Health Tip: Detecting Head Lice
Oct. 21 -- (HealthDay News) -- Head lice are a pesky, often itchy problem that should be remedied to prevent a secondary infection caused by scratching.
Having head lice, which live in the hair on a person's head, and perhaps the eyebrows, is not a reflection of a person's social status or personal hygiene, the U.S. National Library of Medicine says.
The agency offers these suggestions for how to detect head lice: