Lice in children: the effectiveness of treatments
Treatment of pediculosis may not give the desired results, if the nits can not be completely eliminated. Killing the nits is very complicated and it is enough that there are a few left so that the infestation reproduces. What is the trick for a treatment to be effective? Currently, the active princi
Treatment of pediculosis may not give the desired results, if the nits can not be completely eliminated. Killing the nits is very complicated and it is enough that there are a few left so that the infestation reproduces. What is the trick for a treatment to be effective?
Currently, the active principles to eliminate lice fail to penetrate inside the eggs and, therefore, do not kill the nits. The method consists of detaching them from the hair, to which they are attached with the saliva of the female louse, which acts as a powerful glue or a cement. Acetic acid, present in the vinegar and in the composition of numerous pediculicidal shampoos and lotions ayuda, helps to remove the glue from the nits and, when losing adherence, they are easily dragged by the lice comb or fine comb for lice after your application.What is the trick to make lice treatment effective?
Use pediculicide products correctly and in order, and rinse the hair with vinegar (one part vinegar for two water) or apply the vinegar directly undiluted on the hair for half an hour, covering it with a cap, these are additional measures They can take when the goal is to eliminate the nits once and for all.
However, we should not forget about the later combing with the nurse, which is basically a comb with the tines very close together, which when dragged through the hair drags the previously removed nits.
There are several types of laundress:
- Basic:
plastic or metal. Must have the tines very tight and be white, to better see the lice and nits that are trapping. Before passing the silage, apply a conditioner or a softening cream to prevent your child from complaining about jerks, which usually occur more frequently when the hair is dry. The conditioner and the softening cream facilitate the combing. - Electric nurse:
It is a metallic comb comb that, when contacting a louse, emits an electric shock that kills it. His results are not good with nits, because being very tiny, he hardly touches them. Why do treatments against lice fail?
The repetition of the treatment at 7 days and the daily revision of the hair passing the labrum are the two key measures for which pediculicidal treatments usually fail. It is important to take into account the enormous reproductive capacity of the lice and, therefore, the constancy that we have to have when completing the treatments. Only then will they be effective.
Remember that an adult female can lay 8 eggs a day, that a week is 48 and, during her 40 days of life, she can put up to 300 . If these figures are multiplied by 2 or 4 adult females, who can procreate in the same child, you will have an idea of the number of nits that can be put in a single day and the magnitude of the infestation. The reproduction capacity of lice is amazing. For this reason, it is essential to start with the treatment on the same day of the discovery of the infestation to avoid the multiplication of these parasites.To ensure that the consistency in the application of the treatment and in the daily review will give positive results, this method of peeling and brushing for the elimination of nits, must be repeated for a few days. If 17 days pass and you have not seen any more nits, you can conclude that the lice infestation has passed.
Marisol Nuevo.
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