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FORT MYERS, Fla. – Head lice and its resistance to common treatments is in the news this week. Dr. Annette St. Pierre-MacKoul stopped WINK News This Morning to discuss this and more. Head Lice: Infests 6-12 million U.S. children per year. Parasites are mutating and resisting to some common treatments. 25/30 states report resistant lice Lives on scalps and feeds on blood several times per day. ————– Lice: Spread through direct contact – common among students. Treatment with insecticides = Permethrin Kills lice and eggs / Lice mutate and get resistant Can live for 30 days on a scalp Lice are a nuisance = they do not cause disease —————– Home Remedies that work: Suffocate and remove lice and eggs: Olive Oil Mayonnaise Petroleum Jelly Essential Oils: Lavender (+Olive Oil) Tea Tree Oil – watch side effects Other essential oils: Anise, Ylang ylang, Nerolidol ————– Prevention of Lice: Hang garments on separate hooks from other’s. Do not share combs, brushes, hats and scarves. Add a few drops of Tea Tree Oil to shampoos. Lice likes clean hair – put product in hair. —————- Medical Treatments: OTC meds and retreat 9 days later. Combing of the hair with lice comb or tweezers. Repeat combing every 3-4 days for 3 weeks. Lice cannot live off a human host more than 2 days. —————— Household Treatments: Wash all items in contact with lice in HOT water. Clean combs, brushes and hair accessories in HOT water. Seal items in a plastic bag for 2 weeks. Vacuum ————- Harmful: Using OTC products more than directed. No flammable products like kerosene or gasoline.