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What Is It/ |
How Is It Recognized/ |
Is Massage indicated |
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Condition Name |
What Are They? |
How Are They Recognized? |
or Contraindicated? |
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Lice
and mites are tiny ar- |
The
mites that cause scabies are |
Massage
is contraindicated for all |
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13) |
thropods
that drink blood. |
too
small to see, but they leave |
three
infestations, until the in- |
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They
are highly contagious |
itchy
trails where they burrow un- |
festation
has been completely |
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and
spread through close |
der
the skin. They prefer warm, |
eradicated.
If a massage thera- |
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contact
with skin or in- |
moist
places such as the axillae or |
pist
is exposed to any of these |
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fested
sheets or clothing. |
between
fingers. |
parasites,
every client he or she |
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Head
lice are easy to see, but |
subsequently
works on will also |
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they
can hide. A more dependable |
be
exposed even before the |
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sign
is their eggs: nits are small, |
therapist
shows any symptoms. |
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white,
rice-shaped flecks that |
Parasitic
infestations are |
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cling
strongly to hair shafts. |
something
every massage ther- |
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Pubic
lice look like tiny white |
apist
fears. Therapists are so |
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crabs. |
very
vulnerable to whatever is |
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All
three of these parasites cre- |
crawling
around on clients' |
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ate
a lot of itching. |
skin.
But here, as for all things |
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fearful,
the best defense is |
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information. |
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