Here’s how to prevent lice infestation at the sports club
Schools and camps are sometimes hotbeds for lice, but the critters can also easily move from head to head at the sports club.
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If your child has lice, lice eggs or nits are guaranteed to be involved. A female louse can lay up to eight nits a day for ten days, and she often does so behind the ears and on the neck, where it is nice and warm and moist. A nit is smaller than a millimeter, and white or yellow in color.
Lice are easy to treat, but you must first be sure your child has them. Therefore, get out the lice comb, and comb the hair carefully. If you find white or yellow dots (nits) or black bugs (lice) between the teeth of the comb, then it’s time to get to work with lice shampoo or lotion.
Tip: you can find lice shampoo and lotion by Elimax simply at your pharmacist.
Dead nits are translucent rather than white or yellow, and therefore look like flakes. Sometimes they are difficult to distinguish from those that are still alive. Their location on the hair arrow may be an indication. If they are farther away from the scalp, then it has been a while since they were laid – after all, the hair has grown – and they may no longer be alive. Still, you can’t always rely on that. Behind the ear, for example, is a popular spot, and there the nits are not against the scalp but rather in the middle of a strand of hair. Whether you are dealing with dandruff or nits, you can tell immediately. Flakes come off immediately, while nits (even when dead) stick firmly to the hair.
Schools and camps are sometimes hotbeds for lice, but the critters can also easily move from head to head at the sports club.
Lice immediately associate with itching – sometimes the very idea is enough to get you scratching.
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