Dealing with Head Lice

Dealing with Head Lice

Just the thought of head lice is enough to make a lot of people just cringe. The reason is that these little bugs are an annoyance that can really cause itching and are very uncomfortable if infected. But the first thing to remember is that the infestation of hair lice is not a health risk. Although contagious, allows outbreak is more of an annoyance than any major worry.

The reason for this is that although a louse is a bloodsucking parasite, unlike mosquitoes, they don't carry our spread disease. The biggest problem caused by lice is the embarrassment of being infested and the assumption that it's somehow your fault.

Head lice are very easily spread among the population. Although they don't jump or fly, any direct contact can result in yet another person being infected.

The good news is they are not so hard to get rid of and fortunately, there are a lot of ways to rid you of this problem. Head lice are extremely small, in fact they are smaller than ants. They have six legs which are attached to the front of their body. They embed their head into your scalp and their only food is human blood.

Limit the Area of Outbreak

By this I mean you should try to contain the infected area and limit the chances that anyone else in your family might get the little buggers. This is done by immediately keeping other family members away from the infected person's room and belongings.

Limit movement of the person with head lice. You don't want them spreading eggs and lice onto the furniture and pillows in the living room do you? Until you can get a quality medicated shampoo, consider the person with lice infected and keep them limited in movement through your home.

If jackets, scarves or other outerwear has recently been worn, consider isolating it. There may be nits, nymphs and louse on them waiting for the next human to pass by.

This is because a head louse lays eggs, which can fall off the infected person and are very sticky. A brother or sister who inadvertently lies down and puts their head on the pillow could end up with yet another case of head lice. So until the room and bedding is cleaned, limit potential exposure is the best action.

This also would include removing all combs, brushes, hair bands etc. and bagging them in airtight plastic bags until they can be sterilized. These will need to be either isolated for several weeks or sterilized in boiling water for appeared of time.

What you have control of the situation, it's been time to attack the head lice at its source. Don't be surprised if you see not only adult head louse but also lice nymph's which are pre-adult lice along with nits. Nits are eggs that attach themselves to hair follicles.

Once you have control of the situation, it's possible to beat head lice through a series of organized actions that will deal with the problem throughout your home.

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Head Lice

Detection Comb -- A special plastic comb which should have rigid teeth no further than 0.3mm apart, each tooth preferably having at least one flat surface

Head louse -- An insect parasite, Pediculus capitis, which can only survive on the human scalp and with has a needle-like mouthpart with which it pierces the scalp to feed on blood.

Nit -- Nits are lice eggs. They are hard to see and are often confused with dandruff or hair spray droplets.