Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Head louse (頭虱)

Head lice, I don't see any head lice. Do you?

Phoebe was infected with head lice the other day. We found that out yesterday from the nursery. We have to quarantine her for a couple of days, and try to get rid of that nasty bug from our house. Worse of all, mom was infected too. Mama was really embarrassed with this problem as a few other children caught head lice at Phoebe's nursery as well. We think that Phoebe might be the source. Everybody had to be disinfected including poor Ernest and papa. We were the innocent bystanders as we weren't infected at all. Besides, I don't think the lice have anywhere to hide on my head. Anyway, with the head lice problem was solved, the whole family is back to normal once more.

We learned a few things from this episode.
- Head lice in Japanese is called 頭虱(あたましらみ)
- It takes about 3-4 days to get rid of this problem.
- Head lice is almost an unheard of problem in Japan.

This was the shampoo which neutralized the lice threat to the family.
It's called sumisurin L (スミスリンL)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

this is bad i feel really bad for her alot i never had it but i can see what she feels in the inside alot

david_dvdson said...

i must say, having head lice was the biggest downside in my life right now, its been bugging me for 5 years and whatever i do, i ant seem to get rid of them. i think im gonna shave my head right now.