Top answers from doctors based on your search:
can lice treatment kill scabies
A 46-year-old female asked:
Dr. James Ferguson answered
45 years experience Pediatrics
Takes time: The bumps appear as a skin reaction to the debris left in the tunnels the scabies leave under your skin.That reaction does not stop at the point of tr ... Read More
1
1 comment
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more. Get help now:
A 27-year-old female asked:
Dr. Katherine Mcgraw answered
19 years experience Pediatrics
Lice: Unlikely to treat scabies - if you think you may have scabies please go see your primary provider.
A 67-year-old member asked:
Dr. Swati Avashia answered
22 years experience Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
See link: This is a really good link: http://www.Askdrsears.Com/topics/childhood-illnesses/lice. Also see your doctor. If the nits are more than 1/4 inch away ... Read More
3
3 thanks
A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Heidi Fowler answered
24 years experience Psychiatry
Lice Treatment: Tx of lice requires accurate identification of nits ; lice. A pediculicide is usually used- otc like nix (permethrin) or rid or prescription meds li ... Read More
A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Natalie Geary answered
29 years experience Pediatrics
Head lice: If you use rid or another over the counter treament, you only use it once, rinse and comb out hair. Some repeat in a week. I have not seen it change t ... Read More
A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Edith Allen answered
22 years experience Pediatrics
No: The manufacturer recommends to leave it on the patient's hair for 10 minutes. Most importantly, this is an insecticide that paralyze the lice, thus wh ... Read More
1
1 thank
A 51-year-old member asked:
Dr. Pavel Conovalciuc answered
22 years experience Family Medicine
Kerosene: When I was a child, my mom used kerosene on my head to kill (suffocate) the lice. I survived and it worked. Whether you should use it or not, I don't ... Read More
A female asked:
Dr. James Ferguson answered
45 years experience Pediatrics
Doubt it will work: Active lice lay their eggs at the scalp line.You will see some further out because the hair grows out with the incubating egg attached.You are bound t ... Read More
A member asked:
Dr. Katharine Cox answered
44 years experience Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Wet combing: May be the most effective method besides pesticides. This involves using a substance such as crime rinse and a fine toothed comb. Combing is done unt ... Read More
A 51-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jay Park answered
49 years experience Pediatrics
Permethrin: Permethrin cream rinse or lotion (elimite, nix, (permethrin) acticin). May repeat in 7-10 days. Resistant cases requires lindane or malathione presc ... Read More
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more. Get help now:
People also searched for:
Connect by text or video with a U.S. board-certified doctor now — wait time is less than 1 minute!
Unlimited visits
$10/month