How To Get Rid Of Head Lice

Head lice are about the size of a sesame seed, they feed on the scalp and they lay eggs.And nits are the little white egg shells that these head lice hatch from.Left untreated head lice can leave you with a very itchy scalp.

And without treatment very little can be done against them.Typically an adult will have fifteen head lice laying many eggs and the life cycle is around ten days.So how do you know if you have head lice or,indeed,if your child has head lice?Well itchy scalp is the most common symptom.

There are maybe reports of an outbreak of head lice within the school.There are two ways to detect head lice,either through wet combing or dry combing,and put simply- one is combing wet hair and one is combing dry hair.The wet hair method is much easier.

This is putting a simple comb through wet hair to see if you can pick up the head lice in the tooth of a comb.Dry hair method requires a special comb that you can buy at the chemist.Currently, there are five main treatments available for head lice.

Remember you only have to treat head lice if you see one live lice.You don't need to treat it if you just see the egg shells. There are currently five main treatments available for head lice.

These are:Hedrin, Lyclear Spray Away,Bug Buster, Full Marks Solution and Malathion Liquid which has many trade names.Just because your child has head lice,there's no need to exclude them from school.And unhelpful letters coming from the the school,alerting you of an outbreak do little to calm your fears.

Send your kids to school as normal.Head lice isn't rite through schools,it doesn't jump from head to head and it isn't associated with hygiene or hair washing,it's just one of those things kids get,I'm afraid.So,in summary, I've mentioned five liquids that you can use to treat head lice all of which could be available at the chemist or which can be advised by your chemist.

Remember, you don't need to exclude your child from school and it's not as contagious as people think it is. And that's my advice on how to get rid of head lice. .