Resources

Here are a few trusted resources about head lice.

Headlice-org The National Pediculosis Association, ® Inc.
 http://www.headlice.org/

This site has a lot of valuable information about head lice, for parents as well as for school personnel. It also has some games and fun activities for kids about lice. You can leave your data and receive free educational downloads such as tips for lice removal, why you should consider the option of non-chemical lice treatment, Licemeister comb, and much more.

 

cdc-gov  Centers For Disease Control And Prevention – Lice
  http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/lice/head/

 This resource includes general information about head lice as well as more detailed pages about who gets lice and how, about lice life cycle, about the symptoms associated, how to be sure that you have lice, how to treat it and how to prevent lice from coming back. The page about treatment actually gives a lot of useful guidelines on how to treat the infested person.

 

Kidshealth KidsHealth – Head Lice
 http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/common/head_lice.html

This site has a 5 page article about head lice, with a focus on Signs of head lice, how you get lice, treatment, and prevention. It also has a section with useful Do’s and Don’ts of lice treatment, and tells you why lice may be coming back. 

 

 

ncbi-nlm-nih-gov  The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) – Head Lice
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001843/

General page about head lice, its causes and risk factors, the symptoms of head lice, signs and tests, treatment with permethrin (Nix shampoo) and nit removal guidelines. There is also some quick information about what you should expect, prevention of lice, and when you should contact your doctor.