When your bathing suit rubs against your skin, it triggers the larvae to sting, releasing toxins. This reaction causes an itchy, red rash known as seabather’s eruption. Sea lice are commonly ...

Sea lice aren't lice at all ... The trouble comes when these babies get caught between your skin and your bathing suit, or even in your hair. About 4-24 hours later, you start to itch and sting.

Your GP or staff at a sexual health clinic can diagnose pubic lice or scabies. Pubic lice and scabies are passed on through skin-to-skin contact. Pubic lice (also called crabs) and scabies are ...

School’s back and that means head lice will once again plague households with primary school-aged children. Here’s what you can to do to bust those nits.

Question: We have had scabies in our house for months, despite treatment and following all the guidelines. I heard somewhere that they are becoming resistant to treatment, like lice. Is that true and ...

Head lice are blood-sucking insects about the size of a sesame seed and are tan to grayish-white in color. They attach themselves to the skin of the head (scalp) and lay eggs (nits) in the hair.

No. Head lice are annoying and their bites may cause skin reactions. But Australian health authorities don't consider lice a health risk. There is no evidence that head lice can spread pathogens ...