Lice infestation is a common problem among children during school attendance, because of direct contact with each other through play, lice annoying insect and cause pain, so you should get rid of them as soon as possible.
Ways to get rid of lice
Mature lice are not the problem in themselves. Getting rid of it is not difficult, but getting rid of the eggs is the challenge, because indifference leads to the appearance of lice soon after the problem is treated.
Mixtures to get rid of lice
There are many mixtures that contribute to the solution of the problem of the spread of lice, very quickly and these treatments:
- The use of gasoline or kerosene, which helps to kill lice, but if the child suffers from sensitivity to chemicals and oil is preferred to use other methods.
- Put half a cup of lukewarm coconut oil in the water, or you can put half a cup of neem oil, and massage the scalp well where these oils contain effective antibiotics.
- Use apple cider vinegar as it is inexpensive and easy to use, by mixing half a cup of water with half a cup of apple cider vinegar, and then using a lice comb to extract the lice from the head.
Use your lice comb
Is a comb made with very close teeth specially to treat this problem, it pulls lice and eggs of hair easily through a set of steps that you must adhere to:
- Divide baby hair into several parts.
- Start from the scalp, and the hair is curled from its roots until the end of the limbs.
- Put the comb in a plate of lukewarm water and soap, killing all lice and eggs, as there is no food source and the lice die quickly.
- Comb each hair section until it is completely finished.
- Sterilize the comb in a bowl of high temperature water after each use, as the lice and eggs die when placed at a temperature of 55 degrees C for five minutes.
- Clean the clothes of the injured child and clean his bed, especially the pillow that puts his head at night.
- Place the baby in the shower and expose it to hot water, then use the hairdryer.
- Maintain the hair inspection every eight hours for three days, because the lice multiply periodically, as it is difficult to end the problem of lice at once, and then continue to inspect every sixteen hours for another three days, until the problem ends.