{"id":16629,"date":"2020-04-29T01:51:52","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T04:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/es\/wiki\/infestacion-de-piojos\/"},"modified":"2020-05-03T15:37:32","modified_gmt":"2020-05-03T18:37:32","slug":"lice-infestation-2","status":"publish","type":"wiki","link":"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/wiki\/infestacion-de-piojos\/","title":{"rendered":"Lice infestation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<section class=\"textBlock\">\n<h2>What is a louse?<\/h2>\n<p>A louse (plural lice) is a small insect that lives on humans <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"122\">hair<\/span> and clothing and can be seen with the naked eye. Lice are well camouflaged and reflect the color of the surroundings.<\/p>\n<p>The medical term for a <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"145\">infection<\/span> or <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"147\">infestation<\/span> with lice it is called pediculosis. <\/p>\n<section class=\"textBlock imageLinkBlockTitle\">\n<h5 class=\"colour--primary\">Lice<\/h5>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"imageLinkBlock\">\n<div class=\"flex\">\n<div class=\"imageLinkBlock__item__image\">\n<p>                        <img alt='head-lice-19__protectwyjqcm90zwn0il0_focusfillwzi5ncwymjisingildfd-1625776-5316210' src='https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/head-lice-19__ProtectWyJQcm90ZWN0Il0_FocusFillWzI5NCwyMjIsIngiLDFd-1625776.jpg'>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p-small\">Lice<\/p>\n<div class=\"imageLinkBlock__item__image\">\n<p>                        <img alt='head-lice-20__protectwyjqcm90zwn0il0_focusfillwzi5ncwymjisingildfd-9926433-2674556' src='https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/head-lice-20__ProtectWyJQcm90ZWN0Il0_FocusFillWzI5NCwyMjIsIngiLDFd-9926433.jpg'>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p-small\">Lice<\/p>\n<div class=\"imageLinkBlock__item__image\">\n<p>                        <img alt='pubic-lice__protectwyjqcm90zwn0il0_focusfillwzi5ncwymjisingildfd-1416277-4255234' src='https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/pubic-lice__ProtectWyJQcm90ZWN0Il0_FocusFillWzI5NCwyMjIsIngiLDFd-1416277.jpg'>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p-small\">Pubic lice<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"clearfix imageLinkBlock\"><\/div>\n<p>Lice are ectoparasites that live on the human body. They are wingless and have six legs to which are attached strong claws that they use to firmly grasp hair shafts or fibers of clothing. With their penetrating mouthparts they pierce the skin to feed on human blood. They also inject an itchy saliva. Lice can survive for up to 10 days without feeding if they shed their humans <span class=\"term\" data-term-id=\"1313\">host<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>There are three types of lice that infest humans.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pediculus humanus var. capitis - lice\n<\/li>\n<li>Pediculus humanus var. corporis - body lice\n<\/li>\n<li>Phthirus pubis - pubic lice\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lice, the most common infestation in humans, are colloquially known as lice, and their eggs are called nits. Pubic lice are smaller than the other two species and have a short, crab-like body, hence the common name for pubic lice, &#039;crabs&#039;.<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00bfQu\u00e9 es un piojo? Un piojo (piojos plural) es un peque\u00f1o insecto que vive en humanos cabello y ropa y se puede ver a simple vista. Los piojos est\u00e1n bien&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[204],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16629","wiki","type-wiki","status-publish","format-standard","category-glosario-definiciones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wiki\/16629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wiki"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wiki"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wiki\/16629\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctorhoogstra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}