head lice Blog Posts

As children head off to school every fall parents prepare themselves for the inevitable onslaught of colds, flu and other viruses that are so easily transmittable in a confined setting.  What most parents aren’t prepared for is a bought of head lice.  These two words alone are enough to send shivers up anyone’s spine and while we all cross our fingers that it won’t be our child who comes home with these pesky hitchhikers, the reality is that with 6 – 12 million cases of head lice reported each year, at some point your child just may be an unsuspecting host.

Unfortunately, with three children, our household has had more than its fair share of head lice outbreaks.  And, although I’ve been fortunate enough to avoid these itchy critters in my own hair, every time one of my children comes home with head lice I start to itch for days.  I dread head lice more than anything – not only because it’s such an easily transmittable parasite that’s difficult to get rid of, but because many over the counter treatments are so toxic.  Read more...