MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING 1

PRESENTATION
TOPIC:
PARASITIC DISORDER:
SCABIES, PEDICULOSIS

PRESENTED BY:
AMADOU JALLOW 22118067
ALIMATOU MANNEH 22118061
ESTHER O. EZEH
OUTLINE
OVERVIEW
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
ETIOLOGY
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
TREATMENT
NURSING CARE PLAN
REFERENCES
 OVER VIEW

a parasitic disorder, also called

parasitosis is an infectious disease
caused or transmitted by a
parasite.
a parasite live in or on the another
organism getting its food from the
host.
many parasites do not cause disease as
that might cost its life as well as the
host.
there are three main classes of parasites
that causes disease in humans:
protozoa, helminthes and
ectoparasites.
An ectoparasitic infestation is a
parasitic disease caused by
organisms living on the surface of
the body(host).
They are mostly blood sucking
organisms.
They includes: fleas, lice, mites and ticks.
Examples scabies, crab
(pediculosis)head lice) etc…
SCABIES

Scabies is an infestation of the

skin by a human itch
mite( sacroptes scabiei
var.hominis).
It (the microorganism) burrows
in to the upper layer of the
skin .
The most common symptom of
scabies is itching and pimple
Scabies can be transmitted by
direct contact of infected
individual.
Can also be transmitted by items
contamination.
 In adult and older children scabies is
mostly found :
Between the fingers
In the armpits
Around the waist
Around the breast
On the buttocks
PEDICULOSIS

Pediculosis is an infestation of the

hairy parts of the body or
clothing with eggs, larvae or
adult of lice.
Different types of lice affect
different part of the body.
Head lice is usually located on the
scalp and crab lice on the pubic.
Body lice travel to the body for
feeding and return to the
clothing.
It takes 2-3 weeks to notice intense
itching associated to infestation.
Pediculosisi can be spread as long
as the lice or the egg is alive.
There are three types of lice that
infest human:
• Body louse (pediculus humanus
corporis)
• Head louse (pediculus humanus
capitis)
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF
PARASITIC INFESTATION
Stomach cramp and pain
Nausea or vomiting
Weight loss
Skin issues
Continuous muscle and joint pain
ETIOLOGY
Host specific mites (sacropetes
scabiei var. hominis )
Sexually active individual
Presence of many children is a
house
Poor housing
CLINICAL MANIFESTATION
Skin rash
Priuritus
Scabies rash
Burrow in skin
MANAGEMENT
Medical management
Administration of scabies agents
eg. primethrin cream
Ivermectin (stromectol)
Antimicrobial agents
NURSING CARE PLAN

Assessment
 Priuritus as patient verbalized
 Close contact with scabies symptoms
 Presence of small papules
 Itching lesion
 Diagnosis
 Risk for infection related to skin
damage
 Impaired skin integrity
 Acute pain related to injury
 Disturbed sleep related to itching at
night
 Planning
 Patient to be free from infection
 to educate patient about
measures to protect tissues
 To relief pain
Intervention
 Monitored status of skin around
the wound
 Administered analgesics as
 Intervention
 Monitored status of skin around
wound
 Administered analgesics(pcm)
as ordered
 Educated client about hand
hygiene procedure
 Evaluation
After several nursing interventions:
 Patient remained free of infections
 Patient demonstrated understanding
of hand hygiene methods
 Pain was relieved from patient
REFERENCE
 Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. (2010, Nov
2). Scabies. Retrieved from
https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/s
cabies/index.html
 Barry, M. (2019, Jun 07).
Scabies. Retrieved from
https://emedicine.medscape.co