There is no need to get your children away from attending school because of the "super lice," a treatment-resistant head bug that has been wreaking havoc across various states in the U.S.
Some health information websites provided ways on how parents can get their children out of these bugs and keep them protected even when in school.
In a recent report on MLive, the state health department said that the public impact of the "super lice" treatment-resistant bugs "is minimal," and urged school administrators to "make their own policy decisions."
"In general, the public health impact of head lice is minimal. School exclusion for nits alone is not supported by the scientific evidence and can lead to children missing valuable education time," Kimberly Signs from the state health department said in the report.
The report cited state health officials saying that children diagnosed with the "super lice" can still go on in their classes and go home as the entire school day ends and "be treated." They noted than nits may still infest after this treatment, "but successful treatment should kill crawling lice."
Patch.com also provided measures on fighting this "super lice" outbreak, the treatment-resistant bug according to reports.
One of the ways to avoid these is to tell your children to avoid head-to-head contact with their peers' heads especially when hugging or playing sports together, the report said.
The report cited the Centers of Disease Control that the "super lice" treatment-resistant bugs spread more when children have direct head-to-head contact.
Simple things such as not sharing clothes, scarves or hats, and regularly washing clothes, pillowcases and sheets will protect your children from the lice spread.
Patch.com advises on washing clothes, pillowcases and sheets in hot water "to completely neutralize them and their eggs."
The report also suggested on changing your regular shampoo and using a "special lice shampoo," which can be purchased in many pharmaceutical stores.
Aside from these preventive measures, they also advised on what to do should the "super lice" treatment-resistant bugs have already attacked.
"There are still treatments out there that these so-called super lice aren't yet resistant to, but many of them are only available via prescription," the report noted, suggesting affected patients to see the doctor to be given a more resistant medicine.
"The experts agree, personal hygiene or cleanliness in the home or school has nothing to do with getting head lice," MLive reported.
