The condition of being infected with lice.
Infestation with lice. There are three specific forms: (a) the head louse, Pediculus humanus capitis’, (b) the body louse, Pediculus humanus corporis, and (c) the crab louse, Phthirus pubis.
A skin disease caused by being infested with lice.
Infestation with lice. Symptoms include intense itching, which often produces skin irritation that becomes secondarily infected. Treatment is by pediculicides.
Skin infection caused by lice infestation; denoted by the location: head (capitis), eyelashes (palpebrarum), body (corpus), or pubis.
An infestation with lice, which are ectoparasites that live on the human body. Pediculosis may affect the head, the body, or the pubic area. It is transmitted person to person by close physical contact or by contact with infested surfaces, including clothing, towels, bed linens, combs, and hats. Head lice infestation is common among school children. Overcrowded environments promote transmission.
An infestation of the body and/or scalp with lice of the genus Pediculus, which causes intense itching; continued scratching by the patient may result in bacterial infection of the skin. Untreated pediculosis of the scalp can lead to a condition in which the hair becomes matted together by the exudate from weeping skin lesions. Body lice are destroyed by dusting the body and clothes with an approved insecticide; head lice are eliminated with gamma benzene hexachloride.