WITH NEW MEXICO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN HIGH GEAR, SOME PARENTS MAY BE SEEING SIGNS OF LICE IN THEIR CHILD’S HAIR. DOCTOR HEATHER PRATT-CHAVEZ WITH THE U-N-M SCHOOL OF MEDICINE SAYS PARENTS SHOULD NOT OVER-REACT TO THE APPEARANCE OF LICE. SHE SAYS HEAD LICE IS MORE OF A NUISANCE THAN A DANGER … AND IS VERY COMMON.
SHE SAYS THERE ARE OVER-THE-COUNTER TREATMENTS AS WELL AS A FEW HOME-REMEDIES. PRATT-CHAVEZ SAYS, NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF TREATMENT YOU USE, IT MAY HAVE TO BE APPLIED NUMEROUS TIMES FOR IT TO BE EFFECTIVE.
