Everybody has encountered them and nobody likes them but nits and head lice are just one of those things that we all come across sooner or later. Frequently it is children who suffer from having nits and head lice and so it is a common assumption that they only affect children but this is not true. Adults as well as children can fall victim to being plagued by head lice and nits but it tends to be a rare occurrence.
There is a reason why it tends to be school age children who suffer from this condition more often than adults. As lice cannot jump or fly they transfer from person to person by crawling from one head to another and so direct contact with an infected person is needed for the infestation to spread. Children tend to be better suited for this method of transporting lice as they are more likely than adults to be in close contact with one another. Head to head contact for a prolonged period is more likely to be carried out by children through various playground games and generally playing. When a child is discovered to have nits, a common reaction is to exclude them from school and warn other parents of the discovery.
Although it is rare for adults to have head lice it is not impossible for it to happen. If a child has active head lice, it is possible for them to pass them on to other members of their family regardless of whether they're children or adults. Although the spread of it is believed to be more common in a school environment it is also possible for the spread to occur amongst close friends and relatives without anyone being aware of it. The school playground might appear to be the most obvious source of a child's head lice infestation but this is not always the case.
If you discover that your child does have this problem it is important to act quickly to treat it and prevent it from spreading. You should kill the head lice using a special louse product and remove any nits which cling to the hair using a fine-toothed nit comb. When you have made sure that your child is free from lice and nits you should also carefully check your own hair and the hair of anyone else in your family who could have had contact in the last couple of weeks.
This article was written by Edward Baxter on behalf of Vosene Kids
There is a reason why it tends to be school age children who suffer from this condition more often than adults. As lice cannot jump or fly they transfer from person to person by crawling from one head to another and so direct contact with an infected person is needed for the infestation to spread. Children tend to be better suited for this method of transporting lice as they are more likely than adults to be in close contact with one another. Head to head contact for a prolonged period is more likely to be carried out by children through various playground games and generally playing. When a child is discovered to have nits, a common reaction is to exclude them from school and warn other parents of the discovery.
Although it is rare for adults to have head lice it is not impossible for it to happen. If a child has active head lice, it is possible for them to pass them on to other members of their family regardless of whether they're children or adults. Although the spread of it is believed to be more common in a school environment it is also possible for the spread to occur amongst close friends and relatives without anyone being aware of it. The school playground might appear to be the most obvious source of a child's head lice infestation but this is not always the case.
If you discover that your child does have this problem it is important to act quickly to treat it and prevent it from spreading. You should kill the head lice using a special louse product and remove any nits which cling to the hair using a fine-toothed nit comb. When you have made sure that your child is free from lice and nits you should also carefully check your own hair and the hair of anyone else in your family who could have had contact in the last couple of weeks.
This article was written by Edward Baxter on behalf of Vosene Kids
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