HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES FOR LICE
Lice are tiny, wingless, parasitic insects
that feed on your blood. Lice are easily spread — especially by schoolchildren
— through close personal contact and by sharing belongings.
Several types of lice exist:
·
Head
lice. These lice
develop on your scalp. They're easiest to see at the nape of your neck and over
your ears.
·
Body
lice. These lice live
in clothing and on bedding and move onto your skin to feed. Body lice most
often affect people who aren't able to bathe or launder clothing regularly,
such as homeless or transient individuals.
·
Pubic
lice. Commonly called
crabs, these lice occur on the skin and hair of your pubic area and, less
frequently, on coarse body hair, such as chest hair, eyebrows or eyelashes.
You or your child can have good personal
hygiene habits and still get lice. Unless treated properly, this condition can
become a recurring proble
Cause
You can get lice by coming into contact with
either lice or their eggs. Eggs hatch in about one week. Lice can't fly or walk
on the ground. They spread through:
·
Head-to-head
or body-to-body contact. This
may occur as children or family members play or interact closely.
·
Proximity
of stored belongings. Storing infested
clothing in closets, in lockers or on side-by-side hooks at school, or storing
personal items such as pillows, blankets, combs and stuffed toys in proximity
at home can permit lice to spread.
·
Items
shared among friends or family members. These may include clothing, headphones, brushes, combs,
hair decorations, towels, blankets, pillows and stuffed toys.
·
Contact
with contaminated furniture. Lying on a bed or sitting in overstuffed, cloth-covered
furniture recently used by someone with lice can spread them. Lice can live for
one to two days off the body.
·
Sexual
contact. Pubic lice
usually spread through sexual contact and most commonly affect adults. Pubic
lice found on children may be a sign of sexual exposure or abuse
Symptoms
Signs and symptoms of lice include:
·
Intense itching.
·
Tickling feeling from
movement of hair.
·
Lice on your scalp,
body, clothing, or pubic or other body hair. Adult lice may be about the size
of a sesame seed or slightly larger.
·
Lice eggs (nits) on
hair shafts. Nits resemble tiny pussy willow buds. Nits can be mistaken for
dandruff, but unlike dandruff, they can't be easily brushed out of hair.
·
Small red bumps on the
scalp, neck and
HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES
1.
Lycopodium 200- A
specific remedy for lice on the skin. One dose a week
2.
Psorinum 200-
Lice on the hair of head. One dose a week
3.
Lice on pubic
hair
Staphysagria
oil is used externally for lice
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