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Clean and healthy hair is a way out of lice infestation
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WATCHOUT Take care of your hair
Hair troubles resulting from lice infestation is a problem that many children encounter. And when in contact with these children, young adults too contract this infestation. Lice which are usually found in children's hair are head lice. Itching is the usual irritable symptom and scratching causes rawness of the skin of the scalp. It causes oozing and then becomes prone to secondary infection . In response to the infection, the lymph nodes behind the ears become swollen and tender. This itching affects the concentration of children. Head lice tend to spread through close bodily contact, shared personal items like hats and hairbrushes. Lice multiply by laying eggs and these appear as nits adhering to the hair. Body lice tend to spread through infected clothes, bedspreads, and unhygienic habits.
Prevention and treatment
Though it is difficult to stop the spread of lice in children they should be refrained from sharing hats and combs. Regular washing of hair with shampoos would help clear away the nits forming regularly. Body lice can be prevented by improved hygiene and washing clothes of infected person with hot water, which usually kills the nits or eggs of the lice.
Homoeopathic medicine has remedies to clear lice infestation . Sulphur is a remedy, which would help in children who are not usually clean. Staphysagria is another remedy when the scalp is affected. Whenever there is secondary infection with formation of pus, Hepar sulph clears it while the same with enlargement of lymph nodes is cleared by Mercurius. Sabadilla when applied externally has been found to clear the infestation too. Psorinum allays the recurrent infection of head lice.
DR. VENUGOPAL GOURI
Consultant Homeopath
drvenugopal@gmail.com
92463 72625 (mobile)
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