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Humans , Animals , Male , Female , Child , Adolescent , Lice Infestations/epidemiology , Pediculus , Scalp Dermatoses/epidemiology , Indians, North American , Lice Infestations/parasitology , Lice Infestations/transmission , Scalp Dermatoses/parasitology , Socioeconomic Factors , Sex Factors , Prevalence , Cross-Sectional Studies , Risk Factors , Age Factors , Mexico/epidemiologyABSTRACT
La enfermedad producida por Pediculus humanus capitis, conocida como pediculosis, es una parasitosis específica del ser humano de distribución mundial. El contagio puede ser directo por contacto con el cuero cabelludo de una persona afectada, o por fómites contaminados con parásitos, por lo que no distingue raza, sexo, edad ni nivel socioeconómico. Presentamos el caso de una paciente de 80 años con una forma típica de pediculosis. (AU)
The disease caused by Pediculus humanus capitis, known as pediculosis, is a human specific parasitosis. It has a worldwide distribution. Transmission can be by direct contact with the scalp of an affected person or by contaminated fomites with parasites. This infestation makes no distinction of race, sex, age, or socioeconomic status. We present a case of an 80 years old patient with a typical case of pediculosis. (AU)
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Humans , Female , Aged, 80 and over , Lice Infestations/diagnosis , Lice Infestations/therapy , Dermatology , Lice Infestations/prevention & control , Lice Infestations/transmission , Pediculus/drug effects , Pediculus/pathogenicity , Hexachlorocyclohexane/administration & dosage , Ivermectin/administration & dosage , Insecticide Resistance , Permethrin/administration & dosage , Insecticides/therapeutic use , Malathion/administration & dosageABSTRACT
A Pediculose é uma doença de importância para a saúde pública. Acredita-se que medidas educacionais colaborem para o sucesso do tratamento e da prevenção desta patologia. Este trabalho, realizado em escolas do Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brasil, apresenta o discurso de professores de ensino fundamental sobre a forma como a Pediculose é transmitida. As informações foram obtidas através de entrevistas e analisadas pelo Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo. Revelaram-se quatorze categorias. Algumas apresentavam formas corretas de transmissão: através de contato físico e corporal do tipo "cabeça com cabeça", com pessoas que têm Pediculose. Porém, outras revelaram o seu desconhecimento: o piolho voa, o piolho pula de uma cabeça para outra, através das lêndeas. Estes resultados demonstram a existência de professores que desconhecem a forma como a patologia é transmitida. Isto diminui a possibilidade que estes profissionais têm para colaborarem efetivamente na prevenção desta patologia nas escolas, assim como para a promoção da saúde de seus alunos.
Pediculosis is a public health pathology. Educational methods would certainly colaborate to the success of the treatment and prevention of this pathology. This study, developed in Rio de Janeiro's schools (RJ), Brazil, demonstrates the primary teachers' discourse on how pediculosis is transmitted. The pieces of information were obtained from interviews and analized by the Discourse of the Collective Subject method. Fourteen categories were revealed. Some correct ways of transmission were presented, for example: through physical and corporal contact, like "head to head", with people who have pediculosis. On the other hand, some of these categories revealed lack of knowledge about the subject: the lice fly; the lice jump from one's head to anothers'; through the nits. These results demonstrated that there are teachers that don't know about the transmission of this pathology. For this reason, the possibility that these teachers have to collaborate effectively to its prevention in schools diminishes; the same occurs with the health promotion of their students.
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Humans , Male , Female , Child , Adolescent , Faculty , Health Education , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Health Promotion , Lice Infestations/epidemiology , Lice Infestations/prevention & control , Lice Infestations/transmission , School Health Services , Schools , Socioeconomic FactorsABSTRACT
This study is aimed to assess the problem of head lice among primary female students in the city of Al Khobar, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. A model [DPSEEA] adopted by the World Health Organization [WHO] was used. It is also aimed to find the geographical distribution of head lice. A total of 100 female children manifested with head lice were identified from 40 schools in Al Khobar city. They were interviewed in the School Health Clinic in Al-Khobar using a structured questionnaire. Their weight and height were measured, BMI was calculated. The results showed that the mean number of family members of the studied population was nine persons living mostly in an apartment of 3-4 rooms. About 55% of the infested girls had sisters with similar problem. Thirty per cent did not use any medication or does not know the name of the medicine previously used More than half of the girls used sharing combs and 40% used sharing towels. About 36% of the mothers claimed that the schools were the source of the infestation. There was a statistically significant association between use of medications by infected girls and father's education, and a statistically significant association between use of personal towel by infected girls and mother's education, father's education, and number of family members respectively. A map of head lice distribution that had been produced in this study, using GIS, showed that "Al Thoqba" area reported the highest infestation. A matrix for future strategies was produced in order to control this health problem