~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This message is from PedTalk! To reply to the group, use "" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yes, I remember we had a discussion about that site in one of the other lists. :-) Sincerely, Ryan Werstuik -----Original Message----- From: Aultman <> To: <> Date: Saturday, November 15, 1997 4:04 PM Subject: Headlice >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >This message is from PedTalk! To reply to the group, use "" >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Hi I'm a mom with four kids that has a lot of experience treating head >lice! I think that many are becoming resistant to treatment. There is a >great site by the National Pediculosis Association at www.headlice.org - >try them out. Many of the treatments you have been discussing are supposed >to be dangerous. Lindane, for example, as I'm sure you know, has been >banned by 18 countries. Using it overnight under a shower cap is not a good >idea! Also, someone mentioned something about a patient's family seeing a >"lice nest" in their kid's dresser. Impossible. Lice will starve within >24-48 hours off of their human host. They live on us, not in our >furniture!! Anyway, I'm still hard at work trying to keep my kids free of >headlice. Something that has seemed to work for me: after treament and >removal of ALL nits, wash the childs hair on a daily basis and dry it with >a hairdryer. This allows for frequent checks of the child's head, and the >heat can't hurt either! We haven't had a reinfestation for about 6 months >now with me doing this. > >Try out that site, though. LOTS of great info about treatments and truths >about lice. > > >