Lice Prevention After An Outbreak
It’s one thing to employ proper head lice treatment when an outbreak occurs in your or your children, but what about the cleanup? As with most pests, hair lice cannot survive extreme heat. So, the best course of action in cleaning them out of your home is to dry everything that you can fit into your clothes dryer. This is great for stuffed animals, rag dolls, bedding, pillows, all sorts of clothing including towels, washcloths, etc. A timed cycle of around 15-30 minutes should do the trick.
I’m sure you have heard the suggestion that putting your clothing or stuffed animals into sealed plastic bags will suffocate head lice. This is not the case. More likely, by putting them into plastic bags the lice die of starvation. But there is a chance that doing this will not kill the lice and therefore a re-infestation can occur. This is not the case with putting articles into a high heat dryer for 30 minutes.
Obviously not everything will fit in your dryer. So, for things like carpeting and furniture, it’s best to vacuum everything thoroughly. Be sure to throw away the vacuum bag inside a sealed garbage sack, or empty the debris container for bagless vacuums, and remove it completely from your house. An outside garbage can is best.
There is no need to vacuum for 30 minutes in one concentrated area of course. A few times over the area will do fine.
You may also want to try creating your own “natural” repellent spray that can be made by combining
Filed under Family | Comment (0)There Are Tons Of Choices Of Self Defense Products That Can Protect You. Take Your Pick And Keep Yourself Safe.
You decide that you are not physically strong enough to fight an attacker. You need some kind of weapon or product to keep you safe while you walk home by yourself . Read on to find out more about self defense products as well as how they can keep you safe and secure .
I will cover the two most popular self defense tools : pepper sprays and stun guns.
The active ingredient in pepper sprays is oleoresin capsicum, commonly known as OC. It comes from a certain type of red pepper hence the name pepper spray . It is a natural compound that has an oily texture . Once OC spray is used on an individual , it gives an immediate burning sensation of the skin and a burning, tearing and swelling of the eyes. If inhaled, the respiratory tract becomes swelled and thus temporarily restricts the person’s breathing to short shallow breaths.
Stun guns are very effective because they interfere with the bodies nervous system . This is done by emitting electricity to an attacker’s body. A stun gun does not harm a person permanently; it keeps your attacker from using most muscles for a short period of time . The electricity charge emitted to a person body may be high in voltage but low in amperage therefore, it does no cause long term damage to a person or attacker. They come in many different power sizes 80 000 and 900 000 volt at a rate of three milliamps.
One other self defense tool is a personal alarm . This is not common in countries in which it is legal to bring firearms, pepper sprays and stun guns. Personal alarms are a passive way to practice self-defense. A personal alarm is a small; hand- held device that emits a strong, loud, high- pitched sound to deter attackers as the loud noise can draw the attention of passersby.
Personal alarms are very underrated and can be a highly valuable means of self defense . If an attacker hears the sound from that they are probably take off in the other direction. Most criminals try to do crimes as silently as possible so no one will notice . Most people are sure to notice when something that loud goes off in their area .
You must be wondering which self defense product you should choose. If you live in an area where stun guns and pepper spray are against the law you choices are limited ; therefore the choice is narrowed down to personal alarms. If you want protection that has a lot of knock down power than you should get a stun gun . If you want good all around protection that is effective and inexpensive than pepper spray should be your choice. Pepper Spray is legal almost everywhere and there are thousands of places that you can purchase it from.
Filed under Kids and Teens | Comment (0)Friends Contacted With Christmas Cards
At Christmas its worth considering people you haven’t talked to for some time, and writing a lovely card saying exactly what you want to about them.
Each year individuals reflect there support for charities by sending all of their friends and family Charity Christmas Cards to express their affection for the ones they love. I think this is such a brilliant tradition to keep up as individuals love to get kind comments from those they love and Charity Christmas Cards are a shiny and happy way of helping individuals feel wanted.
To be honest I find it simpler sending people a letter or card to let them know how I feel about them as you can think through your words with out the pressure of responding straight away. Often Cards are an excellent way of getting in touch with those that you have been unable to speak to for quite some time as they are less formal or threatening than a direct letter with the artwork on the cover giving an idea of the mood of the sender. A picture paints a thousand words springs to mind.
To conclude when you write someone a card you don’t have to just scribble the address on the front you can provide your own artistic juices to write or draw things on the cover that will have the person you are writing to beaming before they even open the envelope. Charity Christmas Cards are a great way of reaching out to people at this time of year, but during the year you can still write a card to someone you care about and make links that where there before.
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