The kids return to school and bring home stories about what they learned and the friends they made. However, some parents worry that they can also bring home a small nuisance: lice.
Although the school is not the only place, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that invasion of lice in the United States is the most common among kindergartens and elementary school students.
According to Google’s trends, since mid-August, students returned to school, more people have been searching for information on bloody parasites and asking for answers to common questions about how to prevent and treat invasions. There is a CDC estimate Up to 12 million lice invasions each year In the US, children between the ages of 3 and 11 are infected.
Experts say there is a lot of misinformation about lice. The experts’ answers to questions that are commonly asked are:
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How do you know if your child has lice?
Head lice are parasitic insects that feed human blood, but are difficult to spot because they are very small, move quickly and avoid light. The distinctive symptoms that indicate possible invasion are new and itching on the scalp is occurring, says Dr. Danilo C. Delcampo, a Chicago dermatologist and fellow at the American Academy of Dermatology.
Eggs commonly called nits are yellow, brown or tanned and can look like small species, but when hatched, they look clear, experts say. Invasion can often be confused with dandruff or seborrheic dermatitis.
New Hampshire Lice Technician Becky Boudreau says that because lice are the most active at night, parents may notice that their children scratch more or don’t sleep well. She said it may take some time to recognize lice invasion in children with high pain tolerance or less responsiveness to insect bites.
There is no number of lice to classify as an invasion of either you have or don’t, experts say.
What are my treatment options?
Treatments to remove insects include medicines and experts who use a variety of methods to manually remove eggs and adult lice. Depending on the age and disposition of the child, the cost and severity of intrusion, including access to the clinician or technician and susceptibility, determines the most appropriate treatment options.
Many people don’t want to deal with insects, so they hire NIT pickers and visit clinics, Boudreau said.
“It’s still successful, but it takes time,” said Boudreau, who became a lice technician about six years ago after the child broke into the area.
Dr. Christa Lauer, national medical director of the American Lice Clinic, says they The clinic has become a different option. They use FDA-cleared medical devices that kill lice and their eggs using a combination of airflow temperature, velocity and direction. Technicians consider the child’s heat sensitivity or restlessness, but she said that for successful treatment, the device must be used in a specific pattern before combing dead debris and using washable topical substances.
Boudreau, which helps to assemble insect combs using shampoo, olive oil and special combs, says many commercial kits are “designed to fail,” and often requires multiple uses for this. Guidelines from the American Academy of Dermatology Association We recommend retreats for any product It can be purchased without a prescription and the method approved during the first treatment is that it cannot kill lice and its eggs.
Del Campo, a board certified by the American Dermatology Board, said they are OK as long as people use products like shampoo, as shown on their label. He emphasized that many of these products have been tested and approved by the Food and Drug Administration. These products contain benzyl alcohol lotion that only kills lice, and eggs, ivermectin lotion, malathion lotion and lindang shampoo are toxic if used incorrectly.
However, he said many dermatologists wouldn’t jump on using lice combs or other procedure-based treatments. Instead, he said, “There are effective over-the-counter medications that don’t require prescriptions, do not require guidance from a doctor, and are a great first step for parents.”
Experts say there is no scientific evidence of home remedies that can kill hair, mayonnaise, or obstructive lice and eggs.
What can you do to manage intrusions?
Adult lice can live on the head of a host for about 30 days. However, experts say that if you fall from a person and can’t feed them, you will die within two days. Their eggs can take up to nine days to hatch, and then mature into mature lice for another seven days.
Lice cannot hop, jump or fly, and are spreading mainly through head-to-head contact. There, parasites can be cra from one host to another, experts say.
CDC suggests washing machine wash and dry clothes and do not use infected hair products, furniture or toys. However, their guidance also states that it is unlikely to spread through products that use lice.
“Most of the jobs I’m called to are in my family’s home and I can’t get these bugs home quickly enough from work.
Can my child go to school with lice?
Students with lice invasion do not need to come home early from school, the CDC says. Students can return home at the end of the day and return to class once treatment begins. Experts say that the treatment was successful and the lice raw, but the nit may still be present.
Del Campo said parents need to be advocates for their children. Because there are many outdated school policies that force them to miss schools more than they need to.
“Lice are not dangerous. They don’t spray any disease. There is no medical reason to take children out of the classroom right away,” he said. “By the time you noticed the lice, they were often there for weeks, not even days or hours.”
He says adults may have some trauma from dealing with lice as children and when effective treatments are low, and misconceptions about parasites often increase stigma and may be felt by those affected by embarrassing embarrassment.
“It’s understandably miserable that people are experiencing and carrying, but today it’s very different,” he said. He added that lice is not related to hygiene, disease or economic status.
