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Article: Head lice: The back-to-school bug.(Health & Fitness)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- September 19, 2005
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Byline: Dr. Helen Minciotti
I had already decided that "head lice" would be my next back-to- school topic for this column. Then last week the little critters made a surprise visit to my office.
My partner came out of an exam room after seeing a young patient with an itchy rash at the nape of her neck. He suspected head lice. No sooner had the diagnosis been uttered than the mother stepped out into the hallway. She said she had shaken the child's hair and two tiny "bugs" had indeed fallen onto the covered exam table.
I must admit she was calmer than I would have been, and she did a nice job of keeping her worried child calm as well. I personally find that just ...