Lice
Lice is a parasitic insect that lives on hair, feeds on human blood through its absorption from the scalp, and lice are frequent in prisons and some schools due to lack of interest in cleanliness, and contrary to what is common that lice live only in the hair is not clean but Lice live on any scalp whether the hair is long or short and even if it is also clean.
Lice multiply rapidly through eggs called birds, where eggs attach to hair near the scalp.
How to detect lice in hair
Lice eggs need about a week or ten days to hatch. It takes one to two weeks to become a mature louse. The color of the lice is gray to black, the color is transparent when it is small, the lice are difficult to detect in the naked eye. The way of direct contact to this is often noticed by parents that their son was lice after going to school, because he rubbed with his peers and approached them head, and show him the following symptoms:
- Itching in the head abounds in areas behind the ears and in the last hair at the neck, but itching may not appear despite the spread of lice in the hair.
- The presence of something similar to the cortex on the hair, and be a large amount, and the difference between them and the crust that the cortex disappear as soon as moving hair, but the wolves remain in place.
- The appearance of lice on the comb after hair removal.
Lice treatment methods
- There are many types of shampoos, oils and sprays to eliminate lice, but if the child is still small, it is better to search for safe alternatives, such as if the mother purchased a comb with teeth close together, and this you will find in pharmacies, combing hair after the bathroom daily, Or a white sheet to check the presence of lice, and combing the hair from the back forward until the lice and eggs completely disappear with the inspection of the head of the child after each combing to make sure the hair is free of lice, and this method, although it is safe it takes a lot of time, Another way is by massaging the baby’s head With the Mayonnaise and keep it an hour on the head, and then wash it because the lice choke from the smell of mayonnaise, a little white vinegar can be added to the mayonnaise.
- The medical shampoo that is used to get rid of lice does not affect the eggs, so follow the instructions that came with the package. It is better to use the comb for lice and comb the hair well and make sure that the mother has gotten rid of the nits.