Greta - thanks for that. I'll forward this to my day job email and run a
print off for my colleagues who are sometimes exposed to this and worse!
Thanks again,
Pete @ Communityplus
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greta Thornbory" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "communityplus" <[log in to unmask]>;
<[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 11:49 PM
Subject: Re: Lice thoughts
| Hi Pete
| Yes, head lice are very different from body lice in one way, although they
| are all anthropods. Head lice are v.v. common in the UK whereas body lice
on
| the average person are rare. Most UK schools are plagued with head lice
and
| today's recommendations for dealing with them, I understand as a school
| governor, is 'combing' like the 'nit nurse' used to do many years ago in
| schools. I have had Mums complaining of 'combing' every night. The reason
| for this is that the chemicals used to treat head lice are thought to be
| 'dangerous' and this may explain of course why my 31 year old son is, or
has
| been, such a rebel!!!!!! Actually I believe that some head lice
treatments
| were loosely based on organo- phosphates.(so it may have affected his
| synapses or is this a mothers way of justifying the behaviour of her son?)
|
| So - avoidance - don't share combs, hats, etc and keep clear of obviously
| affected heads. Its nothing to do with personal hygiene - in fact head
lice
| quite like clean heads! Frequent combing/brushing help to keep them at
bay,
| however, if you do become affected rush off to the chemist and get a 'nit
| nurse comb'!!!! ( with sincere apologies to all the school nurses who may
be
| reading this!)
|
| Cheers, Greta
| Greta Thornbory
| Education & Health Care Consultant
| WWW.gtenterprises-uk.com
| 01235 770156 phone
| 01235 765797 fax
| 07778 518 027 mobile
|
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: communityplus <[log in to unmask]>
| To: <[log in to unmask]>
| Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 11:28 PM
| Subject: Lice thoughts
|
|
| > Thanks Stu and Greta for the topic of the Lice issue, useful guidance
| > received with thanks there too as I deal with some youngster who need
| > consideration when it comes to personal hygiene. My colleague attended
a
| > job interview with one such trainee and identified that the trainees
neck
| > and back of head was covered in hair lice. My colleague came rushing
back
| > asking what she should do.
| >
| > If these lice are different from those in the current strand of messages
| I'd
| > welcome any tips or guidance to avoid the *sharing* of such.
| >
| > Regards,
| >
| > Pete Adams
| > Communityplus
|
|