Lice Treatment the hair

Still head lice hair a very common health problems in various parts of the world, there is no difference in this between developing countries or countries that occupy the highest ranks in the list of developed countries. According to recent statistics in the United States that more than 12 million American schoolchildren are injured each year in the hair of the head lice.

The magazine «healthy» b «Middle East» has offered in June 2006 the results of the study researchers in Britain about the hair of the head lice, published in the Journal of the time «Archives of Pediatrics that.» And the researchers of «statistical control center persistent infectious diseases» in the city of Cardiff in Wales to conduct field research included 31 schools, and found that 8 per cent of students, totaling 300 thousand, are already suffering from the settlement of lice to their hair. And also indicate similar results of those statistical studies that have been in Germany, France, and other countries of the world.

And the injury of a child with lice in the hair of his head does not mean an absolute lack of hygiene, or poor mother-child care. So no need for awkward mothers or Mlamthen for themselves at the time. Lice and high insect infection, and facilitates the transition from child to another child hair hair, especially in crowded places children, such as in schools or clubs or camps or children's playgrounds. So children can get lice despite parental attention to cleanliness.

Lice and small insect size of a sesame seed, and her wings, and infect human and feed on the blood that is absorbed through the skin. There are three types of insect lice that infect humans. The first is the hair of the head lice head lice, which live relates Balharh and go from time to time to the skin of the scalp to get food. This type nothing to do with the level of attention to the cleanliness of the body. The second body lice body lice, which is often an insect that lives in the clothes, and go to the skin to feed and then return to Mkmenha in clothing. The incidence of this type evidence of lack of attention to the cleanliness of the body or clothing. And third: pubic lice pubic lice. Interestingly, in the scientific research results, the studies that have been made to the DNA of the insect body lice, and compared insect lice head hair, showed that the human has started wearing clothes about 70 thousand years ago. Other studies on the DNA has also pointed out that the history of insect pubic lice extends to more than 3 million years ago.

* Signs of infection

* For the type of hair of the head lice, several signs of infection appear, such as severe itching in the head, feeling a little «Tickle» When you move your head hair. And you can see the insect, which is the size of a sesame seed, on the hair or the lingering residue comb. And put insect eggs attached leg hair. The eggs resemble dandruff, which for some form, but it does not go away easily when you move your hair, unlike the crust.

It must see a doctor to confirm the diagnosis, and appropriate treatment, especially when it does not succeed to use your shampoo to kill the lice to eliminate it, or when it infects lice pregnant women, which it took caution and consult a doctor before using any eye drug, or when you get infections in the skin of the scalp the head, the result of severe nail-itch.

Can lice hair when hair healthy person touches an infected person's hair, and the transmission of insect eggs or him. The egg is usually hatch within a week, to begin the insect in growth and reproduction. It is important to note that insect lice can not fly, it is also not strong enough to walk on the floor or the surfaces of things. Therefore, the transmission of the insect he must get one of the things, such as direct contact between infected and healthy hair hair, or between each other's body, or the transmission of insect clothes infected person to another clothes properly. Or the same thing between personal purposes, Kalmht or games.

And the diagnosis of head lice hair by seeing the insect on the hair or the skin of the scalp. Or see the egg conjoined leg hair to about 6 mm distance from the maker of the hair. In any place very close to the skin of the scalp. This distance task, because, as researchers from «Mayo Clinic» he says, seeing eggs glued to the leg hair at a distance of more than 6 mm evidence that the egg is not active, and therefore it does not require treatment.

Therefore, the diagnosis of the presence of lice requires Find a four signs of its existence, namely:

- Lice eggs, and looks as a yellow or brown before hatching. After hatching look white or transparent. There is a hair from the skin near firsthand, because they need to body temperature to help them grow and hatching, which is usually between one to two weeks to put the mother of insect eggs.

- Insect lice, and no bigger than the size of a sesame seed, and look brown or black. And you need the insect to a week after hatching to reach. The insect feeds on the blood of the scalp every six hours, but have the ability to survive without food and blood for 3 days.

- Knit scalp signs, so that the insect bite the scalp to absorb food, no blood. And then, may give rise to a desire to Knit that region. It depends on the emergence of allergies, Vaalgheml may remain in the head fed for weeks without provoking a desire to Knit a bite to the scalp area, and then the child may not complain of itching, but perhaps from anything that moves between the head hairs or make him feel tingling.

- Signs of microbial infections localized, the wounds may sometimes get the child as a result of deep abrasion, and the injury of those wounds bacterial infections. You may need to topical antibiotics from cream or ointment often.

* Lice treatment

* There are many cosmetic treatment of lice, either in the form of shampoo or cream, or lotion, usually sold in pharmacies without the need for a prescription. But when the child's life less than two years, they do not use, but must clean the hair strand after strand, and comb manually. Whatever the age of the child, it should consider the following points in order to get rid of lice in a child's head:

- The use of close to each other, and comb the hair out regularly after shampooing every 3 days for two weeks with a comb teeth. And contribute to wet the hair to prevent the insect from Anya movement, making it easier to exit with comb the hair.

- Wash all bedding, pillows, blankets and baby clothes in hot water, the temperature exceed about 60 ° C, and dried in electric clothes dryer for at least 20 minutes.

- What can not be washed off with water from the advanced stuff, as well as puppetry, games and games of animals made of cloth and other games, are sent to a commercial laundry and dry cleaning. Or the mother can be placed in Blacetkah bags and sealed off for two weeks until the insects die and their eggs.

- Immersion of combs and hair ties tuft of hair and brush to clean sterile solution for an hour care tools, and can not be cleaned to get rid of it immediately.

Methods of prevention can prevent infection or re-infection after rid of it alerts the child on the following matters:

- Avoid contact with the head of another child while playing or other.

- Do not use non-combs or hats or lock of hair ties.

- Do not use a bed or pillow and another child injured.

- Check the rest of the family members felt every four days when someone with lice infection.