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Is head lice a type of parasite?

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Public lice are parasitic insects.Neither. It's a parasite.


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To answer your question is to know the definition of a parasite: a species organism which nourishes itself at the expense of an organism of another species which it affects adversely but does not immediately destroy.


Is head lice deadly?

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How do you get rid of a parasite?

Parasites are species specific and target different areas - for example- Head Lice attack the scalp, tapeworms attack the gut and poison ivy attacks trees- There is no way one way to get rid of a parasite- elimination of the parasite depends on the specific parasite and its corresponding medicine/pill/spray etc..


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Can a parasite breed on the human scalp?

It's called lice.


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