Do lice look like fleas?
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No, lice don't look much like fleas at all. \n\nFleas are very active animals and are constantly either crawling or jumping if you can see them. In contrast lice are very slow moving and are physically incpable of jumping.\n\nFleas are flattened side-side like a book, making them very thin and able to squeeze between hairs. Lice are excatly the opposite and are flattened to to bottom like a pancake so they can cling to the skin surface.\n\nFleas are a dark brown or reddish colour. In contrast lice are a dull light grey.
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From everything I have read regarding Lice ( had to deal with a bout of it on my 9 yr old when she got it from school. Lucky for my husband and I neither of us got it and we treated ourselves just to be safe too. ) Anyway, from what I have read about Lice; Animal Lice is different from Human Lice, Animal Lice lives off the Dander and old skin on animals where as Human lice lives off Blood ( thus the reason why the ITCH; it's because they bite you to draw blood.) Animal Lice can NOT live on Humans for just that reason and Human Lice can't live on Animals because there's a different genetic make up.\n\nHowever if you do feel afraid you might get it I would suggest getting something like Rid or Pronto that also has the canester spray to use on beds, cars, furniture etc. Stuff that can't be washed in HOT, HOT Water safely ( even Toy's which you can actually Spray down,put into a giant trash bag and keep in there for several weeks to make certain any eggs that might have latched on will have died.)
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Head lice do not "jump" or "leap" from one person to another.  They aren't made that way.  The crawl.  That's all they can do.  And, yeah, lay lots and lots of eggs.  But, as to where they come from, God created them.  For what purpose...only He knows.  \n\nHere's some info for ya...\n\nNits are small yellowish-white (sometimes they look silver) oval shaped eggs that are "glued" to the hair shaft at an angle.  \nYou can't "catch" nits from another person.\nIt takes 7-10 days for a nit to hatch, and another 7-10 days for the female to mature and begin laying eggs.\nHead lice are clear in color when hatched, then quickly develop a reddish brown color after feeding, and yes they are visible right after hatching.  \nThey are about the size of sesame seeds.  \nHead lice are crawling insects.  They cannot hop, jump or fly.  \nHead lice do not thrive on pets.\nHead lice are parasites.  They need human blood to survive.\nThey live for approximately 30 days on a host and female louse may lay up to 100 nits.  \nHead lice off of their human host will starve.  In most cases, a head louse will not survive for more than 24 hours off of its human host.  \n\nThere are a lot of remedies out there for head lice from the utterly stupid to the "that just might work."  The only real thing that can get rid of them is dilligence.  YOU MUST TREAT AND THEN RETREAT IN 7-10 DAYS!  KEEP CHECKING THE HAIR CONSTANTLY FOR MORE NITS OR LIVE LICE.  LICE COMBS ARE THE GREATEST INVENTION SINCE LIGHT BREAD.  \n\nHere's a home remedy that actually worked for us.  It was cheap and effective.  \n\nSaturate the hair with conditioner (any kind will do) making sure you rub it into the scalp and on the hot spots (behind the ears and the back of the neck).  Leave on for 30-60 minutes then comb out with a LICE COMB.  Regular combs will comb out the dead ones, but it won't get the nits.  You can buy a lice comb set for about $8 at Wal Mart.  Rinse thoroughly with warm (not hot, not cold) water, combing while doing this as well.  \n\nYou also have to treat your furniture and carpets and bedding.  Wash all bedding and clothing in hot water with BLEACH!!  Use bedding spray (also available at Wal Mart) to treat the things you can't put in the washing machine.  Also make sure you spray your carpets, vaccuum then throw out your vaccuum cleaner bag.  \n\nHope this helps.
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First of all... there is no "easy" way to get rid of lice.  Get some Rid from the store and use it.  But the shampoo alone isn't going to do any good.  You have to sit down and go strand by strand and pick the nits out of the hair.  This is where the term "nit-picking" comes from.  It's very tedious and time-consuming.  Also, you have to go through the house and wash all pillows, blankets, etc.  Take stuffed animals and dolls and either put them in the dryer for 20 - 30 minutes (the heat will kill the lice) or you can put them in a plastic garbage bag, tie it up and don't open it for 6 months.  There's also a spray that Rid makes that you'll need to buy to spray down mattresses, furniture, carpet, etc.  If the over-the-counter Rid shampoo isn't working, there's a prescription shampoo that the doctoc can prescribe.\n\nLice is spread in "clean" hair.  It does transfer by using the same hairbrush, but it also transfers from wearing the jacket of someone who has lice or brushing up against their backpack.  It's transferred very easily and in ways you wouldn't really think of.  Once the lice is gone, if there is an "epidemic" at your child's school or daycare, you may want to put hair gel, mousse or hairspray in your child's hair to make it 'no-so-clean'.  The lice can't stick to the hair as well if you have any of those products in the hair.  But it still isn't a fool-proof way of avoiding it.  Also, in my experience... I have found that lice are more attracted to light coloured hair rather than dark coloured hair.  Not sure if that is an actual fact... it's just been my experience.\n\nI tried all the tricks.... the mayo, the oil, etc etc.. none of it works... the only true way is to do what I've said.  And even then... say a few prayers.  Lice are not easy to get rid of at all.  \n\nAll I can say is thank goodness my girls are teenagers now and I don't have to worry about them getting it from school or daycare anymore.  What a pain.  Good luck to you.
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No, hair color or hairspray cannot keep you from getting head lice. To prevent it, keep your hats, combs, brushes, barettes, pony tail ties, and head bands (all hair related items) to yourself...do not share them with anybody. Lice is a bug that attaches itself to the shaft of the hair. You have to use special shampoos and a special comb to get rid of it. You also have to clean all your bedding, clothing and hair items to make sure that there is no lice on them.\n\nGetting head lice does NOT mean that you are dirty, as some people think.
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Kinda sounds like reeaally bad fleas, which makes sense if she's been living outdoors for a while( happened to our dog last year when we kenneled him to close to the neighbor's woodpile).  Do you see any tiny black dot-sized bugs on her skin? If so, she needs a flea bath, & good flea meds (like frontline, $17 from the vet), and you would need to sprinkle flea powder where she's been sleeping & on your carpeting. If she has mange, she would have bald patches (mange is the dog & cat equivalent of ring worm- which isn't a worm, it's a fungal skin infection), I don't think there would be sores.
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itching, redness. and usually should see them also
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Parasites have a prefered host. This is the reason humans usually dont get fleas from dogs or dogs lice from humans. \n\nThankfully, head lice are species-specific, meaning they only like, and are transported by, human heads. Human head lice can only live a very short time off a head, and will not cling to the coarser hairs on a dog's pelt.
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Fleas pass through a complete life cycle consisting of egg, larva, pupa and adult. A typical flea population consists of 50 percent eggs, 35 percent larvae, 10 percent pupae and 5 percent adults. Completion of the life cycle from egg to adult varies from two weeks to eight months depending on the temperature, humidity, food, and species. Normally after a blood meal, the female flea lays about 15 to 20 eggs per day up to 600 in a lifetime usually on the host (dogs, cats, rats, rabbits, mice, squirrels, chipmunks, raccoons, opossums, foxes, chickens, humans, etc.). Eggs loosely laid in the hair coat, drop out most anywhere especially where the host rests, sleeps or nests (rugs, carpets, upholstered furniture, cat or dog boxes, kennels, sand boxes, etc.). Eggs hatch in two days to two weeks into larvae found indoors in floor cracks & crevices, along baseboards, under rug edges and in furniture or beds. Outdoor development occurs in sandy gravel soils (moist sand boxes, dirt crawlspace under the house, under shrubs, etc.) where the pet may rest or sleep. Sand and gravel are very suitable for larval development which is the reason fleas are erroneously called "sand fleas."\n\nThey do look like little worms when they are in the larvae stage.  Very little worms.
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Head lice is pretty well common everywhere.  \n\nHave had it in NY too, as a kid.  I am so suprised people would have it for months at a time though.  We had a real struggle when my daughter was in 1st grade- she got them and so did I!  (As a single mom with no-one to go through my hair!)  Finally got rid of them but she kept getting re-infested at school. \n\nMaybe the heat down there helps the bugs, not sure.  Hope you don't have any problems with them.  *scratches head- THANKS!  :-)
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No, believe it or not, it is very rare for black people to get it. It has to do with the texture of our hair, lice cannot grip or hold on to it. Good question. We had this debate a couple of weeks ago. Cannot remember the site now, but it is in the med book Skin Disorders.
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It could be that you are having a reaction to the cats hair but honestly, I think that it might fleas.  Sometimes animals can have fleas and you dont see them or they dont seem to be bothering the animal. I would go to a pet store and apply some frontline and see if that works.
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Treatment Steps:\n\nMassage, rub and apply the treatments on the scalp and hair thoroughly.\nAfter application, cover the hair with a shower cap or better with a plastic grocery bag and tie it with a twist to secure it tight. Leave the hair in this condition overnight (or as mentioned in each remedy).\nWash your hair with a normal natural shampoo or with a soap and blow dry with hot air.\nBrush hair vigorously 2-3 times a day using a bristle hair brush to knock off the nits.\nPull the remaining nits by hand.\nThe lice may not be killed immediately. One application does not kill all the eggs, you may need to reapply 2-3 times.\n\nSome of the off-the-counter lotions/ shampoos are listed below:\nAcu-Med® \nHair Clean® 1-2-3\nLice B Gone®\nLicefreee®\nNot Nice To Lice®\nPraneem Head lice Treatment\nRepel Natural Shampoo with Neem Extract.
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http://www.artoftravel.com/09health.htm\n\nExplanation of what they are about halfway down the page, ahead of "chiggers" and "bedbugs".  Apparently, they're fleas?
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go get some lice shampoo at your local pharmacy and treat your head just in case.  if you put your head on any object since the hat went on your head you may want to get the lice killing spray which will be next to the shampoo at your local pharmacy (i used to work at cvs)
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Flea bites are itchy, not very big but never made lumps on me.  Try putting alcohol on them.  You got into some kind of bug. If they don't start fading in a couple of days see a doctor. Guess it could be fleas and you just react differently.
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Crabs, also known as pubic lice, are parasitic insects found in the genital area of humans. \n\nPubic lice have six legs, but their two front legs are very large and look like the pincher claws of a crab; this is how they got the nickname "crabs." Pubic lice are tan to grayish-white in color. Females lay nits and are usually larger than males. To live, adult lice must feed on blood. If the louse falls off a person, it dies within 1-2 days.\n\nThey don't have ears.