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plain_paper 2 months ago

What matters is whether you find anything alive after the treatment interval you were given. Live lice after correctly completed treatment is the sign of failure, not the presence of shells.

plain_paper 2 months ago

If your exposure was months back, a negative rapid test is meaningful. If it was recent, a lab test will give you a conclusive answer sooner than waiting out the rapid test window.

plain_paper 2 months ago

Two separate issues. One is the treatment itself: several of the topical treatments should not be in contact with a partner and can damage condoms, so the usual advice is to avoid sex while the product is on the skin.

The other is transmission, which is a longer conversation and does not end when treatment does.

plain_paper 3 months ago

Friction and skin trauma are commonly reported triggers, so it is not an unreasonable observation. Irritated skin also makes it harder to tell an outbreak from razor bumps, which muddies the picture further.

plain_paper 3 months ago

Worth asking what his screen actually covered too. A negative on four infections from a urine sample is often what people mean by a full screen, and it is not the same thing.

plain_paper 4 months ago

Ask at each appointment what the plan is and what result would end it. Having a defined finish line made the year much easier for me than open ended attendance.

plain_paper 5 months ago

Clinics know that a meaningful proportion of people never return for results, and the treat on suspicion approach exists because of that reality rather than because of certainty about the diagnosis.

plain_paper 5 months ago

The appropriate topical treatments are prescription products in most places precisely because of this. The cost difference is real, but so is the damage.

plain_paper 5 months ago

Ask the pharmacist for the appropriate product rather than choosing off the shelf. Not everything in that section is intended for this area.

plain_paper 5 months ago

Suppressive treatment towards the end of pregnancy is commonly used to reduce the chance of an outbreak at the wrong moment. That decision is theirs to make with you, but it is the standard tool and it is worth knowing it exists.

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