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2. Treatment of human lice - Wikipedia

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   Louse eggs hatch 6–9 days after oviposition. Therefore, a common recommendation is to repeat treatment with a pediculicide at least once after 10 days, when all lice have hatched. [3] Between the two treatments (Days 2–9) the person will still be infested with lice that hatch from eggs not killed by the anti-louse product.

3. Does your child have head lice? How to get rid of it for good

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   Female lice also attach sticky unhatched eggs called nits to hair. These eggs take eight to nine days to hatch and can trigger another infestation if ... To prevent these parasites from coming ...

4. Head louse - Wikipedia

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   Nonviable eggs (dead embryo) that will never hatch; Of these three, only eggs containing viable embryos have the potential to infest or reinfest a host. [16] However, a no nit policy is a common public health measure to prevent transmission of lice. Some authors have therefore restricted the definition of nit to describe only a hatched or ...

5. Pediculosis corporis - Wikipedia

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   A temperature of 130 °F (54 °C) for 5 minutes will kill most of the adults and prevent eggs from hatching. [7] Leaving the clothes unwashed, but unworn for a full week, also results in the death of lice and eggs. [5] Where this is not practical or possible, powder dusting with 10% DDT, 1% malathion or 1% permethrin is also effective. [5]

6. Head lice infestation - Wikipedia

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   Children with nits on their hair have a 35–40% chance of also being infested with living lice and eggs. [25] [26] If lice are detected, the entire family needs to be checked (especially children up to the age of 13 years) with a louse comb, and only those who are infested with living lice should be treated. As long as no living lice are ...

7. No nit policy - Wikipedia

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   A dead nit attached to a hair. No nit policy is a public health policy implemented by some education authorities to prevent the transmission of head lice infestation.The "no nit" policy requires the sending home and barring of all children who have nits (egg shells) on their hair from controlled settings such as school, summer camp or day care facilities.