Lousy Lice

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• Lousy Lice
• The Facts of Lice
• by V. Lickliter

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What are head lice?

• Lice are very, very small crawling insects.
• They do not fly, hop, or jump.
• Each louse (the name for one of the lice) is
  brown and gray and only about the size of a
  sesame seed (2mm).
• Lice are parasites (pair-uh-sites), which means
  that they live off other living things.

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Where are head lice found?

• Head lice live on the human head
• close to the scalp.
• behind the ears.
• toward the back of the neck.
• on top of the head.

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Lice love everyone!

• Anyone can get head lice if they have contact
  with an infested person who is infected.
• You cannot get head lice from grass, trees, or
  animals.
• Head lice arent fussy. Clean, dirty, short,
  straight, or curly hair all they want is blood
  beneath the scalp!

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Life Cycle of the Head Louse
Adult female glues the egg or nit to the hair
close to the scalp.
Nymph looks like a small adult and hatches in 7
to 10 days.
Nymph sheds skin 3 times to reach adult size in
10-14 days.
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Symptoms of Head Lice

• Constant itching of the head and back of the neck
• Infected scratch marks or a rash on the scalp
• Nits attached to individual hairs
  
• Nits are tiny, whitish, oval eggs firmly
  attached to one side of the hair shaft at an
  angle.

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Treatment for Head Lice

• Kill all live lice.
• Check for and remove all the nits by combing and
  manual nit picking.
• Clean the infested persons belongings and home
  environment.

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Life Without Lice

• Avoid close physical contact with a person who
  has lice. Avoid touching and especially putting
  your heads together!
• Dont try on hats that belongs to other children.
• Never share a comb or brush. Use your own, and
  dont lend them to anyone else.

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• If you wear headbands, hair clips, ribbons,
  barrettes, or other hair accessories, be sure to
  keep those to yourself, too.
• Do not share helmets, hats, or headphones.
• Always use your own sleeping bag and pillow when
  sleeping away from home.
• Sharing is usually a great idea- except when it
  comes to sharing those little lice!!!