When your little one comes home from school with tiny white specks on their head, you might have officially made it to the yuck factory of head lice
WHAT CAUSES HEAD LICE?
Head Lice are tiny, wingless insects that live in human hair and feed on the blood circulating in the scalp. While nits are the eggs of adult head lice. Once lice lay nits, the nits take about a week to hatch. Head lice spread when people are in close contact – for example, when heads are close together, or when you wear an affected person’s hat or scarf, or when you use an affected person’s comb or hair brush. It’s common for children to get head lice because their heads are often close together as they play or do their schoolwork. Some children get head lice several times a year. If your child does get head lice, it’s nothing to be embarrassed about. It doesn’t mean your child and home are dirty. It is just a common case many children go through.
WHAT IS THE LIFE CYCLE OF HEAD LICE?
Head lice can live for about 28 days. They develop in 3 phases: egg (also called a nit), nymph, and adult louse.
• Egg Or Nit. Eggs or nits hatch in 6 to 9 days. Eggs are usually found within 4 to 6 mm of the scalp and do not survive if they are farther away.
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