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Suggest Home Remedies For Head Lice In A Child

hello, I have a 22 month old that I believe caught head lice at her daycare. The center has mostly African American children there and the providers strongly claim that African Americans do not catch or spread lice, which I am not too sure about as to we do not go anywhere else. But anyway... can you give me some inexpensive home remedy treatments to treat my daughter. Also, is this something that here doctor can help with a prescription?
Fri, 4 Jul 2014
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Dear this is not really to be worried about, school going children do catch head lice frequently from their peers. simple and effective home remedy as you are asking is apply coconut oil mixed with lemon juice and leave it for 1 hr and after washing properly with shampoo use a thin brush comb. There is a different comb for lice extraction you have to buy that, it has crowded bristles to entangle the lice when you comb hair . This is how you can to some extant remove head lice but for complete removal you need to apply antilice shampoo as well as oil. If you don't remove all the lice, after a week or so nits will grow to become lice and cycle goes on. As eggs are not killed by anti-louse treatment and eggs hatch so you need to repeat treatment after 7 days. Mediker or any other anti-louse preparation can be used............tc care
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Suggest Home Remedies For Head Lice In A Child

Dear this is not really to be worried about, school going children do catch head lice frequently from their peers. simple and effective home remedy as you are asking is apply coconut oil mixed with lemon juice and leave it for 1 hr and after washing properly with shampoo use a thin brush comb. There is a different comb for lice extraction you have to buy that, it has crowded bristles to entangle the lice when you comb hair . This is how you can to some extant remove head lice but for complete removal you need to apply antilice shampoo as well as oil. If you don t remove all the lice, after a week or so nits will grow to become lice and cycle goes on. As eggs are not killed by anti-louse treatment and eggs hatch so you need to repeat treatment after 7 days. Mediker or any other anti-louse preparation can be used............tc care