Posts Tagged ‘treating head lice’
Siblings and Head Lice
The closer in age siblings are, the more likely it is for them to spread lice to one another. Our statistics show that siblings get lice about 70% of the time when there is a lice infestation in the family. That’s because siblings close in age are likely to spend more time together and…
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 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 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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