Q:My daughter ended up with lice several weeks ago. She most likely picked them up from one of the girls at a sleep over.We treated her with lice shampoo twice and did every-other-day combouts. I also vacuumed, cleaned, washed and dried all her bedding and clothing at high heat.The first time I treated her, I combed out hundreds of nits and about a half-dozen bugs. A week later with the second shampoo I combed out three bugs and maybe a dozen nits.A week later I did the Listerine treatment. I combed out one bug and probably about a half a dozen nits. After another week of treating with Listerine, I have found no nits and no bugs. It really does seem to work.A:There is increasing frustration with conventional lice shampoos. That’s because there are reports that lice may have developed resistance to common ingredients in over-the-counter treatments.A relatively new prescription product called Ulesfia is a benzyl alcohol formulation that smothers the bugs. It is pricey though, running between $45 and $75 a bottle.

That is enough to treat one head of short hair. For long hair you may need two or three bottles. The treatment needs to be repeated after a week.A bottle of Listerine costs about $5. The alcohol and herbal oils in this mouthwash also appear to kill lice although the Food and Drug Administration has not approved it for this use.Q:I was in the hospital for serious injuries resulting from an automobile accident. They included a crushed tibia that was a compound fracture. As you can imagine there was concern about bone infection.I also had broken ribs and a lung contusion. It was cold and flu season and I really didn’t want to be sneezing or coughing so I always asked about hand washing.One nurse said, “I haven’t been anywhere except the nurses’ station.” I asked him if he had touched anything there and he responded, “Yes, but I haven’t been in another patient’s room.”I politely asked him to humor me and wash his hands. He did but he clearly didn’t think it was necessary.

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