Article: Look!: Getting to the root of nits; Jane Woodhead looks at how to cope with head lice.(Features)

Byline: Jane Woodhead

IT is every parent's nightmare when their child comes home from school with that dreaded letter warning head lice is doing the rounds.

It is a condition which affects three in every 1, 000 people at any one time but the most common age group is four to 11-year-olds.

And contrary to what many people believe, head lice are not something which just affect dirty hair.

Dr Rob Barnett, secretary of Liverpool Local Medical Committee, explains: ``Lice will live on clean or dirty, long or ...

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