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Percevejos de cama

Última revisão: 20 Aug 2025
Última atualização: 12 Jul 2024

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • visualização de percevejos de cama
  • pápulas eritematosas curvas ou lineares irregulares
  • novas lesões cutâneas notadas pela manhã
  • prurido
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • dor ou queimação
  • urticária papular ou difusa
  • bolhas
  • urticária disseminada/sibilância/estridor/hipotensão
  • manchas de sangue ou fezes em lençóis
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Fatores de risco

  • ambiente de muito movimento
  • viagem recente
  • móveis de segunda mão em residências
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Investigações diagnósticas

Investigações a serem consideradas

  • raspagem cutânea da lesão (preparação em óleo mineral)
  • biópsia de pele
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Algoritmo de tratamento

AGUDA

doença sintomática

Colaboradores

Autores

Whitney A. High, MD, JD, MEng

Professor of Dermatology and Pathology

Director of Dermatopathology (Dermatology)

School of Medicine

University of Colorado

Colorado

CO

Disclosures

WAH declares that he has no competing interests.

Acknowledgements

Dr Whitney A. High would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Julian Trevino, Dr Elizabeth Usedom, Dr Suzanna Dundon, and Dr David Carr, previous contributors to this topic.

Disclosures

JJT, EU, SD, and DRC declare that they have no competing interests.

Peer reviewers

Richard deShazo, MD

Chairman and Professor

Department of Medicine

Professor of Pediatrics

Billy S. Guyton Distinguished Professor

University of Mississippi Medical Center

Jackson

MS

Disclosures

RD declares that he has no competing interests.

Xuan Nguyen, MD

Faculty Physician

Dermatology and Pediatric Dermatology

Phoenix Children's Hospital

Phoenix

AZ

Disclosures

XN declares that she has no competing interests.

Ian F. Burgess, MSc, MPhil

Professor

Director

Medical Entomology Centre

University of Cambridge

Cambridge

UK

Disclosures

IFB has been a consultant to various manufacturers of pharmaceutical products, alternative therapies, and combs for treating louse infections. IFB is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.

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National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Insect bites and stings: antimicrobial prescribing​. Sep 2020 [internet publication].Full text

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