Anybody can get head lice but they are much rarer in adults. bullet Head louse infection is a problem of the whole community, not just the schools.
Infection is common during school holidays as well as during term time. Parents start to worry more about lice when children go back to school because they think the lice are being caught there.
A lot of infections are caught from close family and friends in the home and community, not from the school.
It’s not just children who have them; adults get them too.
It’s often said that head lice prefer clean, short hair. In fact, they probably don’t much care whether hair is dirty or clean, short or long. Short hair may make it easier for them to get from one head to another. |