Girls are more prone to lice
Lice are insects without wings, so they are passed from one head to another by direct contact. They live on the scalps of people, and especially in the case of children and young people. Any child can harbor lice regardless of their level of hygiene, so, it should not be a source of fear or embarrassment for children.
Although they are not transmitters of diseases, take our head as a residence is unpleasant and itchy. It is very likely that children have lice at one time or another in their childhood. The most usual period is between three and eleven years of age and in the case of Girls, these are more likely to suffer them. Although the reason is not yet clear. It seems that it is due to the hair length, according to the head of the Social Pediatrics Unit of the Niño Jesús University Children's Hospital, Dr. Jesús García Pérez.
The lice are insects between 2 and 3 millimeters of grayish brown color, they like to inhabit our scalp and they feed on our blood and it is their saliva that provokes the itching on the head.
They appear throughout the year, but in a greater quantity of infections during the periods of high temperatures and at the beginning of the school year.
Tips to eliminate lice in children
- The lice are born of the so-called nits, of which the parasite can put between 50 and 500, usually lodge in the root of the hair and they usually put them in the zones of greater sweating. Therefore, when it comes to looking for lice, it is important to focus behind the ears or in the occipital area.
- They exist nowadays lotions in the form of shampoo to eradicate lice. The first thing to do is apply the lotion with a gentle massage and cover the head for about 10 or 15 minutes to achieve intoxicate the louse. The hat helps the absorption of the shampoo to kill the bug and then protects other children from possible contagion.
- Brush your hair, finally you have to brush with a nurse, it is a special brush with the tines very close together, it allows dragging lice and dead nits.
- After the week we must check if the treatment has worked, in the opposite case, we must apply the same method until they disappear
- We can also use the home remedy par excellence against the posh: The vinegar. Used by our grandmothers and mothers, it is not a cliché that vinegar, in its proper measure, helps the detachment of the nit.
