CLINICAL MEDICINE

Detailed explanation-1: -Body lice are parasitic insects that live on clothing and bedding used by infested persons. Body lice frequently lay their eggs on or near the seams of clothing. Body lice must feed on blood and usually only move to the skin to feed.

Detailed explanation-2: -Your clothing seams are the most common places for body lice to lay their eggs (nits). You can become infested with body lice if you come into close contact with a person who has body lice, or with clothing or bedding that is infested with body lice.

Detailed explanation-3: -A body lice infestation is treated by improving the personal hygiene of the infested person, including assuring a regular (at least weekly) change of clean clothes. Clothing, bedding, and towels used by the infested person should be laundered using hot water (at least 130°F) and machine dried using the hot cycle.

Detailed explanation-4: -Pediculus humanus capitis (head louse), Pediculus humanus corporis (body louse, clothes louse), and. Pthirus pubis (“crab” louse, pubic louse).