What medicine is used to treat pubic lice? The fastest way to eradicate pubic lice is with what medicine

Lice disease is a skin disease caused by lice and occurs worldwide. Lice are a type of lice disease that can be transmitted through sexual contact and are often common in couples, particularly in women. In recent years, it has become popular in the United States and Western Europe. So, what are the treatment methods for lice?

1. Treatment principle: early diagnosis and timely treatment; The treatment plan must be personalized; Regular treatment and follow-up; Tracing the source of infection, checking and treating; Sexual partners should be examined and treated simultaneously.

2. The ideal therapeutic drug should be able to effectively kill lice, adults, and eggs simultaneously. Before treatment, patients should shave off their pubic hair and soak their underwear and bed sheets in boiling water to kill insects.

The commonly used clinical methods are as follows:

(1) General treatment: Shaving off pubic hair, underwear, menstrual bands, and bathing equipment should be boiled and disinfected to maintain cleanliness and hygiene. Patients should avoid sexual activity to avoid infecting others. Because pubic hair is the place where lice parasitize, lice without pubic hair will lose their necessary parasitic habitat. So in order to receive thorough treatment, it is generally required to shave and burn pubic hair, and completely eliminate the environment in which lice rely for survival. In addition, lice have powerful claws and often tightly grasp the hair shaft, making it difficult to separate. Therefore, shaving off the pubic hair is a necessary treatment method.

(2) Drug therapy

Lin Dan (1%)（ γ- Hexachlorobenzene, γ- 666): The dosage forms include lotions, shampoos, and creams. This drug has the effect of killing adult and egg of pubic lice. The usage is to apply the medication to the affected area, wash the medication after 8 hours, observe for 3-5 days, and if it does not heal, repeat the treatment once. Due to excessive absorption of drugs, it can cause adverse reactions in the nervous system, and there are even reports that Lin Dan（ γ- 666) is toxic to artificial blood stem cells, therefore it should not be used in pregnant women, children, patients with extensive epidermal shedding and multiple skin lesions of the scrotum. Its adverse reactions may also result in local irritation symptoms that subside after a few days; After applying medication, I occasionally feel dizzy and disappear 1-2 days later. After long-term and extensive use, drugs may also have significant toxic effects on the central nervous system due to absorption by the skin, such as seizures; A few patients may develop urticaria.

b) Malathion Lotion (78% ethanol with 0.5% malathion added): This drug has the effect of killing lice, adults, and eggs. The method of use is to apply the medication to the affected area and wash it after 8-12 hours. It should be noted that this drug has a foul odor due to the release of thiol groups through hydrolysis, and is flammable before the complete evaporation of ethanol. It should be used with caution.