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This 3 page paper discusses some of the methods used in treating head lice. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Pearlman writes of a new procedure being developed because head lice are becoming resistant to common therapies (2004). Currently, treatments usually involve "neurotoxins, extensive household cleaning, or nit removal" or
some combination of all three (Pearlman, 2004, p. e275). Most commonly, an infestation of head lice is identified when nits (louse eggs) are found during a wet combing (Pearlman, 2004).
When nits are removed before treatment, treatment is invariable more successful than if they are left in place (Pearlman, 2004). Pearlman notes the drop in effectiveness of common neurotoxins,
as follows. Pyrithrin, which had a reported "initial cure rate" of 95% has dropped to either 35% or 53% -- the difference is accounted for by the fact that these
figures came from different studies (Pearlman, 2004, p. e278). That is, it has dropped by either 60% or 42%, depending on which study is consulted-either way its a huge drop
in effectiveness. Similar figures are reported for other medicines; permithrin, which had an initial cure rate of 97% dropped to 78/80%; lindane went from 85% to 17% and malathion dropped
from 95% to 78% (Pearlman, 2004, p. e278). This renders most of these virtually useless. Pearlmans development is a "nontoxic, dry-on, suffocation-based, pediculicide lotion," which is sprayed on and left
to dry (Pearlman, 2004, p. e275). The substance forms a coating over the lice, suffocating them; tests showed a 97% cure rate for one group, which removed nits before treatment,
and 95% for the second group, which followed the same protocols as the first except participants did not remove nits before spraying (Pearlman, 2004). The process depends on what might
be called a "mechanical" approach-spraying on a coating, rather than using a neurotoxin, so it seems unlikely lice would develop a resistance to it. "The overall cure rate was 96%,
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