(Australia-NewsWire.Com, March 14, 2016 ) Melbourne, Victoria -- While children are at school many families will have contact with head lice. The information contained here will help parents treat and control head lice. Medihealth 1 compiled these notes because of the influx of emails from frustrated people.
Spokesman for the company, Albert Jones, gives tips on lice and nit control. 1. Nits or Lint Be sure to recognise that they are nits and lice. It is not always easy to see the bugs, so typically look for nits first. The bugs are small, move fast and don't like the light. Nits are attached to the hair shaft and don't come off easily. They look like small sesame seeds, not unlike the familiar strawberry seeds, They are typically quite close to the scalp, since they are eggs being laid by female fertilised lice, which feed off the scalp. One female louse can lay approximately five eggs per day.
2. Catching Head Lice Head lice have been around for many thousands of years. Anyone can get head lice, head lice are small, wingless, blood sucking insects. Their colour varies from whitish-brown to reddish-brown. Head lice only survive on humans, if isolated from the head they die very quickly (usually within 24 hours). Children contract head lice from direct hair to hair contact with another person who has head lice. This can happen when people play, cuddle or work closely together. Head lice do not have wings or jumping legs so they cannot fly or jump from head to head. They can only crawl.
3. Head lice combs Combs with long, rounded stainless steel teeth positioned very close together have been shown to be the most effective, however, any head lice comb can be used. But the most effective stainless steel combs, have spiral micro grooves on each tooth, most of these combs have a single groove on each tooth, but Medihealth 1 have produced a twin grooved system on each tooth which is far more effective than the old fashion single grooved type. This system has been engineered to pick up the nits very quickly making short work of treatment.
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