Pubic pediculosis or fthiracy - Causes, symptoms and treatment. MF.

Pubic pediculosis or fthiracy is a parasitic skin disease caused by pubic lice. It was described for the first time back in 1668.Unlike the head and clothing lice, these parasites are kept on the hair with only three legs and move sideways from the hair to the trunk and back. The female is larger than the male, the length of its body is about 1.5 millimeters. The size of the male is up to 1 millimeter. They feed on human blood. He lays the nits( eggs) on the root of the hair.

Pubic louse under the microscope

Causes of infection with phthiarian

Most often, pubic louse is transmitted by sexual contact, contact with the skin of a sick person during intercourse, as well as using common clothes, bed, baths, showers.

If a sexual infection occurs, lice are most often found in the pubic region, perineum, around the anus. At home - on hair of a breast, axillary area, eyelashes. The children described cases of fthiaris and on the scalp. But this is all conditional: if you do not treat the disease, then it is possible to multiply and migrate pubic lice throughout the body. When using a common towel, bed, it is possible that the lice will settle on the pubic.

Symptoms of fthiroid

The main symptom is an itch of different intensity, which appears due to insect bites and depends on the individual characteristics of the organism. Not an experienced eye you can not see a parasite on your body. The pubic louse looks like a grain of gray-brown color, which is located at the root of the hair. The nits are of gray color, attached to the hair.

Pubic body louse with a strong increase

Inflammation of the skin after bites of pubic lice

With the above symptoms it is best to immediately consult a dermatovenereologist. You can object to me that there have been successful cases of self-treatment. But you can confuse fthiracy with allergic skin diseases. People start to use hormonal ointments, and on hormones all living things grow and grow. The louse "will say only thanks."When the insect bites "open the gate" for other microbial skin infections, pustules appear. It is not effective treatment with alcohol solutions, ointments with antibiotics, since the cause( the pubic louse itself) is not eliminated. There is an erroneous opinion that fthiracy is a disease not of clean people. Which, of course, is not true. Believe me, lice do not care when you last used a shower, a minute ago or a year and what body to parasitize, on a clean or dirty one. So do not hesitate and go to see a doctor.

Diagnosis of pubic licekidosis

The diagnosis of fthiroidal difficulties in physicians does not call itself. The diagnosis is made at visual inspection. The disease is treated well. But I recommend to be examined for other sexually transmitted infections. After all, it is possible that other ZPPPs have been obtained with phthiracy.

Treatment for pubic pediculosis

In the modern pharmaceutical industry, many drugs have been developed for the treatment of pediculosis in the form of sprays, shampoos, ointments, emulsions that destroy parasites. For example, the medofax from which the solution is prepared. Just note the aerosol "Spray-Pax", which within half an hour "kills" pubic lice and their nits. All of the above means can not be used in pregnancy and lactation( breast-feeding).In this case, it is better to use 33% sulfuric ointment. Of course, the smell will be unpleasant( smell of sulfur), but it will help to keep your baby healthy. When the parasites are localized on the eyebrows and eyelashes, they are mechanically removed and treated with a yellow mercury ointment.

The use of some shampoos for the treatment of pubic lice, as noted by me, is not very effective, and it is possible to use them only as an adjuvant the next day after the main drug. All medicines are sold without a prescription.

Since lice and nits can get on clothes, bed linen, the obligatory condition, to avoid recurrence of the disease, is their thermal treatment: boiling, ironing on both sides. The same should be done with towels and a washcloth. We treat the bath with disinfectants. Infected hair is completely shaved, removing lice and nits, with the exception of eyelashes. Both partners and people who were in close contact with the patient are treated with him, regardless of whether they have a disease or not.

Folk remedies for the fthiroid

Earlier, when the pharmacological industry was not developed, people did resort to folk remedies or drugs that were known at this stage. These funds, more often than not, are no less toxic than the drugs sold in pharmacies, but they can have a negative result. We live in the 21st century, and the views of science are changing. For example, the use of dichlorvos is very harmful to the body and is now prohibited. Cranberry juice treatment is possible, as an auxiliary, on the day after the main treatment, but it is often allergic and burns, as well as turpentine with its special smell.

Complications of pubic pediculosis

Complications of fthiracy appear due to the fact that due to bites and combs, an "entrance gate" for microorganisms is formed. It all begins with banal pyoderma( pustular skin diseases).And then the infection can get and lymph nodes( lymphodenitis), subcutaneously - fatty tissue( boils, carbuncles, abscesses).Then, with a weakened body - and into the blood( blood infection).In this case, you can not do without serious operational measures.

Prevention of fthiroid

The most reliable prophylaxis of pubic lice is the complete elimination of casual sexual intercourse, use of other people's clothes and bed linen, the use of a shower after suspicious household contacts, it is better with tar soap that has a detrimental effect on lice.

Consultation of the dermatovenereologist in pubic pediculosis

Question: Is it possible to infect pubic lice from cats and dogs?
Answer: No. A louse does not live on an animal's body.

Question: How long does the incubation period last for phthyriasis?
Answer: Up to 1 month.

Question: How fast do pubic lice die by boiling?
Answer: At once. That's why it is recommended for the treatment of bed linen and bed linen.

Doctor dermatovenereologist Mansurov AS