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1. • Lotions and shampoos containing 1% permethrin (Nix)

     • Treatment Of Cooties – Head Lice Lotions and shampoos containing 1% permethrin (Nix) often work well. You can buy these medicines at the store without a prescription. If these products do not work, a health care provider can give you a prescription for stronger medicine. Always use the medicines exactly as directed.
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   How do you treat head lice?

   • When treating lice, wash all clothes and bed linens in hot water with detergent. This also helps prevent head lice from spreading to others during the short period when head lice can survive off the human body. Ask your provider if people who share bedding or clothes with the person who has head lice need to be treated as well.

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   What are head lice NITs?

   • Head lice are small insects that live in human hair and feed on blood from the scalp. Their eggs are called nits. What are head lice? Who gets head lice? What causes head lice? What are the symptoms of head lice? How are head lice diagnosed? What are head lice? What are nits? Head lice are tiny grey/brown insects.

   Head Lice and Nits (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment) - Patient

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   How long does it take to get rid of head lice?

   • These kill head lice in all types of hair, and you can buy them from pharmacies, supermarkets or online. Head lice should die within a day. Some lotions and sprays come with a comb to remove dead lice and eggs. Some treatments need to be repeated after a week to kill any newly hatched lice.

   Head lice and nits - NHS

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   Can you treat head lice without seeing a GP?

   • Treat head lice as soon as you spot them. You can treat head lice without seeing a GP. Check everyone you live with, or have close contact with, and start treating anyone who has head lice on the same day. There's no need to keep your child off school if they have head lice. You do not need to wash your laundry on a hot wash.

   Head lice and nits - NHS

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   Who can get head lice?

   • Adults can get head lice and pass them on to other adults. But head lice are most common in children aged between four and 11 years. For more information on who can get head lice, see our about head lice section. How do I get rid of head lice? To get rid of head lice, you can either use wet combing or insecticide gels, lotions and sprays.

   Head Lice: Symptoms, detection and treatment | Bupa UK

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   How to get rid of head lice & NITs?

   • Wash the hair in the normal way with ordinary shampoo. Rinse out the shampoo and put on lots of ordinary conditioner. Comb the hair with a normal comb to get rid of tangles. When the hair is untangled, switch to a detection comb. This is a special fine-toothed comb to remove head lice and nits.

   Head Lice and Nits (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment) - Patient

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3. illness.com › disease › cooties-head-liceCooties - Head Lice : Overview, Causes, Symptoms, Treatment ...

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   Treatment Of Cooties – Head Lice Lotions and shampoos containing 1% permethrin (Nix) often work well. You can buy these medicines at the store without a prescription.

4. www.nhs.uk › conditions › head-lice-and-nitsHead lice and nits - NHS

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   Treat head lice as soon as you spot them. You can treat head lice without seeing a GP. Check everyone you live with, or have close contact with, and start treating anyone who has head lice on the same day. There's no need to keep your child off school if they have head lice.

5. cks.nice.org.uk › topics › head-liceScenario: Management | Management | Head lice | CKS | NICE

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   A physical insecticide — these silicone or fatty acid ester-based products kill the lice by physically coating their surfaces and suffocating them, so resistance is unlikely to develop.

6. patient.info › childrens-health › head-lice-and-nitsHead Lice and Nits (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment) - Patient

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   Mar 15, 2022 · Head lice treatment. The main ways of treating head lice and nits are: Medicated lotion and spray treatments. Wet combing. Most insecticides need to be used twice, and combing has to be done several times over at least two weeks.

7. www.bupa.co.uk › childrens-health › head-liceHead Lice: Symptoms, detection and treatment | Bupa UK

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   Symptoms. Detection. Treatment. Prevention. Leave your feedback. Head lice are tiny insects that live on the hair of your scalp and neck. They’re not dangerous but can make your scalp itchy and uncomfortable. Nits are their empty egg cases. Treating head lice as soon as you can will stop them spreading to other people.

   • Head lice won’t go away on their own. They can stay in the hair for a long time and will spread to other people. They can also make daily life very...
   • Adults can get head lice and pass them on to other adults. But head lice are most common in children aged between four and 11 years. For more infor...
   • To get rid of head lice, you can either use wet combing or insecticide gels, lotions and sprays. You need to treat everyone living in the household...
   • You don’t need to keep your child off school if they have head lice. But you should start treating them straightaway. Tell the parents of their clo...
   • Head lice don’t always cause symptoms, so you may not know you have them. Though sometimes they can make your scalp feel itchy. The only way to kno...

8. www.health.ny.gov › diseases › communicablePediculosis (lice, head lice, body lice, pubic lice, cooties ...

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   What is the treatment for pediculosis? Medicated shampoos or cream rinses containing pyrethrins or permethrin are preferred for treating people with head lice. Products containing pyrethrins, permethrin or malathion are available over-the-counter, but those containing lindane or malathion are available only through a physician's prescription.

9. dermnetnz.org › topics › liceLice. Pediculosis - DermNet

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   The medical term for an infection or infestation with lice is called pediculosis. Lice are ectoparasites that live on the human body. They are wingless and have six legs on which are attached strong claws that they use to grasp on tightly to hair shafts or clothing fibres.