Officials Warn Against Drug-Resistant 'Super Lice'

[Venceremos]

If there is one childhood rite of passage that withstands the test of time, it's head lice. Even though the bugs carry no diseases and don't cause any actual harm, they're universally loathed.

And now, they're becoming more difficult to treat.

As school starts, health officials and parents are bracing for this year's bout with what some are calling "super lice." Some of the bugs have become drug-resistant, and no longer respond to common anti-lice medications.


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My head is starting to itch from reading the article.

[ingac70]

1. Head shavin' time. n/t

[Speck Tater]

2. The schools will start looking like Buddhist monastaries.

Nothing but shaved heads as far as the eye can see.

[Avalux]

3. My daughter had lice.

Typical chemical treatments didn't work and I was worried about using them repeatedly on her.

I found a recipe for a mixture of shampoo, olive oil, tea tree oil and eucalyptus oil that suffocates the little bastards.

Saturate the hair and scalp with the mixture then place either a plastic bag or bathing cap over head - make sure as airtight as possible. Leave on for 2 hours. Rinse, use a nit comb to remove eggs then shampoo out remainder of mixture. Repeat in about 5 days.

[semillama]

6. eerr... you do mean "over HAIR" not "over head" - right?

Because, I know lice are annoying, but damn - suffocating a kid to get rid of them? That's Dethklok-level brutal right there!

[Liberal Veteran]

4. Perhaps some homeopathic lice water will do the trick?

[DCKit]

5. You can kill them with a blow-dryer.

Don't even have to expose the childrens to toxic chemicals. Oh, and it's going to be a loooooong time before they become resistant to heat.

[Hannah Bell]

7. be afraid, be very afraid. school is dangerous. drug-resistant lice, ooga booga!!!!