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    Of Bed Bugs, Lice And Scabies! Skin Infections.
    Of Bed Bugs, Lice And Scabies! Skin Infections.
    Of Bed Bugs, Lice And Scabies! Skin Infections.
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    Of Bed Bugs, Lice And Scabies! Skin Infections.

    By Kenneth Kee

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    Bed bugs, Lice and Scabies are frightening common parasitic diseases which can infect the skin of your body. All these diseases are discussed in this book plus an additional new disease called cutaneous larva migrans where the larva of a worm actually moves under the skin.
    Disgusting! Unfortunately yes.
    This book discuss the symptoms and treatment of these diseases.
    Curable! Fortunately Yes.
    Table of Contents:

    Chapter 1 Bed Bugs

    Chapter 2 Lice

    Chapter 3 Scabies

    Chapter 4 Cutaneous Larva Migrans

    Chapter 5 Epilogue

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKenneth Kee
    Release dateJun 15, 2012
    ISBN9781476147802
    Of Bed Bugs, Lice And Scabies! Skin Infections.
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    Kenneth Kee

    Medical doctor since 1972.Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009.Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993.Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 74However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours inthe afternoon.He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com.His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.comThis autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com.From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks.He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books.He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures.Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.The later books go into more details of medical disorders.He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter.The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks.He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke.His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre.The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall.He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) startingwith the Apple computer and going to PC.The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core.The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive.He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance.His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner.The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned.This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale.Dr Kee is the author of:"A Family Doctor's Tale""Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine""Case Notes From A Family Doctor"

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      Of Bed Bugs, Lice And Scabies! Skin Infections. - Kenneth Kee

      Of

      Bed Bugs

      Lice

      And

      Scabies!

      Skin

      Infections

      By

      Dr. Kenneth Kee

      M.B.,B.S. (Singapore)

      Ph.D (Healthcare Administration)

      Copyright Kenneth Kee 2012

      Published By Kenneth Kee At Smashwords

      Dedication

      This book is dedicated

      to my wife Dorothy

      and my children

      and Kelvin

      This book contains a simple guide to parasite diseases of the skin.

      Bed bugs, lice and scabies are common parasites which can affect the human skin.

      So is a worm that can cause the skin infection called Cutaneous Larva Migrans.

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to

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