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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 66982" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Oh, classic! What did I say? Oh, I do so love being right!</p><p></p><p>About the doll - if it's been below 90F for a week, or below 80F for several days, or below 65-70F for 1-2 days, then I would guarantee no problems. If it's been less, I would still be fairly sure. But a bagged doll can go in the freezer for a few hours, just to make certain. </p><p></p><p>The bag won't do a thing to suffocate lice, fleas or anything else. All it does is confine them. It's the lower-than-body-heat temperature (plus lack of food) which kills the lice.</p><p></p><p>Like I said, sheets on the cold laundry floor for a week - no worries!</p><p></p><p>If you're still unsure, do some Googling on Pediculosis humanis life cycles and living requirements.</p><p></p><p>It's a bit like the panic over HIV - it's a lot harder to catch than people thought. People used to think you could catch HIV from sharing the same cup, even if it had been through the dishwasher. It's really difficult to convince people that HIV is really a very fragile virus, it needs viable body fluids to survive. </p><p>Some nasty viruses (such as colds, influenza, smallpox) can survive almost as dry dust (smallpox can survive as dust) but not HIV. Hep C is a bit tougher, it can survive for longer on a discarded needle, but unless the needle was sued within the previous few hours, HIV in it will not be viable.</p><p></p><p>We think about viruses the way we do about catching colds - someone with a cold touches their nose, then touches a cup, and the next person to touch that cup and then touch THEIR nose, has just been inoculated. It's now up to their immune system to fight it off.</p><p></p><p>We tend to think about nits in the same way - or maybe, like catching fleas off a dog. I used to HATE fleas in the house when I was a kid because getting rid of them was so difficult. One flea could make my life a misery. My mother taught me to stand in a full bathtub while I undressed - any fleas were likely to fall off and get trapped in the water, from where I could catch them and dispose of them nastily. And if I failed to catch the flea, it would sit somewhere in the carpet overnight and find me in the morning. </p><p></p><p>Not so nits. That's why they wore wigs in the 18 Century - so when they took their wigs off overnight (they were often shaved underneath) then any lice or eggs would die overnight, while the wig cooled on the wig stand. Only those who could afford it wore decent wigs, so nits & lice THUS became associated as a condition of the poor and scungy.</p><p></p><p>Oh, but I'm so amused by the mother having nits. Has anyone checked grandma yet? Because if she's been minding easy child 2 even more than darling mama has...</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 66982, member: 1991"] Oh, classic! What did I say? Oh, I do so love being right! About the doll - if it's been below 90F for a week, or below 80F for several days, or below 65-70F for 1-2 days, then I would guarantee no problems. If it's been less, I would still be fairly sure. But a bagged doll can go in the freezer for a few hours, just to make certain. The bag won't do a thing to suffocate lice, fleas or anything else. All it does is confine them. It's the lower-than-body-heat temperature (plus lack of food) which kills the lice. Like I said, sheets on the cold laundry floor for a week - no worries! If you're still unsure, do some Googling on Pediculosis humanis life cycles and living requirements. It's a bit like the panic over HIV - it's a lot harder to catch than people thought. People used to think you could catch HIV from sharing the same cup, even if it had been through the dishwasher. It's really difficult to convince people that HIV is really a very fragile virus, it needs viable body fluids to survive. Some nasty viruses (such as colds, influenza, smallpox) can survive almost as dry dust (smallpox can survive as dust) but not HIV. Hep C is a bit tougher, it can survive for longer on a discarded needle, but unless the needle was sued within the previous few hours, HIV in it will not be viable. We think about viruses the way we do about catching colds - someone with a cold touches their nose, then touches a cup, and the next person to touch that cup and then touch THEIR nose, has just been inoculated. It's now up to their immune system to fight it off. We tend to think about nits in the same way - or maybe, like catching fleas off a dog. I used to HATE fleas in the house when I was a kid because getting rid of them was so difficult. One flea could make my life a misery. My mother taught me to stand in a full bathtub while I undressed - any fleas were likely to fall off and get trapped in the water, from where I could catch them and dispose of them nastily. And if I failed to catch the flea, it would sit somewhere in the carpet overnight and find me in the morning. Not so nits. That's why they wore wigs in the 18 Century - so when they took their wigs off overnight (they were often shaved underneath) then any lice or eggs would die overnight, while the wig cooled on the wig stand. Only those who could afford it wore decent wigs, so nits & lice THUS became associated as a condition of the poor and scungy. Oh, but I'm so amused by the mother having nits. Has anyone checked grandma yet? Because if she's been minding easy child 2 even more than darling mama has... Marg [/QUOTE]
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