Want to know how to avoid fleas? Maybe you just don't want this disgusting beast to live in your head? While imagining lice living on your head is terrifying, they are usually not very dangerous. There are a few simple ways that will help you avoid them so you don't have to deal with them once they suddenly appear.
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Method 1 of 2: Confirming Symptoms and Avoiding Carriers
Step 1. Recognize the symptoms
As you probably know, ticks are small and can be white, brown or dark gray in color. They most like to live around the ears and back of the neck, and feed on human blood. Lice are more easily seen in people with dark hair.
- The most common symptom of head lice is itching at the back of the neck.
- In many children, lice do not cause any symptoms for several weeks or months afterward. Therefore, it is very important to carry out regular checks with a fine-toothed comb to detect the presence of lice as soon as possible.
- Doctors recommend combing lice after bathing or shampooing, while hair is still wet.
Step 2. Teach your child the importance of not sharing things with other people
Since head lice generally only infect school age children, it is very important to always be aware of situations where children may share things with their friends. While you may want to teach your child to share with their friends, you shouldn't encourage them to share any of the following:
- Hat
- Headband
- hair accessories
- Pillow
- Comb
- Any object that causes head-to-head contact between a tick carrier and another person.
Step 3. Watch out for tick carriers
Although fleas are disgusting, these animals are not avoided like infectious diseases. So, be aware of anyone who may have lice or is being treated for lice. If you know, you can avoid it.
If a person has lice and has been treated, but the treatment time is less than two weeks, be sure to avoid contact with the clothes they are wearing. You don't need to be afraid of them but avoid situations that will lead to contact with them, especially head-to-head contact
Step 4. Check yourself
Lice usually appear at school or while camping. If your child's school doesn't provide regular checkups, ask the school health professional for help once in a while. If school health workers can't help you, schedule a flea check with your pediatrician.
Method 2 of 2: Use Practical Prevention Strategies
Step 1. Stay away from insecticide sprays or other chemicals
These sprays are not necessary to kill fleas and are actually more harmful to you if inhaled or swallowed.
Step 2. Wash bed linen or clothing that has been worn regularly if you suspect your child's hair has lice
This includes:
- Washing your child's bed linen in hot water
- Wash all clothes your child has worn in the last 48 hours.
- Put all of your child's sleeping companion dolls in the dryer for 20 minutes.
Step 3. Soak hair care products in warm water, isopropyl alcohol or a medicated shampoo solution
Hair care products such as brushes, combs, hair bands, headbands, etc. should be soaked regularly to kill lice. If you're in doubt it's better to soak it just in case than sorry.
Step 4. Use the right hair care products to prevent lice
Whether it's the smell of the product or the chemical reaction, fleas usually tend to avoid:
- Tea tree oil. You can use a shampoo or conditioner that contains this ingredient to prevent lice.
- Coconut oil. Coconut oil is known to prevent lice.
- Menthol, eucalyptus oil, lavender oil, and rosemary oil. Most likely, fleas don't like the smell of these oils.
- Hair products designed to prevent lice also exist. Make sure you don't use a lice-killing shampoo unless you're sure you have lice growing in your hair, otherwise this shampoo isn't good for your hair.
Step 5. Vacuum the floor and upholstery that may be a breeding ground for flea colonies
Once a month, perform a deep vacuum on any carpet or upholstery that may harbor fleas or are awaiting human contact.
Step 6. Enjoy your life
Don't live in fear to prevent something that might not happen to you. There's no need to worry about fleas until there are actually fleas that have spread.
Tips
- During school time, don't use scented shampoos and conditioners (e.g. cherry scented). Because this will attract "more" ticks. Use an unscented shampoo during school days, and for the weekend, use a scented shampoo. Except for the coconut shampoo.
- If you are treated for lice, be sure to continue for up to two weeks afterward. It is necessary to remove dead lice and their eggs. If you do not continue your treatment, the lice will live.
- Thinking of lice makes your head itch, so don't believe if you think of lice and your head itches then you have lice. This could be due to your excessive imagination.
- Give lots of hair spray. Fleas don't like it because it's sticky.
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Is your head itching. Check with a mirror. If you have lice, seek help!
If you find out that you have head lice, use an anti-dandruff shampoo and conditioner. You can also get flea-killing drugs at pharmacies. Children should not use H&S, as it contains many chemicals which are not suitable for children. Adults may use H&S
- Seats on planes, in theaters and on buses often have fleas. Take off your jacket and place it on it before you sit down.
- Do not stay away from people who have lice. You can still see him, just avoid contact with his head/hair.
