Quarrel with head lice and the children they infect they must be there with the most challenging tasks that a parent or caregiver has to do with.
And the work becomes more difficult. Frequently used chemical products do not work as well as they ever did, which means that head lice are more difficult to kill.
You can still get rid of your children from lice – but it is probably some patience and perseverance.
Remind me, what are head lice? And Nits?
Head lice are small six-legged insects that are only found in the head of a person in the hair in the hair of children in primary school.
Head lice has been a constant companion for people during their millions of years of evolution.
Lice like to live in our hair. But they shoot at our scalp until half a dozen times a day to drink our blood.
Their claws are perfectly designed to switch her up and down. But although they are agile on our hair, once they are gone, they will not last long – they are awkward, uncoordinated and die quickly.
The term ‘Nits’ actually describes the eggs of head lice. They are often the first sign of an infection. And with one louse that places more than 100 in their lifespan of a month, there can be a lot.
Can they spread diseases?
No. Head lice is annoying and their bites can cause skin reactions. But the Australian health authorities do not consider lice as a health risk. There is no evidence that head lice can spread pathogens that cause diseases.
The stigma of head lice infestations can be greater than all direct health consequences for affected children.
Why do my children always pick up lice?
From childcare to primary school, it is likely that your child has had a headlice infection at least once. One Australian study showed that the infection percentage in Australian classrooms did not vary from any cases of up to 72 percent of the affected children.
Girls are more likely to wear head lice than guys. Long hair means that it is easier for the head lice to hitch a ride.
Head lice does not jump or fly, they move from head to head via direct contact.
Head lice come home with your children because they spend time in close contact with other children, hugging, playing or repressing around books or screens. Every head-to-head contact is a path of infections.
Rules differ slightly between states, but in New South Wales and Queensland, children do not have to be kept at home from school due to head lice.
How can I keep my house free from head lice?
Keeping the house clean and tidy does not keep the head away. It doesn’t matter how clean your sheets and towels clean, or how often your vacuum carpets and carpets.
There may be a risk of transferring head lice to shared cushions, but even that risk is low.
It is not necessary to change the child’s bedding or the other family member when you find lice in a child’s hair. Research -based recommendations from NSW Health are “bedding, hats, clothing and furniture do not cherish or send lice or nits and that there is no advantage to wash them as a treatment option”.
I used NIT solution. Why doesn’t it work?
A wide range of products is available in your local pharmacy to treat head lice. The therapeutic goods administration of Australia assesses products to ensure that they are both safe and effective.
The problem is that most of these products are insecticides that kill the lice at contact, but may not kill the eggs.
If treatments are not completed as prescribed on product labels, some head lice are not killed.
Head lice also seem to fight back against the chemicals that we used against them and it is becoming more difficult to erase children of contamination.
So how can you lose them?
Do not expect miracles, but health authorities in Australia generally recommend the ‘conditioner and comb’ or ‘wet comb’ method. This means that you physically remove the lice without needing chemical applications.
There are three important steps:
- Immobilize the lice by applying hair conditioner to the damp hair of the child and leaving it for about 20 minutes
- Kam systematically through the hair with a nice teeth “lice comb”. The conditioner and lice can be wiped out on paper towels or tissues. Only adult lice are collected, but don’t worry, we will deal with the eggs later
- Repeat the process twice, about a week apart, to break the life cycle of the head lice.
By repeating the process after a week, the remaining eggs can come true. It sounds counter-intuitive, but by having them come true, the young lice are easier to remove than the eggs. You only have to remove them before they start laying a new batch of eggs and the contamination continues.
Although children are much more likely to have head lice, the reality is that everyone in the household will just as likely organize a main lice or two. You do not necessarily need everyone to have treatment, but “adults” must also be looking for lice.
Cameron Webb, Clinical Association Head Lecturer and Chief Scientist of the Hospital, University of Sydney
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