Daily Mail Good Health section By Caroline Scott
Clara Nunes’s heart sinks when she sees her three young children scratching their heads. She knows that head lice are, yet again, spreading through school like wildfire.
Over the past ten years the problem has become so widespread that head lice are a fact of life for many parents of primary school-aged children.
It’s now estimated more than a third (37 per cent) of all four to 11 year-olds will get them at least once a year, compared to just 1.5 per cent in 1977.
She is not alone. As the school year starts and parents prepare for the inevitable cycle of treating and retreating their children, some experts say products are often backed by poor evidence.
