@article {95581, title = {Itching eyes after itching around the head}, journal = {German Medical Sciences Ophthalmology Cases}, volume = {10}, year = {2020}, month = {02-2020}, pages = {2 pp}, type = {Case report, open access}, abstract = {

Objective: To report the occurrence and management of an eyelashes infestation by Phthirus pubis.

Methods: 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.

Results: 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.

Conclusions: 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.

}, keywords = {lice, louse, Nits, Pediculosis}, doi = {10.3205/oc000136 }, url = {https://www.egms.de/static/de/journals/oc/2020-10/oc000136.shtml}, author = {Del Barrio, Laura Tabuenca and Marcos Mozo Cuadrado and Alicia Zubicoa En{\'e}riz and I{\~n}igo Mart{\'\i}nez de Espronceda-Ezquerro} }