Suggest Treatment For Lice Infestation

Posted on Wed, 22 Mar 2017

Question: My 3 month old boy has got lice. What medicine should I give to get rid of the lice

Answered by Dr. Dr. Pradeep Kumar Jain (43 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Clean the bedding/cloths in warm water and use permethrine lotion

Detailed Answer:
Hello

Thanks for asking on this platform

For treatment of lice it is the environment which needs to be cleaned properly as medicine has little value as lice and eggs remain live in surrounding area.
Wash the cloths, bedsheets, cap, scarfs in warm water. Wash the scalp with shampoo, comb there after and then apply permethrine (1%)lotion.
Repeat the same after 7 days.
I hope with all these measures you will get rid of the lice.

Regards

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