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<div class="section1">There are no vaccines or skin treatments that will protect a person against lice prior to contact. In addition, lice infestation does not provide immunity against reinfection; recurrences are in fact quite common. Prevention depends on adequate personal hygiene at the individual level and the following public health measures:
- Teaching school-age children the basics of good personal hygiene, including the importance of not lending or borrowing combs, brushes, or hats.
- Notifying and treating an adult patient's close personal and sexual contacts.
- Examining homeless people, elderly patients incapable of self-care, and other high-risk individuals prior to hospital admission for signs of louse infestation. This measure is necessary to protect other hospitalized people from the spread of lice.
Source: The Gale Group. Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.";
pearllederman dont be around anyone that has it
Linda Joy You talking about head lice?Tea tree oil is supposed to help. But mostly just don't use anything that touches other people's heads. Combs, brushes, hats, hair accessories.
There are also lice that live in eyelashes and the pubic area. Pubic lice are also referred to as crabs and are considered an std. You prevent them by not having sex with someone who has them
