“I weighed five-and-a-half stone, I had fleas in my hair, I was destroyed as a human being,” she said. Eventually, after seeking out local addiction support services in her native ...

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For the Scientific American. The trade in human hair has become quite important during these latter years, especially since it has been considered fashionable to replace by false hair, the ...

No pier or fairground was complete without a tent into which spectators would be ushered to watch human fleas perform their feats, accompanied by the rapid patter of a ‘professor’, as all flea ...

Reassuringly, cat and dog fleas may bite people, but not live on them. It takes human fleas to do that! However, from my own experience as a vet, some people appear to have a greater reaction to ...

Hair Loss and Skin Redness: Constant flea bites can cause hair to fall out ... They can catch fleas from other animals, through contact with flea-infested environments, or even bring them in from ...

Yes, dogs and cats do scratch and wriggle around normally, but if you see it happening more than usual, it could be a sign that fleas have moved in. You might also see tiny red bites on the human ...

UNDER CONTROL. FLEAS MAY BE SMALL, BUT THEY CAN CAUSE BIG PROBLEMS FOR YOUR PET. ONCE THE FLEA IS ON THEM, THEY START TO CHEW ON THEM AND THEY CAN ACTUALLY CAUSE WHAT’S CALLED A HYPERSENSITIVITY ...

Learn more about it. Fleas are bad news for your cat, and depending where your sympathies lie, they’re possibly even worse for you and your home. Unlike purchasing a cat litter box or even one ...