Nurses General Nursing
Published Jul 19, 2003
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nowplayingEDRN
799 Posts
Now that y'all have my skin sufficiently crawling and my head and other body areas starting to itch........all I can say is: Thanks for the total gross out for the day........*shivers and scratches* Never had then...kids never had them...I feel fortunate....EWWWWWwwwwwww! (and my hair is down to my butt and all one length)
bedpan
265 Posts
Mental image of nit trying to hang onto slippery hair like a greasy rope going aaaaahhhhhh splat!
:rotfl:
Now that is a hilarious visual!!!!
Thanx gwenith I needed that!
phn92
65 Posts
We usually recommend Nix or Quell for lice shampoos. I have suggested Olive oil, but it usually takes more than one time to do the trick. You coat the hair and scalp and cover with a shower cap and leave it on for at least 8 hrs. It smothers the bug, but doesn't kill the nits. You have to do this q3rd day for at least 21 days! It kills the lice as they hatch out, but doesn't kill the nit! So you still have to pull the nits off everyday! I had one family do it and worked great. She had tried all the lice shampoos and couldn't get rid of it!
One place that people forget to clean is the inside of their vehicles! Also those combs are worthless! You know the expression "Nit picking", well that's exactly what you need to do!
Can you tell I've done a lot of pt teaching this week?
LauraF, RN, ASN, CNA, LPN, RN
568 Posts
If you don't have the lindane or Kwell, you can use Crisco. My step-daughter used to get them all the time. Everytime she came over we would get rid of them and two weeks later she would be back and have them again. We cut her hair and then applied solid shortening, also have been told real mayonaise, wrapped her head in plastic wrap. Sent her to bed. Next morning several washings later we would pick out the eggs and then be done. Just makes me itch for days.....ack!!!!!
SmilingBluEyes
20,964 Posts
Lice are so very **easy** to get rid of . It's the DAMN nits ya gotta work to get rid of . Having dealt with lice on my son twice this year, I learned the ONLY way is to comb, comb, comb til they are all gone. It's a total pita but it's one of those things to which there is NOT a shortcut or easy way out. All the Lindane, oil, showercaps and shampooing in the WORLD won't get rid of nits. It's work, and They suck, period.
ktwlpn, LPN
3,844 Posts
Originally posted by SmilingBluEyes Lice are so very **easy** to get rid of . It's the DAMN nits ya gotta work to get rid of . Having dealt with lice on my son twice this year, I learned the ONLY way is to comb, comb, comb til they are all gone. It's a total pita but it's one of those things to which there is NOT a shortcut or easy way out. All the Lindane, oil, showercaps and shampooing in the WORLD won't get rid of nits. It's work, and They suck, period.
fedupnurse
790 Posts
Leech therapy is totally gross!!!! Particularly the smell. EEEEWWWWW. Worse than the worst GI bleed smell you can imagine...
Mandylpn
543 Posts
HI: I could not resist this posting. having been a hairstylist in my previous life (before nursing school) I have a suggestion to remove the nits, white vinegar hair rinse (diluted with water) snf come them out. Yes, I have seen them, a child I was giving a haircut to had them crawling about. my reaction? Begged to get off work early and go home with the Qwell. The problem is when you do not treat it a second time, you are not killing all the unhatched eggs (nits). the nits are dead when they turn clear, and can easlily be pulled down off the hair shaft. just my 2 centz. Nasty little varmits, aren't they!:chair:
Sorry for the typo, meant to say use the vinegar rinse, then comb the nitz out.
P_RN, ADN, RN
6,011 Posts
cooties!!!!
http://www.ecureme.com/emyhealth/data/cooties.asp
live4today, RN
5,099 Posts
I don't know how true this is, but I use to hear Black women say that their children did not get lice because of the hair oil or natural oil in the scalp of their children. My children never got it, so perhaps this is true. Anyone else hear of this?
Also, other races may not have gotten it if their scalps were oily as children. Thought I'd share this so perhaps an oily scalp will save some children the pain of going through the lice trauma.
That is the same thing that one of my Instructors who is black said - the natural oils