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Should I Call?

    Call Your Doctor WITHIN 24 HOURS (during regular daytime office hours) IF:
  • Age less than 3 months old. (Reason: have your doctor recommend safest lice medicine for this age.)
  • Scalp looks infected (e.g., pus, soft scabs, open sores).
    Call Your Doctor DURING WEEKDAY OFFICE HOURS IF:
  • You think your child needs to be seen.
  • Diagnosis of head lice is uncertain.
  • Head lice or nits recur after treatment.
  • You have other questions or concerns.
    Provide Care at Home to children for:
  • Head lice and you don't think your child needs to be seen.
  1. Symptom Description
  2. Care at Home?

Parent Care for Pediatric Symptoms. Copyright © 2000-2008. Barton D. Schmitt, MD
Reviewed/Modified: Jan 2008 by Intermountain Healthcare, Inc.


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