Help Lice!!! We leave for Disney tomorrow!!

[my4kids]

While at dd's checkup at the pediatrician today, asked the dr. about this whole topic. She has MD after her name, and did NOT say what you are saying. She said that it she'd give the OK after a RID treatment and a comb-through IF, and ONLY IF, the child was brought back in for a re-check. Because if only one or two bugs survived (or had fallen onto a stuffed animal and were waiting there for a new host) the child could still have lice. Also, with just a couple strands of hair with nits attached shedding, the nits could have been about to hatch soon -- then they could hatch where the shed hair lies, and find a new host.

So apparently, just a couple of shed hairs (we shed many per day) in the hotel room, once the nits hatch, could infect someone else. She didn't understand where the 10-day non-contagious thing came from because NEW nits hatch in about 10 days -- but not all that child's nits are brand new. With light hair (which the OP says her dd has), nits will be particularly hard to see.

I really, really hope the OP remembers to say something to Mousekeeping afterward. At ASMU once, we got a just-fumigated-for-lice room once. The carpets had to be cleaned and everything, and were wet for our first couple of days.

The ten day thing comes from the RID hotline (yes I called it about 15 times when my kids had them. The deal is, the treatment kills the live lice and the eggs that have already developed a nervous system. The insecticide attact the nervous systems. The newly laid eggs don't have nervous systems yet so they still hatch in 7-10 days, but the older nits that have nervous systems do get killed by the treatment.

 

[KariC]

You know, this IS making me itchy (especially after the visual).

But I keep thinking about bed bugs and other "itchie bugs". My DB had to move out of his apt and lost ALL of his furniture due to an infestation of bed bugs. And he wasn't the one that brought them in, the ENTIRE building got infected, and they believe it was brought in by a family from a different country. Which brings me to my thought...

With international travel, and I don't mean from the EU, but from countries that have more infestations (if you will), it wouldn't suprise me if many of the hotels, airlines, etc, have problems. Maybe lice don't just hop from a seat to a head? I do know that I am more worried about flea and bed bug infestations than lice.....I've had friends (and DB) with these issues in nice homes and apartments in our area lately. And almost all have been attributed back to families from other countries that have traveled with the hitchhiking bugs. In some places around the world....it's just not as big a deal (and they definatly would not cancel a vacation or a relocation). I'm not saying that I feel that way....quite the opposite!!! Watching a friend have to deal with it at a new to them home to the tune of $40,000 and watching my brother lose everything he did in a rental makes me more freaky about it!

 

[twinklebug]

OK, now that was just TOO much information

 

[taximomfor4]

How did you know that the room had just been treated specifically for lice and not just its turn to have the carpets cleaned or that they were trying to get rid of a smoke smell from a non-smoking room?

If I had been told my hotel had just been treated for lice, I think I would have requested another room.

Loooooonnnnngg story, why we ended up in those rooms. Had touble even getting those rooms--they were "out of inventory" until our situation necessitated drastic measures. So even though the carpets hadn't dried yet, we were given those rooms. We tried our darnedest to get put in rooms SOMEWHERE on property that would work for us, and after all kinds of hassle this was what they offered us. If you want a more thorough accounting, try to search for the old thread I started back then called "ASMu Woes."

 

[NewJersey]

Please, someone attack someone else so this thread gets deleted.

 

[taximomfor4]

The ten day thing comes from the RID hotline (yes I called it about 15 times when my kids had them. The deal is, the treatment kills the live lice and the eggs that have already developed a nervous system. The insecticide attact the nervous systems. The newly laid eggs don't have nervous systems yet so they still hatch in 7-10 days, but the older nits that have nervous systems do get killed by the treatment.

How cool that they were able to tell you so much! I love scientific details --always did. Thanks for sharing! Only thing I remember about RID specifically was that they are VERY insistent it will only work on nits if you are super-careful in following the instructions exactly, and leaving the stuff on long enough to penetrate (or something like that).

So really, the pediatrician's only concern that sounds valid is that any hairs the OP's daughter sheds onto upholstry, bus seats, etc could have a nit attached that will hatch in a few more days, and that "nymph" will quickly need a new host.

 

[mommasita]

Please, someone attack someone else so this thread gets deleted.

Have you read the eye color thread lately...

 

[taximomfor4]

http://www.ftc.gov/os/1998/09/9723159.cmp.htm

Just for fun-- RID had a complaint filed against them from the FTC. Apparently studies didn't support RID's claims that they make you lice-free after one use. This was from some years ago, but the active ingredients have not changed. (Told you I like the scientific stuff!) Here is some quotes from that complaint:

respondent has represented, expressly or by implication, that:

A. Clinical studies prove that RID Lice Killing Shampoo cures lice infestations in a single treatment.

B. Clinical studies prove that the RID egg removal comb is one hundred percent effective.
10. In truth and in fact:

A. Clinical studies do not prove that RID Lice Killing Shampoo cures lice infestations in a single treatment. The study relied upon to make this claim included the application of a single treatment along with a thorough combing that removed all lice eggs.

B. Clinical studies do not prove that the RID comb is one hundred percent effective. The studies relied upon to make this claim employed individuals trained in egg removal to comb patients’ hair.

No wonder there is so much confusion about lice, treatments, and spread of them. Geez!

 

[taximomfor4]

Have you read the eye color thread lately...

Oh no...do I really want to? It sounds so innocuous!

 

[mommasita]

Oh no...do I really want to? It sounds so innocuous!

Funny enough, I posted once, and I seem to be VERY popular on the thread..I had no clue until last night

 

[C.Ann]

I was doing good until tonight.. Now I'm itchy..

 

[mommasita]

I was doing good until tonight.. Now I'm itchy..

Isn't that amazing how the mind works...I am fine, until I open this thread.

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

 

[taximomfor4]

Funny enough, I posted once, and I seem to be VERY popular on the thread..I had no clue until last night

I just had to go take a peek myself. Oopsy, is all i can say!

Back to the topic at hand: *scratch* *scratch*

Must...look...away...from...the...visuals...posted...on...previous...page!

 

[NewJersey]

Have you read the eye color thread lately...

Off to check it out! ::

 

[djm99]

I wonder how the OP's trip is going.....

 

[Cantw8]

Oh, NO....who bumped this up?????? I just stopped itching today

 

[djm99]

Oh, NO....who bumped this up?????? I just stopped itching today

I did sorry, I will be in WDW real soon, and all I keep thinking about is laying in a lice roaming bed. I really hope the OP will keep her word and tell mousekeeping and then mousekeeping actually properly clean that room.

 

[KristiKelly]

I wonder how the OP's trip is going.....

I don't know but I'm just itching to hear all about it!

 

[Cantw8]

I did sorry, I will be in WDW real soon, and all I keep thinking about is laying in a lice roaming bed. I really hope the OP will keep her word and tell mousekeeping and then mousekeeping actually properly clean that room.

I'm so creeped out...I will be there in August, does the heat kill them????? I will be spending alot of time in the pool