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Head Lice
Are you ‘Scratching
for Answers’?- A resource for
children Department of Human Services, Victoria
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What are head lice?
What do we know about head lice?
Rick Speare SPHTM
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Lets ask the nutty (nitty) professor-
Dr Rick Speare
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Who gets head lice?
Only people
do!
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A Common Myth about Head lice
Head lice can make you very sick
False!They are in fact harmless and do not spread disease!
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Another Common Myth about Head Lice
All children scratch when they have head lice
False!
Less than half do.
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True or false? Head lice can fly and jump from one head to another
False!In fact, head lice
don’t jump but do crawl very fast!
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True or false?It is good to use chemicals on the whole family when you have head lice.
False!You don’t have to use chemicals at all, and if you do, only on those family members with live head lice.
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Where do they live?
Head lice only live on our heads.
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How do we get head lice?
• Head lice crawl from one head to another when we have our heads very close to another person. These people may include:– Close friends,– Class mates,– Work mates,– Your brothers and/or sisters.
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What do head lice look like?
Here’s a close up photo of what a head lice (or louse)
looks like
Rick Speare SPHTM
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How do head lice feed?
•Head lice crawl up to the scalp to suck their blood meal 3 to 4 times per day
Rick Speare SPHTM
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Head lice are like trapeze
artists• Head lice cling to the hair really well with their claws• Head lice crawl and can swing from hair shaft to hair shaft
• Here is a photo of what their claw looks like
Rick Speare SPHTM
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What is ‘a Nit’?• Head lice eggs, or ‘nits’ are stuck to the hair with a special “glue”
•These eggs hatch after 7 days of being laid
A photo of a nit, or head lice egg.
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Rick Speare SPHTM
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How can we avoid getting head
lice?
•Check your hair every week for head lice using the “combing and conditioning” method
•Tie your hair up during the day
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How do I look for head lice and/or
nits?You will need:•White conditioner•A normal comb•A head lice comb•Tissues •A parent or guardians help
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What should I do if I have head lice?
• Tell all your friends as well as your school teacher
• Check everyone’s hair in your family• Get rid of them using the “combing and conditioning method” every 2nd day until you haven’t found any head lice for 10 days or with head lice treatments (if you use head lice treatments, make sure you check that it has worked and re-treat again in 7 days)
• You can go back to school once you have had a head lice treatment
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Need more information?• Look at these great websites:
www.health.vic.gov.au/headlicewww.nitpickers.com.auwww.jcu.edu.au/school/phtm/PHTM/hlice/ hlinfo1.htmwww.health.qld.gov.au/headlice
• Talk to your DHS School Nurse
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Good luck and happy hunting!