{"id":2049,"date":"2012-07-20T17:13:11","date_gmt":"2012-07-20T16:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cloudcarbon.co.uk\/?p=2049"},"modified":"2019-05-19T08:52:35","modified_gmt":"2019-05-19T07:52:35","slug":"pests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/pencaitland\/pests\/","title":{"rendered":"Nits pick Pencaitland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>We&#8217;ve had reports that a number of people have recently discovered head lice (or nits) on their children and\/or themselves.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ourlocality.org\/pencaitland\/files\/2012\/07\/hairbrush-copyright-stopherjones-@-Flickr-275px.jpg\" alt=\"Hairbrush - do not share your brush or comb with any other family members and rinse under warm water (image copyright stopherjones @ Flickr)\" width=\"275\" height=\"206\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2051\" \/>If you don&#8217;t know how to detect them we recommend you read the following information on the NHS Choices website&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Head lice are tiny wingless insects that live in human hair.  They are common, particularly in children.<\/p>\n<p>Head lice are grey-brown in colour, the size of a pinhead when hatched and of a sesame seed when fully grown.<\/p>\n<p>They cannot fly, jump or swim and are spread by head-to-head contact, climbing from the hair of an infected person to the hair of someone else.<\/p>\n<p>A head lice infestation is not the result of dirty hair or poor hygiene. Head lice can affect all types of hair irrespective of its condition and length.<\/p>\n<p>Head lice only affect humans and cannot be passed on to animals or be caught from them.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For details on life cycle, detection and treatment visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/Head-lice\/Pages\/Introduction.aspx\" title=\"NHS Choices: Head Lice Introduction\"><strong>NHS Choices website<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nits are tenacious critters. Kids with an all-clear one week can easily pick up an infestation playing with other children. So it&#8217;s best to frequently check for evidence by regularly combing with a specialist nit brush. Head cleanliness provides no advantage or protection.<\/p>\n<p>If you discover a member of your family is affected, ensure that you tell anyone you or your family have  been in recent contact with. This will reduce the chances of reinfestation. <\/p>\n<p>Lastly, do not share hair brushes between family members. Ensure everyone uses their own comb or brush.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Pencaitland Community Council<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/pencaitlandcc\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com\/twitter-c.png\" alt=\"Follow Pencaitland Community Council on Twitter\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve had reports that a number of people have recently discovered head lice (or nits) on their children and\/or themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":218,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[37,134,13,207,247,285,286,287,6,434],"class_list":["post-2049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-advice","tag-detection","tag-east-lothian","tag-head-lice","tag-life-cycle","tag-nhs","tag-nhs-choices","tag-nits","tag-pencaitland","tag-treatment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/pencaitland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/pencaitland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/pencaitland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/pencaitland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/pencaitland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2049"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/pencaitland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5080,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/pencaitland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049\/revisions\/5080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/pencaitland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/pencaitland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/pencaitland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}