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20. Feb
The Hidden Dangers of Over-the-Counter Lice Treatments: What Every Parent Should Know
Discovering head lice can lead any parent to the nearest pharmacy. But is that the best move? This post uncovers the risks tied to those popular lice solutions on the shelves. Why Worry About OTC Lice Treatments? Toxic Ingredients to Watch Out: OTC remedies often contain chemicals like permethrin, malathion, and lindane. While effective in the past, recent studies suggest they might do more harm than good: Malathion: Linked to serious health issues, including Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and childhood leukemia. Even its smell can cause discomfort, not to mention its potential for causing immune system damage. Permethrin: It’s losing the battle against lice. Besides, it might irritate your nose, skin, and lungs. Plus, it’s flagged for potentially increasing cancer risk. Lindane: This one’s a double whammy—harmful to both nerves and considered cancer-causing. It’s so risky it’s banned for treating animals in the U.S. Resistance: A Growing Problem: Lice aren’t what they used to be. They’re getting tougher, outsmarting chemicals like permethrin. When treatments fail more than half the time, it’s a clear signal for change. Safer Ways to Tackle Lice: Fear not! Alternatives exist. From meticulous combing to consulting with a doctor for non-toxic treatments, there are safer paths to being […]
7. Feb
Understanding the Life Cycle of Lice: A Guide for Prevention and Control
Lice infestations are common, especially where people gather, like schools and daycare centers. Knowing how lice grow and spread is key to stopping them. Let’s explore the life cycle of lice, helping you effectively manage these unwelcome guests. The Start: Nits (Eggs) Lice begin as nits, eggs attached to hair strands by adult females. These eggs are tiny and hard to see at first. In 5-7 days, they grow bigger and change color, signaling they’re ready to hatch into nymphs. Growth: Nymphs Nymphs hatch from nits about a week later. These young lice need human blood to survive. Initially, they’re very small, making them tough to spot. Over 7-12 days, they grow bigger and darker as they get ready to become adults. Becoming Adults After 12 days, nymphs turn into adult lice. Now they can reproduce and spread more easily. Adult lice live for about 18-20 days, constantly feeding and laying eggs. This is when they’re most visible and need to be dealt with quickly. Reproduction: Keeping the Cycle Going Lice reproduce fast. A female louse can lay 8-10 eggs daily after mating once. This fast breeding makes it crucial to stop them early, preventing a bigger infestation. Conclusion: Knowing […]
30. Nov
What to Do When Your Child Has Lice
How to Treat Lice Still, when lice show up on a child’s head, what’s a parent to do? For many, the hardest thing is the guilt and embarrassment that come with an infestation and the worry others will believe they are a dirty family with dirty kids. If you find lice, experts advise treating them with medicated shampoos, there are some over the counter options but wont always solve the problem. Check Everyone for Lice Before treating one family member, check others in the household for bugs. Then treat everyone who’s infected at the same time, to avoid passing lice back and forth. Let close friends and schoolmates know to check their own heads. Parents should also wash bedding or clothing used by anyone with lice in the 48 hours before treatment to kill any lice that may have somehow come off a person’s hair. And though washing a favorite stuffed toy may make sense, extreme cleaning or quarantining of all toys and stuffed animals, while sometimes recommended, is not needed. If parents want to avoid washing everything, a few minutes in the dryer should kill them … but make it 20 just to be sure.” Some nits are resistant to […]
20. May
Where Do Lice Come From?
Where do lice come from? There is always someone who has lice in this world, for example, a homeless. He or she uses the same public transport as you do. And it might happen that some insects from his or her hair can get onto a seat, which you take later. As soon as a female louse gets onto your scalp, it starts oviposition. During one day it lays about 5 eggs, which transform to larvae in 7-10 days. Among other causes of head lice is using borrowed things that are infested by lice. That is why you have to be very careful if you share your personal items with someone, but it is better not to land or borrow such things as combs, hair brushes, hats or anything else which may have contact with your hair.
1. May
What Causes Head Lice
Among the most common head lice causes are lack of personal hygiene and contact with a person who has lice. You are never safe with the last reason, as you cannot know for sure if this or that person has lice, unless it is very obvious. But in modern world it is hard to imagine someone who is so neglectful to his or her health that will expose his or her hair full of lice and nits to the public without doing anything about this delicate problem. As for personal hygiene, this cause is a bit exaggerated. It is not enough to have shower and wash your hair regularly otherwise people would forget about lice in civilized countries forever. Water neither kills lice nor washes away their eggs. So if by any chance you got a head louse, it can easily settle on your hair and survive your daily water procedures. Well then, how do people get lice? The answer is clear – from other people, who already have lice. It is also possible to get lice from infected objects, but without a human they live not more than for two days.
12. Apr
Lice Among Children
Very often problem of lice arises in children groups: at schools or kindergartens. How do kids get lice? It is very simple for children to get lice as they closely contact with each other. To keep the chances that your child gets lice to minimum you should teach him or her not to share personal belonging with other kids. Moreover you should check him or her for lice regularly and as soon as you notice nits in your child’s hair, immediately start treatment. The problem of lice is very unpleasant, but it is not too dangerous, if you start treatment in time. So if you suspect that you might have lice, check yourself immediately. The sooner you start removing them, the easier it will be to get rid of lice completely.
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