Head Lice Information for Parents

From time to time your child/children may get head lice.

Head lice are very common. They are small (adult lice are the size of a sesame seed) grey-brown insects that live only on human scalps. They cannot fly or jump; neither can they burrow into the scalp. They can affect anyone, with long or short hair, no matter how clean the hair is.

Head lice can affect anyone, but are:

• Most common in children between the ages of 4 and 11
• More common in girls than boys
• Most often found at the start of the school year

Please find below links to 2 helpful leaflets for parents.

A useful leaflet from the British Association of Dermatologists (BAD) http://www.bad.org.uk/shared/get-file.ashx?id=207&itemtype=document

Or a useful leaflet from NHS Scotland

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/er/Giffnock/files/2013/11/NHS-Scotland-Head-lice-information-for-parents.pdf

Further information can also be found at NHS Choices http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Head-lice/Pages/Introduction.aspx