If just reading that sentence has made you itchy, you’re not alone. And it turns out head lice are completely different from ...

Head lice are a common issue, especially among children, causing itching and discomfort. These insects spread through direct contact and shared items.

Wrangling head lice, and the children they infest, must be up there with the most challenging duties a parent or caregiver has to face.

School’s back and that means head lice will once again plague households with primary school-aged children. Here’s what you can to do to bust those nits.

Head lice are blood-sucking insects about the size of a sesame seed and are tan to grayish-white in color. They attach themselves to the skin of the head (scalp) and lay eggs (nits) in the hair.

Head lice, otherwise known as nits or kutis, is one of the most frustrating medical conditions parents have to face. Dr Bryan Betty runs through how to dea ...

Head lice have three main life stages: egg, nymph and adult. Lice eggs, or “nits,” are oval and yellowish white, about the size of a knot in thread.

The itchy, not-too-terrifying truth about head lice The myths and realities of head lice.

“Head lice can’t jump or hop, but they can crawl fast from one head to the next. So maybe you get two adult lice and the female lays eggs — called nits — at the base of the hair, close to ...

This is how to get rid of head lice with treatments - find out if they can jump and if the insects can live in pillows.

According to the CDC, students with head lice can stay in school until the end of the day and then go home. They can return once they start treatment.