Head lice, popularly referred to as the lice is a parasitic disease caused by lice. On the person can to parasitize three types of lice: a, pubic, and scalp strikes the head louse. One of the signs of head lice – presence of the hair of the eggs of these insects, which are called nits.
Dandruff is an accelerated exfoliation of the skin flakes due to metabolic disorders, improper functioning of the sebaceous glands in the scalp or a fungal infection of the skin.
To distinguish between these two phenomena is necessary, not only because they require different treatments. Except in cases of fungal diseases, dandruff poses no danger to others, and the lice, the patient should take precautions to not infect anyone.
Appearance of nits and dandruff is quite difficult to confuse. Dandruff is a flat peeling skin flakes, which may differ from each other in size. Sometimes they can be quite large. To shake them out of my hair easily enough.
Nits are oval in shape, their size is approximately 0.5 mm. They are distinguished by a grayish-white color. Nits tend to stick to the hair, so to remove them is much harder than dandruff. For this reason, nits can't be placed with the head of a man at the head of another, only to become infected with lice. If there are nits, there must be insects. They are harder to detect than eggs, but a careful examination of the head is possible.
If still doubts remain, removed from the head particle, need to crush the nail. NIT thus produces a crisp sound. However, the absence of sound can only mean that this is an empty shell.
Vaseline, vinegar and other folk remedies help with head lice only 10% of cases. The effectiveness of the combing does not exceed 40%. More efficiently Dustov soap in combination with combing, but again this procedure will have daily at least a week.
The best thing to do upon discovery of head lice is to contact a dermatologist. He will prescribe you a special shampoo. Modern means of combat lice help to get rid of parasites for 1-2 days.
To get rid of dandruff there are many special shampoos, and no shortage of folk recipes. But whatever means or used, hair loss will return if the cause is still there. To install it will help a dermatologist. He will tell you what to do in this particular case: treat fungal infection of the skin or correct nutrition.
Dandruff is an accelerated exfoliation of the skin flakes due to metabolic disorders, improper functioning of the sebaceous glands in the scalp or a fungal infection of the skin.
To distinguish between these two phenomena is necessary, not only because they require different treatments. Except in cases of fungal diseases, dandruff poses no danger to others, and the lice, the patient should take precautions to not infect anyone.
The distinction between nits and dandruff
Appearance of nits and dandruff is quite difficult to confuse. Dandruff is a flat peeling skin flakes, which may differ from each other in size. Sometimes they can be quite large. To shake them out of my hair easily enough.
Nits are oval in shape, their size is approximately 0.5 mm. They are distinguished by a grayish-white color. Nits tend to stick to the hair, so to remove them is much harder than dandruff. For this reason, nits can't be placed with the head of a man at the head of another, only to become infected with lice. If there are nits, there must be insects. They are harder to detect than eggs, but a careful examination of the head is possible.
If still doubts remain, removed from the head particle, need to crush the nail. NIT thus produces a crisp sound. However, the absence of sound can only mean that this is an empty shell.
How to fight lice and dandruff
Vaseline, vinegar and other folk remedies help with head lice only 10% of cases. The effectiveness of the combing does not exceed 40%. More efficiently Dustov soap in combination with combing, but again this procedure will have daily at least a week.
The best thing to do upon discovery of head lice is to contact a dermatologist. He will prescribe you a special shampoo. Modern means of combat lice help to get rid of parasites for 1-2 days.
To get rid of dandruff there are many special shampoos, and no shortage of folk recipes. But whatever means or used, hair loss will return if the cause is still there. To install it will help a dermatologist. He will tell you what to do in this particular case: treat fungal infection of the skin or correct nutrition.
