Posts Tagged ‘head lice cleaning’

No, You Don’t Have To Burn Down Your House When You Have Head Lice

You may have heard of parents frantically cleaning their home after discovering a child has head lice—washing every linen, shampooing pets, bagging and quarantining pillows and stuffed animals for weeks, even throwing away things for fear of contamination. These steps aren’t all necessary and understanding how lice live and spread can give you peace of…

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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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