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Super Mice Research Paper

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Say hello to Super Lice! Super Lice is nothing to take lightly. You or your child could be its next victim! Super Lice has now found homes in nearly 25 states! Therefore, Super Lice is becoming a major problem in the USA because medications are not treating the lice. However, some people say Super Lice is still the same Lice it’s always been and there’s nothing to worry about, but head lice is much harder to kill than usual. First, Super Lice has mutated into another version of lice. This means lice is now resisting pyrethoid or over the counter medications. Doctors noticed a change in treating lice, this caused research to be done. Researchers found, that head lice have developed a gene mutation that essentially teaches them to resist common …show more content…

In times past lice has been known as the nasty bug people can get in their hair. Never have people had problems with fighting the bugs off or paying for the medication to fight them off. Usually people would just drive to their local supermarket and buy the easy-to-use over the counter medication to get rid of pests. This type of medication would cost about $8.99- $19.99 at most depending on brands. Because these medications are tending to let families down, they have to find an alternative. Angela Shirley, owner of The Lice Slayers in Lawrence, has seen firsthand the results of this increasing resistance. Parents have been coming to this company for a while, saying they have tried three or four times to rid their child’s hair of lice with no luck. Lice Slayers offers the “AirAlle Treatment” which uses a special device to apply heat of about 138 degrees close to the scalp to kill the unwanted visitors and their eggs. In most cases, one treatment, which costs $165, is all it takes to rid an infestation. “They’re not going to become resistant to the heat,” Shirley said (Rudavsky 40). For Shirley, business has really been nice, having over 100 cases in August. Nevertheless, this is not good news for many people with lice. Today people do all they can to get by with paying for school fees, college, groceries, doctor visits and more. No one has the time or money to be spending

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