Problems with head lice? Experts say that the problem on head lice is that they are now developing resistance to standard medications. Lice are resistant to the standard OTC treatments that we grew up with. There are safe treatments to get rid of lice that work and don’t use dangerous pesticides (that lice are resistant to anyway).
Head lice are are wingless insects that spend their entire lives on the human scalp and often feeding on human blood. They are different from fleas and they cannot fly nor jump nor walk on flat surfaces.
Head lice are transferable from person to person through direct contact and through indirect contact. Indirect contact means that head lice can be transferred through coats, hats and scarves which hang or are stored beside one another in cloak rooms or in coat racks or coat hooks. Head lice may also spread through infested hair brushes and combs which are shared by two or more persons. It can also spread when there is sharing of infested bedding, towels or shower caps. Head lice can easily spread through institutions, homes, schools or camps.
