swimmer's itch


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swimmer's itch

[′swim·ərz ′ich]
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Other services include treatment for such skin conditions as minor infections and rashes, head lice, poison ivy or oak, scabies, styes and swimmer's itch.
Walk-in clinics create destination for first aid
This section also includes photographs of physical findings in travelers; the photographs highlight such diseases as African tick-bite fever, chikungunya, dengue, swimmer's itch, African trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis, measles, tungiasis, and cutaneous larva migrans.
Tropical diseases in travelers
Like poison ivy or oak, swimmer's itch is a reaction of the skin to an irritant.
Swimmer's itch pegged to parasites

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