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The near future of head louse control

Saç biti enfestasyonu tüm dünyada yaygın bir halk sağlığı sorunudur. Yüksek gelirli ülkelerdepedikülozis kapitis temel olarak okul çağındaki çocuklarda problemdir. Son 20 yılda özelliklenörotoksik yolla etkili pedikülositlere direnç gelişimi ve toksikolojik endişeler nedeniyle,dimetikon gibi fiziksel olarak etkili yeni ürünlere eğilim görülmeye başlanmıştır. Bu maddelerintrakeal sisteme girerek bitleri ve yumurtalarını boğduğu gösterilmiştir. Bu niteliğine bağlı olarakbitlerin en azından kolaylıkla direnç geliştiremeyeceği beklenmektedir. Dimetikon kozmetikaçıdan kabul edilebilir, fizyolojik olarak etkisiz ve toksik olmayan bir üründür. Bu nedenle yakıngelecekte bitlerin tedavisinde seçenek olması beklenmektedir.

Saç biti kontrolünün yakın geleceği

Infestation with head lice is a worldwide public health concern. In high income countriespediculosis capitis is a problem mainly in school-aged children. In the last two decades and mainlyas a result of resistance to pediculicides with a neurotoxic mode of action and due to thetoxicological concerns, a new trend to products acting by physical means such as dimethicone, hasbeen observed. It was shown that these substances are capable of entering the tracheal system andasphyxiating the lice and their eggs. Due to this quality it could be expected that lice, if at all,could not easily develop resistance. Dimethicone is a cosmetically acceptable product,physiologically inert and non-toxic and therefore it is expected to become the treatment-of-choicefor lice in the near future.

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