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[H123]Head Lice Treatment Children

by Mishaun Taylor, Mis

Head lice are a problem that many people will have to deal with, especially if they have younger children who are in school. School is one of the most likely places to catch head lice. Luckily, there is a wide array of head lice treatments that will help you to rid yourself of these little pests. Cetaphil is one way that many people are doing this.

Cetaphil is actually a skin cleanser, but it has been found effective for head lice infestations. Here is how you perform the Cetaphil head lice treatment. First you will use a fine-tooth comb to go through the hair. This removes as many of the live lice as possible before you begin the treatment. Then, you can go through the hair section by section in order to apply the Cetaphil to the hair. Massage the Cetaphil into every single strand of hair. It is extremely important to get every part covered because just one louse left uncovered can cause a re-infestation. Massage the Cetaphil into the hair and the scalp.

After you have covered every single strand of hair as well as the scalp, you will then use the comb to go back through the hair and remove the excess lotion. Comb through the hair and wipe the excess lotion on a towel or cloth. After all of the excess lotion is removed, you need to blow-dry the hair. It is very important that you use the hottest setting. This part of the treatment takes the longest, as the Cetaphil takes a long time to dry, but you must be sure that every bit of the hair and the lotion is dry. As the lotion dries, it forms a thick crust that covers the hair strands as well as any head lice that remain. This stops the lice from getting air, which suffocates them.

Head lice can survive for around six hours without air, so this treatment must be left on for six to eight hours ? overnight is best. I have to stress again that all the hair and lotion must be dry. When the lotion has been on the head for eight hours, you can thoroughly rinse the hair and go back through it with a clean, fine-tooth comb. Remove any head lice you see and any eggs you can find. It is also important that you treat the bedding, carpets, throw pillows, scarves, and all hair accessories.

To treat any items that are washable, you can run them through the washer in hot water. After washing, place them in the dryer on the hottest setting for 30 minutes to an hour. This kills lice and their eggs. Another thing you want to do is treat the hairbrushes, combs, hair clips, and other accessories. You can soak these in boiling hot water with a bit of soap in it, or simply throw them away and purchase new ones. These tips and tricks along with the Cetaphil treatment can help you effectively get rid of head lice.

Once head lice have found a host and their hair and scalp they will breed very efficiently. The female head louse can drop between 3 and 6 eggs a day. As you can imagine the eggs themselves aren't very big at all... only about the size of a grain of sand.

The eggs (or nits as they are also called) take about a week to incubate before the new born lice (called nymphs) are introduced to the world.

After hatching the nymphs go through 3 stages before becoming an adult, during each stage they shed their exoskeleton to promote growth.

For children, the primary factor contributing to the spread of head lice infestation is because children support the head lice population just because of their day to day activities that they engage in. Younger children tend to be more social with fewer personal boundaries, and as such, the head lice can more easily transfer and propagate under such close contact conditions. And children at this age aren't aware of the warning signs when their heads begin to itch.

Kids between four and eleven in age are the most likely to carry and promote infestation. Again, this is because older kids begin to become more protective about personal space; and children younger than about four years old don't spend nearly as much time in close proximity to large groups of children.

Checking your child for infestation quite easily done; and should be undertaken if your child complains about their head itching or you notice them unknowingly scratching at their head more than what has been normal.

You can either purchase a louse comb from your local pharmacy and comb your child's hair with the comb, or perform a visual inspection. If you opt for the latter, you will want to look more for the small eggs (nits) that are attached to your child's hair follicles. The odds aren't in your favor that you'll initially see an actual head louse. This is because as you part your child's hair and shine some sort of light (which you'll need) the live louse will run for cover.

So, even though your child might not be happy with you running a fine comb through their hair or inspecting manually, it is certainly more desirable than having an infestation left to become worse.

If you do determine an infestation is present, the local pharmacy will have different types of head lice lotions, shampoos, and topical treatments.

These treatments will more than likely contain a mild insecticide; these types treatments will that take less time to work have as they contain ingredients.

Even after treatment it is important to check your child's hair with the ?nit? comb to make sure that all the infestation has cleared and that any dead lice are effectively removed.

One sometimes difficult aspect when dealing with children and head lice, is that even after you have managed to alleviate one infestation, you may find that within months or even weeks they have another infestation. This will probably be due to other children who may have head lice.

Because of this, a cycle can carry on for months depending on how proactive and diligent other parents are in addressing the head lice infestation.

The problem perpetuates when some parents either can't or are reluctant to use the treatments available. As such their children may have a prolonged infestation period. If you believe this to be the case and the school, daycare, or social group that child frequents doesn't appear to be proactive enough; you should remove your child from this particular environment until the recurring infestation has been effectively dealt with.

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