If you have school age children, they are at risk of getting
colds and the flu but unfortunately, they are also at risk for
getting lice. Marcie Fraser reports. To view our videos, you
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back here and refresh the page. "Any condition where bugs are
potentially crawling on you has a freak out effect." It does
have the ‘ick’ factor. Lice are most commonly found on
elementary kids. "Younger kids get recognized a lot more because
nurses are looking in young kids heads but it can happen to
anyone," said Dr. Tom Portuese, an urgent care doctor. Lice can
be found in the base of the hair line. "You will see really
small crawling insects in the hair and might see nits, it's the
eggs that head lice lay which is tiny ovals at the base of the
hair," said Dr. Portuese. Itching is the most common symptom.
Most often, lice are spread through direct contact and can
survive off the human body for about 24 hours. "If you were to
fly from here to San Francisco and som