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What is Head lice?

Head lice are tiny insects that live on the scalp. They can be spread by close contact with other people.

These lice only live in hair and occasionally eyebrows and eyelashes.

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Alternative Names:

Lice - head; Nits; Pediculosis capitis - head lice

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Posts on Head lice (10)
Help my 7 year old daughter came home with HEAD LICE - General Health Community
- Apr 26, 2011
My 7 year old daughter beth came home from school with a letter from her teacher stating be...
Is it head lice? - Dermatology Community
- Jul 30, 2010
I found some sand like looking dots on my kids head. I thought it was head lice so I got th...
What are the stages of head lice? - General Health Community
- Oct 07, 2009
What are the stages of head lice? My 2 and 1/2 year old twins had them and we did the whole...
Lice in Nose - Ear, Nose & Throat Community
- Dec 08, 2008
I have been treated for head lice, pubic lice still have them.  They are in my nose...how d...
Lice can be gone in one treatment! - General Health Community
- Jan 02, 2011
I do not indorse things EVER but I hear that lice is driving parents crazy and I have been ...
Nit Picky Head Lice Removal Service - General Health Community
- Aug 23, 2008
Nit Picky offers frustrated parents relief from head lice. They will come and remove all of...
Skin - Pediatrics Community
- Oct 08, 2007
Psoriasis or skin condition on scalp. Takes hair with it in chunks when it peels. What to d...
hi everyone - Relationships Community
- Oct 04, 2007
just wanted to say hi to everyone. i am bored and just wanted to see whats going on with ev...
Rash on scalp and hair loss - Dermatology Community
- Aug 13, 2008
When I was about 18 years old I started losing my hair. I used to have really long, reasona...
Head lice - Family / Internal Medicine Expert Forum
- Aug 02, 2007
I have had head lice and unable to get rid of. I am having the itching of the scalp and be...
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