Treatment of head lice

Ibarra, Joanna; Fry, F. A.; Wickenden, Clarice

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(05)72974-3

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“…The fact that children were least often infested is interesting. In modern societies, children are most often infested (Mellanby 1942, Ibarra 1989, Mumcuoglu et al 1990, Ibarra & Hall 1996, Ibarra et al 2000. Children from large families are more likely to be infested than children from small families.…”

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Louse infestation of the Chiribaya Culture, Southern Peru: variation in prevalence by age and sex

Reinhard

Buikstra

2003

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz

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Louse infestation of the Chiribaya Culture, Southern Peru: variation in prevalence by age and sex

Reinhard

Buikstra

2003

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz

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“…The number of families in the UK who purchased a BBK increased annually from the launch of the pilot model. A new Bug Buster comb has been introduced, designed expressly to slide efficiently underneath lice at scalp level, and lift out newly‐hatched nymphs, whilst still passing easily through the hair (Ibarra 1998, Ibarra et al. 2000a,b).…”

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confidence: 95%

Overcoming health inequalities by using the Bug Busting ‘whole‐school approach’ to eradicate head lice

Ibarra¹,

Fry²,

Wickenden³

et al. 2007

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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“…Recently, most Western countries have encouraged physical methods to treat head louse infestation, either alone or as a component of conventional insecticidal treatments 1 2. The commonest method used in the United Kingdom is wet combing with conditioner, known as “bug busting” (Community Hygiene Concern, London).…”

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Treatment of head louse infestation with 4% dimeticone lotion: randomised controlled equivalence trial

Burgess¹,

Brown²,

2005

BMJ

128

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Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of 4% dimeticone lotion for treatment of head louse infestation. Design Randomised controlled equivalence trial. Setting Community, with home visits. Participants 214 young people aged 4 to 18 years and 39 adults with active head louse infestation. Interventions Two applications seven days apart of either 4.0% dimeticone lotion, applied for eight hours or overnight, or 0.5% phenothrin liquid, applied for 12 hours or overnight. Outcome measures Cure of infestation (no evidence of head lice after second treatment) or reinfestation after cure. Results Cure or reinfestation after cure occurred in 89 of 127 (70%) participants treated with dimeticone and 94 of 125 (75%) treated with phenothrin (difference − 5%, 95% confidence interval − 16% to 6%). Per protocol analysis showed that 84 of 121 (69%) participants were cured with dimeticone and 90 of 116 (78%) were cured with phenothrin. Irritant reactions occurred significantly less with dimeticone (3/127, 2%) than with phenothrin (11/125, 9%; difference − 6%, − 12% to − 1%). Per protocol this was 3 of 121 (3%) participants treated with dimeticone and 10 of 116 (9%) treated with phenothrin (difference − 6%, − 12% to − 0.3%). Conclusion Dimeticone lotion cures head louse infestation. Dimeticone seems less irritant than existing treatments and has a physical action on lice that should not be affected by resistance to neurotoxic insecticides.

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Treatment of head lice

Cited by 9 publications

References 3 publications

Louse infestation of the Chiribaya Culture, Southern Peru: variation in prevalence by age and sex

Louse infestation of the Chiribaya Culture, Southern Peru: variation in prevalence by age and sex

Overcoming health inequalities by using the Bug Busting ‘whole‐school approach’ to eradicate head lice

Treatment of head louse infestation with 4% dimeticone lotion: randomised controlled equivalence trial

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