Parents of schoolchildren, as well as active people who travel a lot, exercise in gyms, etc., are especially often faced with the problem of head lice. Several factors contribute to this widespread spread of lice:
• lice crawl from an infected person to another, even during a short contact;
• under favorable conditions, lice can remain on things (on linen, on a headrest on an airplane, on brushes in a hairdresser, etc.) for two or three days, waiting for a new victim;
• lice stick well to the surface of the water;
• lice are very fertile: the female can lay up to 50 eggs in a week.
Therefore, no one is safe from the detection of these parasites in himself or his child. Of course, it is difficult to accept this fact, although there is nothing shameful in it, because everyone can become a victim of parasites.
What are the signs of infection? The very first and familiar symptom is constant itching of the scalp. There are a number of indirect signs by which you can determine the presence of head lice:
• red spots on the scalp – traces of insect bites;
• an allergic rash or irritation on the skin of the neck;
• children may have a slight increase in temperature.
And, of course, you should regularly check your hair for adult insects and nits (eggs). Lice become visible when the number is already high enough. Then they are easiest to find on the back of the head and on the temples. And nits – eggs – are attached to the hair and look like small oval-shaped formations of a whitish-yellowish color. Nits stick to the hair very tightly, since the female secretes a special sticky substance when she lays them, so it is impossible to shake them off the hair.
How to get rid of lice as soon as possible with minimal risk to your health? Modern effective means come to the rescue, for example, the Para Plus spray produced by Omega Pharma (France), which can be purchased at any pharmacy.
Using the Steam Plus spray, you can be sure that:
• the process of getting rid of parasites takes 10 minutes;
• the death of parasites will be total, i.e. adult insects, larvae, and eggs die;
• the ingredients of the drug are safe for humans.
How to use Steam Plus?
Spray Steam Plus is applied to the scalp and hair and left for 10 minutes. After treatment, the hair is washed with shampoo. During washing, dead insects are easily washed off with water, but dead nits remain attached to the hair, so after washing they must be combed out with a frequent comb. If the infection is very strong, the treatment must be repeated after a week.