[blparent] help with mutent lice

Thu Feb 9 19:37:01 UTC 2012

I could feel the eggs when I got lice from a public laundry.  They were like 
tiny bumps on my scalp and in my hair, kind of like hard, very small seeds. 
I have long, thick hair, though, and so had to cut it.  It was mortifying 
because an aunt of mine had worked with migrant farm kids in Nebraska, so 
she knew the signs for lice.  After my ex husband and I had Easter dinner at 
her house, she told another aunt, who came over to our house later and 
helped with the immense mountain of laundry we had to do.  She cut my hair 
for me, too.

Jo Elizabeth

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From: "Pipi" <blahblahblah0822 at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 12:19 PM
To: "Deborah Kent Stein" <dkent5817 at att.net>; "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing 
List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] help with mutent lice

> if your fingers are sensative enough, i'd think you'd be able to feel the 
> eggs.
> Pipi
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Deborah Kent Stein" <dkent5817 at att.net>
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> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 12:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] help with mutent lice
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>
>>
>>
>> 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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