1 Review. Mannitol is a diuretic. Mannitol is used to force urine production in people with acute (sudden) kidney failure. Increased urine production helps to keep the kidneys from shutting down, and also speeds up elimination of certain toxic substances in the body.ou should not receive mannitol if you are allergic to it, or if you have: 1  severe or long-term kidney disease; 2  swelling or congestion in your lungs; 3  bleeding in your brain that is not related to surgery;
There is a handful of human lice species found worldwide and throughout the United States. The most common types of lice include head lice, body lice and crab lice. Only the body louse can transmit diseases to people. There are over 2,500 different kinds of chewing lice. They get their name because their mouths are designed specifically for chewing.
Human Lice, Human History, & Archeogenetics. Lice are ubiquitous parasites on mammals and birds. There are at least 5,000 species of lice and each host species tends to have one louse species. Lice are adapted to usually only one host species and cannot survive long off its host. Ancient nit combs have been found in Egypt and look remarkable like the ones we use today. Each of our living ape relatives have one louse species, but humans have three.