Head lice treatment
How About Poisoning Our Kids While Killing Their Lice!
Do your children suffer from head lice – most probably, as certainly my children have picked up lice from school friends on a number of occasions? What does the average parent use to treat their children? Well, if you read the ingredients on the bottle of lice shampoo it would probably have the name of gamma hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) and benzane hexachloride (BHC), also known as LINDANE.
Toxicologists would describe Lindane as, "a known neurotoxin that can cause seizures, damage the nervous system and weaken the immune system. Exposure might also cause cancer and disrupt hormone systems. Since Lindane is highly persistent and travels globally through the air and water, it’s use poses an exposure risk to people far from the source."
Incredibly, Lindane has been banned for use on pets and seeds, but it seems to be OK to use on our children’s heads? This was the case until recently when the Environmental Protection Agency withdraw Lindane for use in agriculture, even though it is still stubbornly being supported by the Food and Drug Administration for use in shampoos and lotions used on children.
Why, one can only ask do authorities who have reports of highly toxic products still continue to support them? The warnings of Lindane use are quite shocking, “only use Lindane Shampoo if you have already tried other safer treatments and experienced severe side effects or the treatments did not work. Seizures and death have occurred following repeated or prolonged use of Lindane Shampoo, and rarely after a single use according to the directions. Do not use Lindane Shampoo if you have a history of epilepsy, seizures or certain skin conditions where the skin is irritated or broken (e.g., atopic dermatitis, psoriasis) or to treat premature infants.
"Use Lindane Shampoo with extreme caution to treat infants or children, if you are elderly, or if you weigh less than 110 lbs (50kg) because you may be at greater risk of serious nervous system side effects. Follow the directions for using Lindane Shampoo very carefully. You may experience symptoms such as continued itching after using Lindane Shampoo, even if it has worked well. If itching continues, contact your doctor. Do not use more of Lindane Shampoo or use Lindane Shampoo more often than prescribed by your doctor."
You Have to Be Mad to Use Lindane!
After you have read the following information taken from the site of Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) I think you will agree with me that you have to be nuts to treat your child with Lindane:
- Lindane Shampoo is a poison if you do not use it the right way. Lindane Shampoo goes through your skin and can affect your brain and nerves. Lindane Shampoo can cause seizures, also called convulsions, "fits" or epilepsy.
- Seizures and death can happen in people who use Lindane Shampoo too much or too often.
- Seizures can happen in some people even if they use Lindane Shampoo exactly as directed.
If you or a family member has a seizure while using Lindane Shampoo, get emergency help right away.
- Do not use Lindane Shampoo unless
- You have lice and another medicine did not work for you, or
- You cannot use other, safer medicines to treat your lice
- Do not use Lindane Shampoo more than 1 time to treat an attack of lice. Do not use Lindane Shampoo to treat a second attack that comes soon after the first episode. No one knows a safe time to reuse Lindane Shampoo. Even if you still itch even after using Lindane Shampoo, do not use more or use it again. Lice (bugs) can make you itch for some time even after all of the bugs are dead.
- Do not use more Lindane Shampoo than your doctor tells you.
- Do not keep Lindane Shampoo on your hair for more than 4 minutes.
- Do not put Lindane Shampoo in your mouth because it is a poison if taken by mouth. If you get Lindane Shampoo in your mouth or swallow Lindane Shampoo, call your area poison control center right away and go get emergency help.
What is Lindane Shampoo?
Lindane Shampoo is a medicine that is used to treat lice. It kills lice and their eggs. Lice are very small bugs that attach to the skin on your head or pubic (crotch) area and lay eggs called nits in your hair. Some people call crotch lice "crabs". Lice can cause severe itching. Lindane Shampoo gets into the lice and the nits and kills them. It also goes through your skin. Lindane Shampoo is used only after safer medicines have not made your lice go away. The only time Lindane Shampoo is used first is when someone cannot use safer medicines, which may include permethrin and crotamiton.
Lindane Shampoo is mainly for adults and children who weigh at least 110 pounds. If you weigh less than 110 pounds use Lindane Shampoo only if your doctor thinks it is really needed. People who weigh less than 110 pounds and the elderly have higher chances for side effects because more Lindane may go through their skin.
In addition, Wikipedia continues and says:
• Lindane is a proven carcinogenic and is cited by the EPA as acutely toxic.
• It is a suspected endocrine disruptor, meaning it disrupts hormones that regulate growth and reproductive health.
• Like other agricultural pesticides, lindane is very easily introduced into the water and food supply of an area through rainfall, and can lead to low-level lindane poisoning throughout the local community
• Lindane is volatile, with roughly 90% entering the atmosphere and ultimately being deposited into rain.
• Lindane should not be kept on the head longer than 4 minutes and should not be covered during this time under any circumstances. Rinse only with warm water - hot water is not safe and is not recommended.
Lindane shampoo acts and can permeate your skin, entering your blood supply and affecting your brain and nervous system. It can cause seizures and death in people who use the product too much or too often, and it also can cause seizures even when used as directed.
Research scientists "strongly recommend its removal from the market" because of its low efficacy and high toxicity. It may also interact with certain medications. According to a 2003 study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 62% of U.S. residents sampled carry the insecticide Lindane in their body.
What Are Effective, Natural Alternatives?
Probably some of the best natural shampoos used to eradicate lice contain neem oil from India – one that I have personally used on my children successfully is called Nice and Clear Natural Head Lice Lotion
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