Parasitic Infections + Protozoa Infection

Pediculosis capitis

head lice

Pediculosis

public lice

Lice treatment

OTC permethrin shampoo, comb nits, wash bed sheets, do not share items

Scabies

mites burrow in skin, contagious

Tx permethrin cream 5% + oral ivermectin

Helminths

parasitic worms

Roundworms

ingested, migrate to lungs and intestines

- cough, obstruction, low appetite

Tx albenadazole

Hookworms

enter through skin wound, suck blood and cause anemia

Tx albendazole

Pinworms

live in colon and cause intense nighttime anal itching

- diagnosed with tape test

Tx mebendazole

Giardiasis

Protozoa infection from contaminated water

- common in daycare

- cysts grow in intestine

- greasy, foul diarrhea from malabsorption

Tx metronidazole