[blparent] help with mutent lice

[Deborah Kent Stein]

When washing clothes, bedding, towels, etc., the water temperature has to be
140 Fahrenheit or above to kill lice and their eggs.  This is hotter than
most washing machines are set, so you might have to find out if your machine
can be set higher or else use a commercial laundry until the problem is
under control.

Can lice and nits be detected nonvisually?  Does anyone have suggestions on 
how a blind parent can comb or pick nits without sighted assistance?

Debbie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Baldwin" <mbaldwin at gpcom.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 10:18 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] help with mutent lice


> Make sure EVERYTHING is getting cleaned as well, sheets, blankets, stuffed
> animals, pillows brushes, combs, etc...
> Lice have been mutating and a lot of the commercial products do not work.
> Doctors still tell people to use them, because it does work in some cases.
> 1/4 cup of each mayo, rubbing alcohol, peroxide, and Listerine mouthwash.
> Coat hair and cover with a shower cap or plastic bag tied tight.
> Leave on for a few hours.
> Comb out with a nit comb, combing in all directions.
> Rinse well with dish soap.
> Apply leave in conditioner.
>
> Michael
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Kate McEachern
> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 9:23
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: [blparent] help with mutent lice
>
> OK, I am about to rip my own hair out.  My lovly children with their long
> hair had lice.  I treated Tiffany quickly with organic products and dog
> shampue.  So she is back to school.  Ash is more of a chalenge.  They
> won't
> die.  I have tried vinnager, olive ooil with t-tree oil, dog shampue, rid,
> and this cream rince my docter recamended that was going take care of the
> ishue.  Well, the dam things arn't dead and I had to make an apointment at
> one of those places that prommises they can kill them for like $148 to
> start
> but could be more.  I nead something to kill them before morning so lets
> hear what you got.  I'll try anything at this point and even bought nair
> for
> if they just won't die.
>
> Kate
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