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Can you get head lice from animals?

8 doctors weighed in across 3 answers

No: Head lice are an only human issue. Animals and or other bugs do not carry them.

Dr Bouvier and 3 doctors agreed

Answered 4/9/2016

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Dr. Josephine Ruiz-healy answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

No: No. From other humans, yes.

Dr Altman and 3 doctors agreed

Answered 4/24/2016

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

No: Animals are not part of the transmission cycle for head lice.

Answered 11/3/2018

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It'd be possible that a child get head lice from another child that is getting treated for it?

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What dept would be best to get a recheck for head lice to be sure its gone? Dermatology?

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