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> From: Dave/Paula/Laura Conning <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Margie Etienne <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Use of Permethrin "Nix"
> Date: June 10, 1997 7:29 AM
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> Hi Margie,
>       Advise her not to treat unless SHE has lice.  They are not very
> transmissible--they don't jump or fly, you have to have a louse walk from
> the child's nice warm scalp directly to her head.  This doesn't happen
all
> that readily--I often see families where only one member has lice.
>       If she does have lice, I find R and C (made by Reed and Carnick) good
for
> nursing moms and children under 2.  It is pyrethrin, quite safe.  Maybe
> someone could check her head and reassure her--most adults can
> psychologically feel things crawling on their heads whenever the
> conversation turns to lice.
>                               All the best,
>                                       Paula Conning, BScN, IBCLC
>                                       Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
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