Body lice
Similar to head lice, these tiny parasitic insects live on clothes and can often be seen at the seams. They feed on the blood of the host, and can spread infections.
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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Baby 0-2 | Very common | ||||
Preteen 6-13 | Very common | ||||
Teenager 14-18 | Very common | ||||
Young adult 19-40 | Very common | ||||
Middle-aged adult 41-60 | Very common |
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What's the signs of body lice?
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Can you catch body lice or crabs in public? Like on bus seats or anything like that??
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Body lice burrow in skin, what should I do?
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Could use your help docs! my brother has body lice in his room?
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I've been itching lately and I'm scare it might be body lice. There's no bumbs just little dots?
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Can you get body lice from having head lice travel downwards?
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Can body lice harm my one month old baby?
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Could you potentially have scabies and body lice at the same time?
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What is clotrimole and betamethasone dipropionate used for body lice?
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Is there any way to find out which sexual partner was the first one who contracted body lice and or pubic lice?
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Can head lice or body lice live in your nose on your nose hair?
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Do Body Lice (pediculus humanus var corporis) most often lay eggs in clothing/bedding/apholstery(fabrics) where humans tend to relax at night? Is it true or false that Body Lice eggs on fabrics can take up to 2 weeks to hatch?
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Could infested head lice lead get in your finger nails and lead to body lice please help!?
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Can you get lice (body lice, head lice, pubic lice) by trying on clothes, hats.... or by using a public toilet room?
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