Most treatments apply to all types of lice infestation and, particularly with head lice, treatments are an area of great controversy.
If pubic lice are treated effectively, the infestation will end. There are no long-term effects.
All types of lice are treated allopathically with insecticidal lotions, shampoos, or cream rinses. However, experts disagree about the effectiveness and/or safety of pediculicides.
Pediculosis corporsis- is an infestation with body lice.
Pediculosis this is an infestation of lice whether it be body lice, pubic lice or head lice.
An 'infestation'
Public lice are an infestation (of insects), not an infection.
Lice infestation does not provide immunity against reinfection; recurrences are in fact quite common.
If the infestation is not treated, the patient may develop complications that include headache, fever, and bacterial infection with scarring.
Lousy.
Lousy.
Absolutely not. Being around other people who already have lice gives you lice. People with dreadlocks are no more likely to get lice than anyone else would. And if infestation does occur, it can be just as easily treated as it would be on someone with non-dreaded hair.
Pubic lice infestation has no long-term effects.