Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Tabuenca Del Barrio, Laura
• Mozo Cuadrado, Marcos
• Zubicoa Enériz, Alicia
• Martínez de Espronceda Ezquerro, Iñigo

Titel

Itching eyes after itching around the head

Ist Teil von

• GMS ophthalmology cases, 2020-02, Vol.10, p.Doc09

Ort / Verlag

Germany: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• To report the occurrence and management of an eyelashes infestation by Phthirus pubis. A 27-year-old female presented with itching in her right eye and head after she had been traveling in southern Italy five days earlier. Visual acuity (VA) was 20/20 in both eyes. Slit-lamp examination showed bilateral blepharitis. Moreover, mobile insects and eggs attached to the eyelashes were observed. A microbiological study was performed with a Phthirus pubis result. The patient was treated with mechanical dislodging. The resolution of the infection was carried out removing every insect and egg. A vaseline application twice daily for 7 days was necessary to stifle any nits that could remain. The eyelashes pediculosis is frequently caused by Phthirus pubis. Only a minor percentage of the cases are due to Phthirus capitis, but the differential diagnosis is essential: there are Phthirus pubis pediculosis cases due to sexual abuse. A sexual history and screening for other sexually transmitted diseases is warranted.