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Results 1 - 10 of 11 for lice
  1. Body Lice (National Library of Medicine)  
    What are body lice? Body lice (also called clothes lice) are tiny insects which live and lay nits (lice eggs) on clothing. They are parasites, and they ...
  2. Head Lice (National Library of Medicine)  
    What are head lice? Head lice are tiny insects that live on people's heads. Adult lice are about the size of sesame seeds. The eggs, called nits, ... smaller - about the size of a dandruff flake. Lice and nits are found on or near the ...
  3. Pubic Lice (National Library of Medicine)  
    What are pubic lice? Pubic lice (also called crabs) are tiny insects which usually live in the pubic or genital area of humans. They are also sometimes ...
  4. Sexually Transmitted Infections (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... including: Chlamydia Genital herpes Gonorrhea HIV HPV Pubic lice Syphilis Trichomoniasis What causes sexually transmitted infections (STIs)? ...
  5. Skin Infections (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... athlete's foot and yeast infections Parasites cause body lice, head lice, and scabies Who is more likely to get ...
  6. Infectious Diseases (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... or in other living things. Malaria and head lice are infections that are caused by parasites. How ...
  7. Itching (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... Parasites such as pinworms, scabies, head and body lice Pregnancy Liver, kidney, or thyroid diseases Certain cancers ...
  8. MRSA (National Library of Medicine)  
    MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. It causes a staph infection (pronounced "staff infection") that is resistant to several common ...
  9. Parasitic Diseases (National Library of Medicine)  
    Parasites are living things that use other living things - like your body - for food and a place to live. You can get them from contaminated food or water, a bug bite, ...
  10. Pinworms (National Library of Medicine)  
    Pinworms are small parasites that can live in the colon and rectum. You get them when you swallow their eggs. The eggs hatch inside your intestines. While you ...
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