When parents call me due to their children having lice, I am bombarded with questions. They want to know what to do first, what to use, what not to use, what to do with the house, the clothes, when they can get an appointment and....should they contact their pediatrician or doctor to get a prescription [...]
You have just received the call from your neighbor. Your child has played with her children everyday this week and last. She has been dreading making the phone call to you because she has to tell you that her child now has.....LICE. You start to feel your palms get sweaty. A hundred thousand thoughts go [...]
Nothing bothers me more than seeing teens these days "ruling" their parents. At what point in this world did they become boss? When I was growing up, I was afraid, or shall I say, respected my parents. When they spoke, I listened. Sure, I might not have agreed from time to time. But, to [...]
The dreaded colored letter comes home from your child's school or camp program. Someone in his/her class or group has lice. What are you to look for? How do you really know if your child has lice? Parents check their children's heads when these notices come home but most often they really do not know [...]
Head Lice, otherwise known as Pediculus Humanus Capitis. A rather large word for a creature that is so small. So small, yet so large among us. So large and so common, that there is an association named for it. The National Pediculosis Association (NPA) is a wonderful group that I have come to rely on [...]
This very question is one that I have heard so many times in the past couple of weeks since we have returned to school after winter vacation. Along with the start of a New Year and great winter vacations had by all, many people have been faced with some other new "obstacles" they may not [...]
Once your children have been treated for lice, they are safe to return to school. After you have taken the time to either rid the problem yourself or hired someone to help you with it, you want to make sure that all of the lice are gone. Getting rid of lice is a process and [...]
The holidays are are approaching and that means family and friends coming and going all throughout your home. It also means lots of visitors staying at your home or perhaps you are visiting other family members out of town. Perhaps you are traveling to get to your destination and staying at a hotel. It is [...]
When you find out that your child or you have lice, the first thing you want to do is "de-louse"! You want the critters out of your hair and you will probably go to just about any measure to get it done. However, what you might not think about is that these products, whether chemical [...]
Potomac Patch Article September, 2011 on Potomac Lice Lady