[Nfbmo] A Sensitive Topic

[DanFlasar at aol.com]

Randy -
   Dram on old buddy - there may be robots to pick  apples, cotton and even 
perform microsurgery , but there, alas, is nothing that  can get into the 
scalp and examine all the hair roots.   I've heard of  all kinds of remedies 
like heating the scalp with a special kind of hair dryer  but you still have 
to get the eggs out. The traditional method -  used  earlier  years, was to 
shave the head.  That's why, by the way, people  wore all those powdered 
wigs back then - no one any care so they could avoid  head lice.
      And for those of  you with a  bit more curiosity, look up the word 
"merkin" - a term used to some humor in  some of Shakespeare's comedies.
Dan
PS:   one more hint - a friend of mine named her families  guinea pig 
'merkin'.
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 6/18/2013 10:32:49 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
randycarmack at gmail.com writes:

Thank you  everyone for your responses.  Jenny and I have had to deal with
this  problem several times in the past and we have never been able to deal
with  it independently.  I was just wondering if there was some  information
for low and/or no vision individuals on how to deal with this  problem
independently.  Someone needs to develop some sort of device  to assist with
this situation.  An automatic nitpicker, heck people  without vision
problems would probably buy one.

Thanks  again,
Randy Carmack


On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 8:18 AM, Debbie  Wunder
<debbiewunder at centurytel.net>wrote:

> Hello Randy. I  am glad you asked this question, so many people often act 
as
> if they  have personally done something wrong when this happens. If you 
have
> a  child in school, you are most likely at some point in time to  
experience
> head lice.
>
> Yes this happened to me with all  two of my children. My son went to a
> private Baptist school in Saint  Louis, came home with head lice. This 
was a
> nightmare. After several  treatments, also cutting hair, the school would
> say
> that he  still had them. I took him to our pediatrician who helped me, he
>  returned to school the result was the same. So, after treatment I  would
> first make sure you know where the head lice if possible was  contracted. 
I
> was told it was my child, and no one in his classroom  had them. The truth
> was hi was little at the time and so his head  always touched the back of
> the
> seat on the over crowded school  bus, thus this is where they were found,
> and
> he was repeatedly  being reinfec5ted.
> The best thing to do as Susan said contact  children's or Cardinal Glennan
> hospital, and they can look at your  Childs hair with a special light. 
Also
> be sure to wash all bed  clothing, stuffed animals if possible, and treat
> furniture. I would as  a precaution also treat all family members hair.
> Head lice is nearly  impossible for a blind person to rid on your own
> because
> the  nits are so very tiny and stubborn.  You will really will need to  
ask
> someone you are close to to help you.
> Good  Luck!
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Carmack"  
<randycarmack at gmail.com
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>
>  Hi  Everyone,
>>
>> Hope everyone is having a wonderful Fathers  Day and Happy Fathers Day to
>> all you dads out  there.
>>
>> I have a question that I guess should be  directed to you parents..  OK
>> here
>> is my  question, hypothetically as blind and/or low vision parents how do
>>  you deal with an outbreak of head lice?  I know that I cannot be the  
first
>> to ask this question.  I know that you could always ask  a fully sighted
>> family and/or friend to assist you but that is  embarrassing and 
sometimes
>> they agree to help you but you can tell  that they really do not want to.
>> Also what if you are in a  situation where family and/or friends are NOT
>> close enough to you  geographically and/or socially to make it feasible 
to
>>  ask?
>>
>> To fully sighted individuals this, while being a  pain and embarrassing, 
is
>> doable but I cannot figure out how  someone who has low and/or no vision
>> can
>> solve this  problem independently.
>>
>> Let me thank you in advance for  your thoughts and comments on this
>> hypothetical but common  problem.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Randy Carmack
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