Don’t let lice make your head their home. Head lice like to hide on certain areas of the human head where they can lay their eggs without being discovered easily. Head lice are often first diagnosed by locating their nits (lice eggs). It is important not to confuse nits with dandruff. Anyone can get LICE; it is not a matter of cleanliness.
School age children who attend sleep-over’s, camps and day care should be checked periodically for Lice. Please check your child weekly during the wintertime months. Lice are not predatory but may crawl from one head to another for instance during a naptime event.
Areas of the head that lice tend to prefer:
- Behind the ears
- Near the neckline at the back of the head
What does it feel like when lice make your head their home?
- A tickling feeling like something is crawling in your hair.
- Regular to constant itching due to allergic reaction to the bites.
- Feeling irritable.
- Sores on the scalp caused by scratching.