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Mutated Lice Becoming Resistant to Treatment

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When it comes to offering top notch quality treatment for head lice in VA, Advice on Lice is the market leader. “We have seen resistance from the head lice to over-the-counter treatments for many years”. To eliminate head lice effectively, Advice on Lice is providing a range of lice removal products at competitive rates. The female head louse lives for about one month but can lay 7 to 10 eggs per day.

Be wary though, a report from the American Academy of Pediatrics warns that the nits, or eggs, aren’t necessarily much to worry about. It can also spread through sharing of personal items such as bike helmets, hats, brushes, combs, hair ties, and pillows. If you’ve treated and removed the live lice, the infestation is unlikely to spread.

Head lice can spread when there is direct contact with the head or hair of the infected person. Small parasitic and creepy creatures, head lice, are blood suckers that reside on human scalps and are contagious.

It’s part of Simon’s job to check kids’ hair for lice.

The first thing you can do is try higher doses of the standard lice treatments like Nix and Rid.

Itching is one of the telltale signs your child has lice, especially if they’re itching behind the ears and at the back of the neck.

It’s still treatable, but the prescription medication for super lice acts differently.

A new strain of lice is becoming more resistant to traditional treatment.

If you do reach for an over-the-counter remedy, Taylor says it’s important to follow the directions to the letter.

You can avoid insecticides if you go with this option, however, it’s a very time-consuming process.

If you get desperate enough, you can actually hire someone to manually comb and pick the lice from your kid’s hair. “No matter what you use, if it’s a chemical or all-natural, there isn’t a shampoo or magic formula that will just completely eradicate head lice”. If you have trouble seeing the nits, get help from a professional.

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