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Saturday, July 31, 2010

Treating your home for Head Lice

Your child has come home and informed you that he/she has head lice, your first instinct is probably to treat them right away and that is definitely the first thing that you should do but what about the rest of your house, in this article we will go through some of the items that you will want to treat for head lice so the infestations does not happen again.

One of the very first things that you should do after you have treated your child’s head is to strip her bedding. This is usually where a lot of the infestation happens and develops, so washing every piece of bedding is a great idea. Head lice can not survive in a degree that is above one hundred and twenty five, so using hot water is a must. If you are washing multiple loads, be sure that you wait in between them so your hot water can refill itself to the disinfesting temperature.

Things that you can not place in the washer such as: combs, hair brushes and hair accessories will need to be placed in a vat of hot water. The water must be above the degree specified above, otherwise the head lice can survive and the infestation could start all over again. Leave the items in the hot water for a minimum of ten minutes to ensure that you killed all of the head lice.

While you do not necessarily have to fumigate any rooms or use any insecticidal sprays, it is recommended that you thoroughly vacuum your entire house. A head louse can not last off a human scalp for more than two days, so vacuuming any head lice up would immediately eliminate the chance of your child getting another infestation of head lice. You will also want to be sure that you are not just vacuuming the floors, but also vacuuming any furniture that the infested person may have sat on or used – this will prevent anyone else from getting infested with head lice.

As you can see, if you child does develop a case of head lice, it is definitely not a time to panic, head lice can not last too long off of a human scalp and as long as you follow use this article as a reference if your child does happen to get head lice, you should have no problems with de-infesting your home, just remember to dip and wash items in hot water, vacuum everything thoroughly.

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Thomas T :)

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