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Did anyone in your class ever have lice?
- Thread starter jwk94
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Yep - my whole kindergarten class caught it. I remember having to do the shampoo and it smelled AWFUL and then the stupid tweezers.
Such an unpleasant experience. Right up there with chicken pox.
Such an unpleasant experience. Right up there with chicken pox.
Yes, I remember the whole class got it at some point. 1st grade? Second? I don't remember when.
I don't hear about lice as much these days but then again I don't have kids. On the other hand, I have heard a lot about bedbugs in the last 15 years and I don't remember hearing anything about them in the 80s-90s outside of "Don't let the bedbugs bite" when I was tucked in. Did they make some kind of resurgence or have they always been the same level of problem?
I don't hear about lice as much these days but then again I don't have kids. On the other hand, I have heard a lot about bedbugs in the last 15 years and I don't remember hearing anything about them in the 80s-90s outside of "Don't let the bedbugs bite" when I was tucked in. Did they make some kind of resurgence or have they always been the same level of problem?
Funny you say this, I just watched the 30 Rock episode where Jack had bedbugs.
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Nope but it happened at my daughter's daycare when she was three or four. Total nightmare and we didn't even end up with any of them. Just watching and waiting for them is so stressful. I feel very bad for parents who end up finding them.
edit: I just remembered my brother's class had a case when I was a kid on Hawaii. I have a strong memory of everyone panicking about ukus for a couple of weeks.
edit: I just remembered my brother's class had a case when I was a kid on Hawaii. I have a strong memory of everyone panicking about ukus for a couple of weeks.
Bring in a couch from outside or buy used funiture aka matress etc is a way
Yep. Outbreaks during like K-2 years for my area. The standard product to kill them that they recommended to like everyone I ended up reacting to and stained my hair colour (I pretty much had white hair as a child) so we had to go digging for an alternative and if it didn't work it was back to the standard product.
God I hate lice
God I hate lice
I had lice multiple times. Grew up in a very poor household, not well maintained. The sphere of family and friends were the same, so it could easily spread too. I remember one time I had these huge duck lice or something too. Freaked the salon lady out good when she was cutting my hair, called my mom in a panic.
They are hitchhikers. They'll hitch a ride in purses, boxes, etc. They can go a long time without eating so they are able to live in the walls for months and months. In apartment complexes it's a bigger issue. They can move from one unit to the next. It has nothing to do with cleanliness or anything like that, bed bugs don't discriminate.
I believe the stigma comes from how difficult and how costly it can be to get rid of them. Poor people don't have as many options unfortunately :(.
I'd deal with lice anyday over bed bugs.
Lots of ways: Stay in a hotel, cabin, or rental home that has them, or some of the people that stayed there before you had them, and when you go home they hitch a ride on your clothes, in your luggage, etc. Boom, you're screwed. If you're going to travel you need to be careful and take precautions by checking the room, and then sanitizing your clothes and luggage on return, etc.
Maybe you live in an apartment and the neighbors brought them in. Or you bought some cool case, clothes, or furniture at the thrift store and they hitched a ride. etc. etc.
Nope, not a single instance of lice in my classes. At least no outbreak. I'm sure a kid or two was pulled out due to them having lice at some point without it being some big classroom story, but no known cases.
Yes, multiple times. Sometimes I got it, other times no.
Did anyone else's parents use vinegar to kill the lice instead of shampoo? To this day, smelling vinegar just reminds me of the whole ordeal. We also tended to have a lot of cousins in the house at the time, so it was like straight four hours of smelling vinegar as each kid got the treatment.
Did anyone else's parents use vinegar to kill the lice instead of shampoo? To this day, smelling vinegar just reminds me of the whole ordeal. We also tended to have a lot of cousins in the house at the time, so it was like straight four hours of smelling vinegar as each kid got the treatment.
I only remember random lice checks, but no one ever having lice. And now as an adult I'm realizing that there's a good chance they didn't tell us kids who had lice or they'd get made fun of.
And the random checks may not have been as random as I would think.
And the random checks may not have been as random as I would think.
I thought it wasn't much of a thing when I was a kid, but now as a parent of young children let me tell you 100% kids in your class have had lice while you were in there. The kids just don't really talk about it while all the parents in the group whatsapps or other chat groups are sharing the different outbreaks. Luckily my two sons wear hair gel so they're immune.
Hmm... I can recall hearing about other kids in passing getting lice, and I'm pretty sure I remember my own hair getting checked once or twice because of it? But I don't believe I ever had it myself and I don't recall any actual breakouts happening in my classes.
Yeah, this. There's a couple of outbreaks a year at my daughter's school, we've had to treat her a couple of times. It's actually way more effective the way they deal with it now as the email groups means they can alert all parents easily without trying to track down specific cases, what'sapp groups means parents share info quickly, and the stuff to deal with it is way more effective now too. I hated nits as a kid as the shampoo stank and wasn't that effective, but these days it's all odourless silicone treatments that effectively suffocate the lice and that they can't develop an immunity to. One overnight treatment, rinse/comb it out, then another 7 days later to catch any that hatched in the meantime, and job done.
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Dude I don't know how but a year ago I got lice. I'm a dude that at the time was living alone, no kids. Hiring a professional to come rid my hair of lice was a weird fucking phonecall to make. Lol
Only thing I could guess is I got it on public transit. Got long hair that goes down to my chest and billows out everywhere. Must've hitchhiked that way. Been wearing my hair in a ponytail ever since.
Only thing I could guess is I got it on public transit. Got long hair that goes down to my chest and billows out everywhere. Must've hitchhiked that way. Been wearing my hair in a ponytail ever since.
I think my entire class had it when we were around 6. Afterwards the teachers warned us of sharing each others knit caps.
Not personally had them, but my daughter had them last year - they were a fucking nightmare to get rid of, we tried all the usual conditioner and comb methods, the various chemicals you put on and leave for hours like Hedrin, nothing worked.
And then we tried this stuff called Nitwits all in one. Took 20 minutes, worked first time, job done.
So any parents out there don't fuck around, just use this stuff:
Nitwits!
And then we tried this stuff called Nitwits all in one. Took 20 minutes, worked first time, job done.
So any parents out there don't fuck around, just use this stuff:
Nitwits!
Chicken pox meant oatmeal baths. How could you not have fun with that.
they thought my brother and I had fleas once at school, when they would inspect kids for lice or whatever.
second comb through proved those fucckers wrong.
second comb through proved those fucckers wrong.
Yeah there was a big outbreak when I was young and I got them. Had to use the shampoo and those special combs.
oh god just reading that made my head itch. had them loads growing up, there was a girl in my school whose parents were absolutely neglectful her hair was rampant with them that poor girl had it rough you could see her hair moving during morning assembly.
Pretty much my entire class had them on and off between years 5 & 6, I feel so sorry for that girl her father was eventually arrested for . She lived on the same road as one of my friends and there was near constant yelling coming from that house. Her mum & auntie were big drinkers, I hope she managed to get the hell out of there she basically became a social pariah in primary school as folks would avoid her to not get nits.
Pretty much my entire class had them on and off between years 5 & 6, I feel so sorry for that girl her father was eventually arrested for . She lived on the same road as one of my friends and there was near constant yelling coming from that house. Her mum & auntie were big drinkers, I hope she managed to get the hell out of there she basically became a social pariah in primary school as folks would avoid her to not get nits.
Yeah I had it. It took forever to get rid of. My mom and grandma searched my head with their hands, like in the hunter-gatherer documentaries. I used the comb too but that was really painful.
Former stepdaughter caught it when it was going around her daycare. My ex-wife then caught it in short order. They tried Rit first, which didn't work. They then tried mayonnaise(!), which also didn't work. Finally, they tried baby oil, which did. The whole thing sucked.
No for me. But someone in my sisters third grade class gave it to my sister and everyone else in the class and others in the school and my mother was fucking pissed because it was a real pain in the ass combing her hair for the next 10 days looking for any nits.
Someone in my kids preschool had it and most kids got it as a result. We dodged a bullet because we were on vacation and kept our kids out of school for another week.
But its disgusting and a real pain to get rid of it if you have long hair.
Someone in my kids preschool had it and most kids got it as a result. We dodged a bullet because we were on vacation and kept our kids out of school for another week.
But its disgusting and a real pain to get rid of it if you have long hair.
Yep. My step sister brought it home from school, then everyone in the house got it. The girls got lice treatment shampoo, the boys got their heads shaved.
Yes, someone in one of my classes got lice...
I got lice when I was about 8, my family went on a trip to a foreign country and while there my brother and I tried on hats at a marketplace, we both came back with lice, my mom also tried on hats and got it at as well. My dad didn't and didn't come back with Lice
Had it cleared up before school started, but still someone in my class got lice. Learned lessons that you should wash clothes before you wear them....
However It's still very much a thing, couple of my kids had friends get lice in preschool/kindergarten but ours never got it.
I got lice when I was about 8, my family went on a trip to a foreign country and while there my brother and I tried on hats at a marketplace, we both came back with lice, my mom also tried on hats and got it at as well. My dad didn't and didn't come back with Lice
Had it cleared up before school started, but still someone in my class got lice. Learned lessons that you should wash clothes before you wear them....
However It's still very much a thing, couple of my kids had friends get lice in preschool/kindergarten but ours never got it.
They can hitch rides in your suitcases if you load and unload them on an infected bed. Then if you do the same thing at your house your bed gets them. Always unload/load them away from a bed, and if possible keep dirty laundry in a plastic bag when travelling back to limit exposure possibilities