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Is There Any Internal Medication For Lies ?
hi..i work for the county and we have aclient that has a terrible case of bed biugs and lice..and nits..he must have hundreds on him..what are the health risks?his mom wont let us shower him..can he get internal infection from being so infested..this is going on for amonth or so sunce we caught it..thank you for tyour time
Tue, 18 Feb 2014
nopes,
most of the ectoparasital drugs works externally via skin application.
You are advised to motivate him to bathe regularly with some anti parasitic soaps available OTC or just simple shower at least.
It can in future lead to some internal infection or septicemia if the bugs persists.
Regards
Dr Hari Om Chandrakar
MBBS
most of the ectoparasital drugs works externally via skin application.
You are advised to motivate him to bathe regularly with some anti parasitic soaps available OTC or just simple shower at least.
It can in future lead to some internal infection or septicemia if the bugs persists.
Regards
Dr Hari Om Chandrakar
MBBS
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