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No scabies and head lice are not the same thing scabies are mites that live under your skin and lice are bugs that lice in the hair on your head when you have lice only your head itches when you have scabies your whole body itches especially in between your finger Ur butt and behind you legs elbows and arms
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∙ 6y agoNo. Scabies is caused by burrowing mites, while lice stay on the surface of skin or scalp to feed and breed. A cream that poisons the mite is the only effective treatment for scabies.
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∙ 10y agoBody lice and scabies are different. They are infestations with different insects.
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∙ 13y agoThere are head, body and pubic lice. They all tend to stay on their own areas.
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Are scabies the same as crabs?
No. Scabies is a microscopic mite that are usually found on dogs. "Crabs" a.k.a. "pubic lice", are lice. Like the lice that people get in their hair, but head lice and public lice are different in the way that they are physiologically built to infest certain parts of the body.
Is louse and lice the same thing?
yes a louse is singular lice is plural
Do lice like African hair?
Lice can exist in any type of hair; and scabies (body lice) exist without it.
What is the difference between pubic lice and scabies?
There isn't any different between head lice and pubic lice but how they look.
Does the lice can spray kill scabies off furniture?
Yes Get the Rand C spray it works for head and body lice.
Can mupirocin ointment be used for scabies?
Can you use mupirocin ointment on boils?
What conditions have similar symptoms to those of lice infestation?
The doctor will need to distinguish between head lice and dandruff; between body lice and scabies (a disease caused by skin mites); and between pubic lice and eczema.
What types of insect did the soldiers have problems with?
lice, scabies. In the South, there are chiggers(red bugs) and mosquitos.
What is a body lice?
it is where scabies, which are mites underneath the skin reproduce. you can treat this by simply applying cream.
Are head lice and hair lice the same thing?
Not exactly. Lice only like extra clean heads, while fleas aren't as picky as to hygiene and part of body. They are both parasites.
How do you detect lice?
A healthcare professional needs to distinguish between body lice and scabies--a disease caused by skin mites--and between pubic lice and eczema, a skin condition.
How likely is it that someone can get scabies from a massage?
Scabies is highly contagious! I would not recommend such contact unless you want someone else to get it too. If it is you who have it make sure you start the treatment cream as soon as you can, wash your sheets, towels, etc. If you don't know what scabies is think of it this way....it is basically lice under your skin. would you want to give someone with lice a massage?
