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Although lice infestations are widespread, affecting at least 12 million Americans annually, relatively little is understood about lice. For instance, even parents might be unaware that a louse is singular for lice. The following article lists ten important facts about lice, including the most effective eradication tools:
- Head lice only infest humans. A family’s pets, such as dogs and cats, cannot be affected by lice infestations, and they do not carry the parasites. Although head lice are specific to humans, young children are most at risk for infestations.
- Contrary to common misconceptions, head lice prefer clean scalps. Some parents might believe that only “dirty” children become infested. Regardless, anyone is at risk for a lice infestation. Lice spread through direct, human-to-human contact.
- Common lice symptoms include scalp itchiness, and an allergic rash to the bites on the back of the neck. However, some children do not experience any itchiness, which is a common lice infestation symptom. For this reason, parents should carefully and diligently look for lice as a preventative measure, especially if parents suspect that the child has been exposed to a lice infestation.
- Lice reproduce quickly, and infestations can rapidly multiply. For instance, in her lifecycle, a female louse can lay over 150 eggs, or nits. Although nits have a high mortality rate, a pair of five lice can easily produce over 250 nymphs that will reach maturity.
- Nits are strongly attached to hair shafts with a glue-like substance. The female louse creates a sheath around the egg to protect the embryo, which quickly hardens. Nits are tiny, oval-shaped, and difficult to see. In fact, sometimes nits are mistaken for hairspray droplets or dandruff because of their white color.
- Lice have been traditionally treated with shampoos or cream rinses containing pediculicides, or the pesticides used to kill lice. These products require careful administration because they might result in serious side effects, such as scalp irritation, runny eyes, or more serious neurological effects like seizures.
- Entomologists claim that over time, lice have formed a resistance to pediculicides. For parents, this means that such products might not only be potentially harmful, but they might also fail to kill a lice infestation.
- All-natural lice remedies are a safer, more appropriate option. These include smothering agents, such as mayonnaise, Vaseline, olive oil, and butter. However, much like pediculicide products, smothering agents require careful administration. For instance, Vaseline is difficult to remove from a child’s hair, and butter may turn rancid if left on the child’s hair too long.
- Olive oil is the safest, most effective smothering agent, working by blocking a louse’s breathing holes. The product has little, if any, allergic side effects, and conditions a child’s hair during treatment.
- No lice removal remedy is complete without a Nit Free Terminator comb. Nit free combs safely and effectively kill lice and nits by inflicting numerous, lethal damage points. Nit combs are vital because parents cannot manually pick all existing nits, thus allowing the infestation cycle to continue.
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