There are effective treatments out there, but the real solution lies in cooperation. Child care providers and parents can form an effective team to prevent the spread of lice by establishing sensible policies and respecting those policies.
Head lice are insects that live on the human scalp and feed on blood by biting the scalp.
This biting causes intense itching. Head lice do not jump or fly, and they do not live on pets or animals other than humans. Anyone can get head lice. Young children are particularly at risk because the school or child care environment provides many opportunities to pass lice from one person to another, no matter how clean the environment is. Since they don't jump or fly, lice must crawl from one person or object to another.