They are most easily seen above the ears and at the back of the neck. If you suspect a member of your family has lice, please call your health care provider for treatment. Your doctor will prescribe an anti-lice shampoo or creme rinse for home treatment. With treatment, all lice and nits will be killed. Notify the school or day care of the lice infection so other children and items that children share can be checked.
Children can usually return to school after one treatment with the shampoo.
Check the heads of everyone else living in your home. All household members over the age of two, who are not pregnant, should be treated with the anti-lice shampoo or rinse even if lice and nits are not seen. Wash clothing, toys, bed linens, combs, brushes and towels in hot water. Items that cannot be washed in hot water should be placed in a plastic bag for seven days or at a freezing temperature for 24 hours. Furniture and rugs, where an infected person usually rests his head and which cannot be washed in hot water, bagged or frozen, may be sprayed with RID spray and then vacuumed once daily for a week.