Head Lice

Overview

Condition Specific Sites

Symptoms

  • Intense itching
  • Lice on the scalp, the body, clothing, or pubic or other body hair
  • Lice eggs (nits) on hair shafts. Nits resemble tiny pussy willow buds. Nits can be mistaken for dandruff, but unlike dandruff they can't be easily brushed out of hair.
  • Small, red bumps on the scalp, neck and shoulders

Treatments

Ogranizations and Patient-Centered Sites