LiceDoctors Advises Baltimore to Beware of Lice Due to Annual Post-Thanksgiving Uptick in Incidence

BALTIMORE - Nov. 29, 2014 - PRLog -- As the Thanksgiving holiday season winds down, Baltimore families are left with clean up and that sometimes includes cleaning out lice... not in the house, but on the head. When families and friends convene for the holidays, head lice have the opportunity to spread from one person to another. Head lice are generally transmitted via head to head contact, therefore, children playing together facilitates transmission.

We at LiceDoctors always see an upswing in the number of calls that we receive following an holday season. With Thanksgivng, immediately following by the December holidays, we become quite busy helping families to eradicate their head lice cases.

The bad news is that chemical treatments are ineffective. The good news is there are all-natural methods which are 100% effective in treating the lice infestation. During this peak lice season, it’s important to be armed with knowledge about head lice. LiceDoctors Head Lice Treatment Service offers valuable tips to families on ways to prevent, identify, and treat head lice so that you do not spin your wheels trying to treat case whose cure seems elusive:


· First of all, not everyone shows symptoms of head lice, not even an itcy scalp, so it is imperative to check your child regularly to see if you see any nits in the hair.
· When your child returns from a play date or school, spend a few minutes checking with a bright lamp  to see if you find anything translucent stuck to the hair. Nits are look brownish, as they are translucent, housing a bug inside. They are glued  to the hair and do not flake off like dandruff nor are they white like hair casts. Bugs have six legs and they crawl; they don’t fly.
· Children with long hair should wear their hair up in a braid or bun. The less accessible that the hair is, the more difficult it is for the bugs to get into it.
· Apply gel, mousse or sprayor a peppermint lice repellent in your child’s hair. These products put a protective layer on the hair, which makes it more difficult for the bug to attach to the hair.
· Bring your own pillows if you are spending the night with friends or extended family. Sleep overs are common venues for passing along lice infestations.
· Encourage your children to avoid sharing items including hairbrushes, combs, hats, scarves, towels, helmets, sleeping bags, etc.
· If you find your child has head lice, you can attempt to treat it yourself. Comb through the hair while wet. After combing, pull out any remaining nits. In order to eradicate a case of head lice, you must remove every nit. If you leave one or two nits in the hair, the case will start all over again. Heads are infested, on average, two-four weeks before you discover you’ve got lice
· Keep in mind that lice infestations are sometimes difficult to diagnose as the eggs camouflage in the hair and the lice move very quickly. If you leave one louse or a couple of eggs in the hair, your probelm will contineu to get worse. A lice infestation will not spontaneoulsy recede.
·If you feel that a lice professional would be helpful, give LiceDoctors a call and we can come to your home at your convenience and get rid of your head lice. We guarantee it. Make sure whichever company you call gives you a 100% guarantee on their head lice removal service.

About LiceDoctors
LiceDoctors treatment protocol was developed nearly 20 years ago by its medical director, Dr. Stephen Beck. It is all-natural, and has a 99.9% track record. No other treatment option can boast that kind of history and success rate of treating over 120,000 happy clients.  Each lice technician undergoes an intensive training and is dispatched directly to the privacy of the clients’ homes. In Baltimore, Maryland, call 443-873-2187 or go towww.licedoctors.com for further information. LiceDoctors is also availabe in Washington DC and suburband Maryland at 240-662-4519.  We come to your home day or night, 365 days a year.