Head Lice Bugging Texas Families

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(Free-Press-Release.com) July 24, 2010 -- As children frolic at summer camps, go to local pool clubs, or just hang around with their friends, many Texas parents are dealing with uninvited guests: head lice. The number of reported cases has skyrocketed to unprecedented levels this summer building on a trend that has been ongoing throughout the school year. Several health care professionals report that they always see a jump in the number of cases in the summer as children are in close proximity to each other at summer camps and at playdates.

One Houston mother reports, “My daughter and I have spent time together this summer and I saw she was scratching her head a lot. I kept checking but didn’t see anything. When one of her friends told us that she found lice in her head, I called in a lice professional. Sure enough, my daughter had hundreds of bugs and eggs in her hair.”
According to LiceDoctors, a professional lice removal service in Houston, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio, the single most significant change in the lice situation in recent years is that lice have developed into what have been named by researchers as “super lice”. Super lice are lice that have developed a resistance to pesticides. Parents assume that after using these products on their children, that the children are lice-free. In fact, very often there are still live bugs and viable nits left in the head rendering the children contagious.

Another contributor to the problem is that affected children may not even know that they have head lice. Not everyone feels itchy from the lice; there are some people who feel itchy from one louse, while others have a head full of bugs and feel nothing.
LiceDoctors reports that the only way to eradicate lice is to remove all bugs and nits from the head. In order to do that, someone has to physically pick out the nits from the head. It is a very labor-intensive process and one has to be able to recognize a nit within the hair. If even one nit is left behind, then the cycle will continue. It is also important to check and treat all members of a family as more often than not, siblings and/or parents have caught lice from the affected person.

One Dallas mother explained that when her two daughters came home from overnight camp, they brought lice home with them. “The kids are on top of each other in the bunks. The nurse found it on my older daughter in an exit check. She missed it on my younger daughter. I happen to see a bug climb out of her head just as I was treating the other one. I put it the shampoo in both of their hair and combed out the nits for hours. The next day there were bugs and more nits so I brought in a lice removal service.”
LiceDoctors urges parents to remain calm. Although lice have become a common-place nuisance, they do not carry disease and they can be eradicated. LiceDoctors treats families in their homes and uses only all-natural ingredients, followed by hand-picking. If a parent is able to recognize nits in the head and is willing to do the handpicking, then he or she can manage the case. When the case becomes overwhelming, it is may be time to bring in an expert.
LiceDoctors can be reached at www.licedoctors.com.