School is starting, be careful with head lice

It is well known that children are especially touched by these parasites at school but you also know that adults can also get lice. The nits are white eggs which are stuck on the hair. Lice have a grey color and is between 2 and 4 mm. They live mainly on the scalp, but also on the hair and the clothes. They can resist between 3 and 4 weeks moving on the head of our children.
The symptoms and the transmission
If your child tends to scratch the head very often, they might be infested. Lice and nits live on the scalp, behind the hear, on the top of the head but also on the neck and cause itching. The presence of these parasites is not due to a lack of hygiene, they spread by direct contact or via hair accessories. Boys shout during the break, they steal the hats of each other and the little girls exchange their barrette or hair ties, the contact is then easy.

How to prevent ?
If a child has lice, you must watch their scalp every 2 days during 2 weeks. If there is a risk of contamination at school, there are a lot of preventive treatments in a pharmacy: shampoos, lotions, repellent sprays. Tips for the little girls, your must tie the hair as much as possible.

You must be patient in case of contamination because your must boil the sheets, pillowcases, bath towels but also the clothes with a collar.
You must also clean the chairs, car seats, couch where your child could have sat. There different treatments.

[color color="#ff0000"]1- In pharmacy, you can find products: lotions, sprays and shampoos. Generally, the parents don't like very much those products because the treatment is often long and you have to treat strand by strand and do a general inspection every day during the treatment. Furthermore, children don't like these strong and unpleasant smells.

[color color="#ff0000"]2- Other parents prefer more natural way with essential oils but you can't use them pure, they are very concentrate ! - Pour a few drops of lavender essential in the hair conditioner, rub down and detangle.
- The tea-tree essential oil is very adapted, it is antiseptic, antibiotic and antiviral. Pour a few drops of shampoo, wait and comb.
There are other very efficient oils, ask some advice to your pharmacist.

[color color="#ff0000"]3- There is also an electric miraculous comb which kills the lice and the nits by electrocution and doesn't contain any harmful products. The electric tension of the comb is so weak that it is not perceptible. It is easy to use on dry hair. Rate found 25€.
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