The Not-So-Curious-Case of Head Lice – Do You Have It Or Not?

How often do you have an itch that you just need to scratch? What if there isn’t any itch—just a crawling sensation on your scalp; of little hairy legs, swarming and drinking blood from your scalp.

 

If you’re lucky, there is nothing to worry about. However, luck goes out the door in a world of lice, and their grueling conquests.

Itching Can Signal Many Things – Allergic Reaction, Insect Bite, Dry Skin

 

Itching can occur due to many reasons. It can signal dry skin, especially during winters. Itching on one part of the body can signal a mosquito bite. It can signal an allergic reaction or skin condition. Itching on the head; now that could very well mean head lice!

 

In fact, even reading this post can possible cause phantom itching on your head? Are you scratching your head in confusion?

How to Know You Have Lice – The Physical Symptoms

Don’t be perplexed. Finding out whether your child has head lice is easy even with the emergence of ‘other’ itching reasons.

 

Surprisingly, misdiagnosis is quite common when checking for head lice. School nurses usually inspect heads, superficially and often mistake dandruff for head lice and vice versa. In any case, you are the one left to pick up the pieces.

 

Make sure lice don’t bring you down by keeping an open eye for the following symptoms, other than an itchy scalp!

 

• Excessive scratching at the scalp and back of the neck
• Sensation of something crawling on the hair or scalp
• Seeing is believing; physical evidence of lice on the hair, skin, or clothing
• Discovering nits or lice eggs (about the size of a pinhead) attached to the hair
• Clear and hatched nit shells much like dandruff on the hair
• Swollen lymph nodes appearing on the neck

 

An itching scalp is actually the most common symptom of head lice according to the American Academy of Dermatology. However, this symptom shouldn’t be relied upon. Some people are actually immune to head lice saliva which causes this reaction!

Regular Lice Screening and Inspection Is The Answer!

 

We think lice are some kind of super villain, always arriving at inopportune moments to ruin the summer or another holiday. Parents rush into a misdiagnosis causing undue distress to the child after taking drastic lice treatment measures.

 

Don’t let these sesame seed sized bugs get the best of you! Fight back with a clear head or let Urgent Lice Removal win this round with our effective lice removal treatment!

 

Call an expert lice removal technician to your home for thorough lice inspection.