It is a plain and basic fact, that primary and junior school children catch head lice and pass them around among themselves. Therefore, do not be upset, horrified or surprised when your child comes home from school with head lice. It does not mean that you or your child is dirty or that you are doing a bad job as a parent. It happens because young children come into very close physical contact with each other.
Here are a few interesting details about head lice. Head lice are not known to pass on any human illnesses. They cannot jump or fly. Itching begins about three weeks after infestation. The age group that is most at risk of head lice is 4-13 years of age. It is commonly thought that head lice would rather clean hair to greasy hair, because it is easier to fix their eggs to clean hair. Girls are more than two times as liable as boys to have lice. Black children are less likely to carry head lice than white children because of their sort of hair, although they can still pass them on.
There are lots of ways of getting rid of head lice, but most parents will go to the pharmacy to buy a medicated shampoo and a lice comb. This will do the job successfully, but many people are trying to use fewer chemicals in their lives and on their bodies and this is one area where you can avoid chemicals too.
One of the simplest home remedies to try is vinegar. Soak the hair in undiluted vinegar and comb it well in. Wrap a towel around the head or better still use a shower cap and leave the hair wet for an hour. Vinegar can totally eradicate an infestation within three days
Tea tree oil has long been known to combat head lice. You can try massaging a few drops into the hair undiluted, but it is easier to add fifteen drops of tea tree oil to a three-quarter full bottle of everyday shampoo and mix it up. Use it every day for five days to clear up an infestation or just use it every day for life to be rid of lice evermore.
Mayonnaise will eradicate head lice as well, although it is a more costly and a messier way of doing it than others. Work the mayonnaise into the hair and leave it for an hour as with vinegar. Mayonnaise will kill the eggs as well.
Rosemary oil will also poison head lice. Put a few drops of rosemary oil into a bowl of water and use it to rinse your child's hair. Rosemary oil will not only kill the head lice, but it will also add a beautiful sheen to brown hair..
Seeing a child with head lice does not mean anything awful, unless it has them all the time, because then it is a sign of neglect. Children in the age group most at risk, should be checked for head lice at least once per week and if you have several children, you should inspect them more often. The more children in a family, the more chance of one of them catching nits, bringing them home and passing them around.
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