insect/ Flashcards
Lice treatment is?
Permethrin x2 - 7 days
Side effect of chronic lice is?
Anemia
Woods lamp can diagnose?
Lice
Lindane is too toxic for lice and can cause?
Seizures
Mite infection that burrow is?
Scabies
Re-exposure to scabies can lead to?
Type 4 rxn.
Blue dot is a? web spaces, axilla, Crusted Scabies (Norweigan)
Scabies
Beg bugs tx?
Antipyretic, supportive, new mattresses
Hour glass on the abdomen, woodpiles, outhouses spider is?
Black widow
Pin prick, Bulls eye, muscle spasm, rigidity, tachy, HTN is due to a bite from a
Black widow
Black widow Diag?
See spider - never fatal
Black widow tx?
opioids, benzos, calcium, antivenom (horse)
Necrotic arachnidism - 3 eyes is due to a
brown recluse
Painless bite, cenrtal ulcer -> necrosis, poor wound healing is due to
brown recluse
brown recluse tx?
Supportive care, Dapsone, HBO