous.
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