Using entomology and pest control to relieve a desperate family’s itch

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Using entomology and pest control to relieve a desperate family’s itch

16 February 2022

Jonathan Bentley

Wednesday 16 February 2022, 12:20 AM

Birds nesting in the roof were the source of an itchy problem for Grant and his family [Image: Montevideo on Pixabay]

GP Jonathan Bentley engages a range of experts, from Google to a medical entomologist, to help him get to the bottom of a contact dermatitis-like reaction affecting an entire family

Key points, Consider bird lice as a rare cause of itch affecting an entire household in the absence of any other cause. Bird lice, while irritating to humans, c, Pract Green w Pale Yellow

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