Parents of the child with lice infestation should be instructed carefully in the use of antilice products because of which potential side effect?

a. Nephrotoxicity
b. Neurotoxicity
c. Ototoxicity
d. Bone marrow depression


B
Because of the danger of absorption through the skin and potential for neurotoxicity, antilice treatment must be used with caution. A child with many open lesions can absorb enough to cause seizures. Antilice products are not known to be nephrotoxic or ototoxic. Products that treat lice are not known to cause bone marrow depression.

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