Posts Tagged ‘head lice infestation’
How Long Can Lice Live
Human head lice don’t live very long at all. Their entire life cycle is only about 30-35 days. The adult lice needs human blood to survive. They suck blood and feed about every two to three hours off the scalp of the head. If they come off the scalp, should that happen, they die within…
Read More16 Year Old Ends Up in Intensive Care Unit As A Result of Trying to Treat Lice Herself
A 16-year-old girl recently ended up in the intensive care unit as a result of trying to treat her head lice infestation by herself. A friend told her to put gasoline on her hair to kill the bugs. She took gasoline from her family’s heating unit and dumped it on her head. In doing so,…
Read MoreHow to Identify Head Lice
How to Identify Head Lice “One of the biggest reasons that head lice spread among children is silence,” Marlene Weiss, owner of Los Alamitos Lice Removal and Torrance Lice Removal, explains. “Parents don’t talk about it, and they are unprepared when they discover their child has head lice, and often waste a lot of time…
Read MoreIs it Head Lice or Dandruff?
Is it Head Lice or Dandruff? A 2000 study by researchers at the Laboratory of Public Health Entomology at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) found that healthcare workers, parents, and school officials often misdiagnose and inappropriately medicate head lice infestations. Parents are left scratching their heads, is it head lice or dandruff? The…
Read MoreCleaning 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…
Read MoreSeal Beach Sun Article: Time for the new school year and, yikes lice! The answer is in Los Alamitos
Owner-Marlene Weiss, Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) and a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) with over 20 years of healthcare experience Yikes Lice! The Centers for Disease Controls and Prevention (CDC) estimates that nearly 12 million children between the ages of 3 and 11 contract will contract head lice each year. That is one in 5…
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