Parents warned of lice infestation

ISLAMABAD: Medical experts have warned parents to check their children’s heads and hair for the lice and their nits or eggs on a regular basis during the upcoming winter season and start treatment as soon as possible. Paediatrician Dr Mohsin Hasan says parents should pay attention to their child if they see them scratching behind their ears or the back of their necks as kids are suffering from severe head lice infestations because parents refuse to treat them. He said head lice are tiny insects that lay their eggs on hairs next to the scalp. They are very common among school age children. Lice quickly multiply and can cause itching and inflammation of the scalp, said, adding, in severe cases, infections can be caused when children scratch their head with dirty fingernails or if faecal matter from the lice gets into a scratch.  

Published in The Express Tribune, September 21^st, 2018.