Are there any reporting systems in the UK which record adverse effects from pesticide head lice treatment?
There is a Yellow Card system whereby GPs report on any adverse effects noticed from prescribed treatment. However some adverse effects could go unreported because many head lice treatments are bought over the counter of chemists without the involvement of GPs. We are much more likely to pick up on adverse effects being reported to our help line. Could you explain your solution to the problem – the Bug Busting Kit? When we first started, our main concern was making sure that parents had a reliable method of detection. On average there are only 10 lice on an infested head, and you are not going to find them looking through dry hair, because the dry louse moves away from disturbance very quickly. I was looking for something to alert people to the problem. I found that washing the hair with ordinary shampoo wets any there. While a louse is really wet it stays still and then can be simply lifted out with a special fine tooth plastic comb. Lice are much easier to spot on the comb than on th
