Bullied Because of Head Lice? We can fix it.
October is National Bullying Prevention Month. A recent survey shows that many parents feel bullied because of head lice in the family. Knoxville Lice Clinic wants to help take the pressure off parents struggling with the stress and embarrassment of head lice.
Parents are nervous about head lice because they think they will be shamed. A OnePoll survey of 2,000 U.S. parents found that 52 percent of parents feel judged by other moms and dads when their child comes home with head lice. There is a long-held and long-debunked idea that head lice are associated with poor hygiene. The medical world has busted this myth, but the perception persists. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states, ‘Personal hygiene or cleanliness in the home or school has nothing to do with getting head lice.
Children get head lice from other children, plain and simple. The primary way lice spread is through head-to-head, hair-to-hair contact. Head-to-head contact with an already infested person is the most common way to get head lice.
One reason that parents dread head lice when lice enter their lives is that the bugs have become very difficult to treat. Traditional lice treatment products, when they work, require weeks of application and hours of tedious nitpicking. Unfortunately, those traditional products rarely work. Many parents try and fail to treat head lice with those products because head lice have become immune to the chemical pesticides in them. The most recent study in the Journal of Medical Entomology found that “super lice” comprise 98 percent of head lice in most U.S. states. Also, the pesticides used in lice products have been linked to developmental and behavioral problems in children.
The Good News
The good news is that Knoxville Lice Clinic can help!
Lice don’t cause or carry diseases, so in the vast majority of cases, they are not a health concern. You can now be done with head lice in about an hour and a half. A simple problem has finally met a simple solution—no more feeling bullied because of head lice!
To learn more or to schedule an appointment, email info@knoxvilleliceclinic.com , or call (865) 245-5353.