Lice At Summer Camps

Lice at Summer Camp? Ah, summer camp. You probably picture your child going on hikes, swimming, sailing, singing around the campfire, and enjoying s’mores. You probably aren’t thinking about head lice. Here are helpful tips on how to prevent lice at summer camp. According to the American Camp Association (ACA), “Every year, one of the…

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Cleaning the house-not as bad as you think!

A common misconception about treating people and homes that have had contact with lice is that the only way to get them out of the house is to put everything in the home that is made of any type of fabric in plastic bags for two weeks and have the furniture and carpets cleaned. Not…

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6 Emotional Stages of Lice

1. SHATTERED INNOCENCE:  You receive a lice notices by email from your school.  Your daughters best friend’s mom calls to tell you that her daughter has lice.  The head of the girl scout troop sends out an email letting you know 5 of the girls have lice. 2. DENIAL: “This doesn’t happen at our school.” “We wash our hair every day.”…

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Top 4 Reasons Your Head Lice Infestation Will Not Go Away

Top 4 Reasons A Person’s Head Lice Infestation Will Not Go Away Prior to Getting Treated at Our Clinic and Leaving Lice Free: 1) Over-the-counter treatments like RID and NIX do not work. Lice have mutated and have developed a resistance to the chemicals in those products 2) Nitpicking (picking by hand) is subject to…

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Understanding Head Lice and How Lice Survive

Understanding Head Lice When a family has a head lice infestation, there is a tendency to panic. Dealing with head lice can be frightening and stressful, primarily because people don’t tend to talk about how to treat head lice until they are dealing with them, which is when they are frantic and frustrated. Understanding head…

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Head Lice Screening: Don’t blame the schools or the school nurses!

Many school districts will have 3-4 school nurses to oversee 10,000+ kids.  The average school nurse is in charge of daily health management of children with chronic health issues such as diabetes, asthma, cerebral palsy, seizures, heart conditions, food allergies, and mental health conditions. Then throw in the feeding and toileting issues, giving medications, monitoring for disease outbreak, handing out…

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Kids-What to tell your child when they are sent home from school

When your child is sent home from school because he or she has head lice, the first thing you should say is, “You didn’t do anything wrong.” (You should say this to yourself as well!) It’s true.If your child comes home from school and says that another kid in school has lice, you can say…

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