KLTV - For parents, just the mention of head lice can send them running for a razor. New guidelines announced by the American Academy of Pediatrics suggests those lousy lice may not be as easily transmitted as previously thought.
In the May 2015 report, the academy no longer suggests keeping children with head lice out of school. Dr. Hal Everett of Trinity Pediatric Clinics says they are more apt to spread in the home, rather than a classroom setting.
“Contrary to popular belief, they do not jump around, they crawl. So they are not going to jump from student to student. It's going to be hair products: a brush, comb or hat,” Everett explains.
Tyler Independent School District adopted a stay-in-school policy last summer for children with head lice. We spoke with TISD nurse Cynthia Baker about the policy and its effects in the year since its adoption.
“We have not seen an increase of head lice, at all. We're keeping about the same numbers since we started this," Baker says. "There has been no sudden burst of head lice because we're keeping them in class.”
For parents, any chance to keep those kids in school is much appreciated.
“There were times when the children were missing school. A lot of school. So, I think that a lot of parents are thankful that their child can stay in school,” Baker says.
Dr. Everett concurs.
"Absolutely. We want to keep kids in school, and having lice is not a reason to keep them out of school.”
Everett says the best method of prevention is to discourage children from sharing things like brushes and hats.
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