Hold the mayo, please

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> From: Dogwood Ridge
> To: hidden@email-address
> Cc: Len Leshin ; hidden@email-address
> Subject: Re: Hold the mayo, please
> Date: Sunday, July 12, 1998 3:11 PM
>
> OK- for all you ID wizards- can you get salmonella from mayonnaise?
Staph
> gastroenteritis yes but salmonella? I wish I had my Red Book with me.
Kim
> Burlingham, MD
>
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> > From: hidden@email-address
> > To: Dogwood Ridge
> > Cc: Len Leshin ; hidden@email-address
> > Subject: Hold the mayo, please
> > Date: Tuesday, July 07, 1998 12:58 AM
> >
> > Our local health department called to make sure that we were not
> recommending
> > mayo for lice. Seems there are concerns re: possible salmonella with
the
> mayo
> > "unrefrigerated" on that warm head. We're continuing with the NIX
first,
> then
> > treat failures with Vaseline overnight, washed out with Baby Oil and
> followed
> > by Dawn dish detergent.
> >
> > Karen M. Kohlruss RN BSN
> >
> > Dogwood Ridge wrote:
> >
> > > Len- Has HairClear become available in this country? The good old
> > > mayonnaise trick isn't working and now I've been using Elimite. Here
> in
> > > Texas Nix was taken off the Medicaid covered OTC meds. and parents
have
> > > been calling for Kwell Rx. I would hate to go back to that one.
> Regards-
> > > Kim Burlingham, MD
> > >
> > > ----------
> > > > From: Len Leshin
> > > > To: hidden@email-address
> > > > Subject: Head Lice from Hell, take 2
> > > > Date: Monday, July 06, 1998 4:07 PM
> > > >
> > > > This month's Archives of Pediatrics and Adol Medicine reports that
no
> > > > commercially available product was efficacious at helping to loosen
> the
> > > nit
> > > > from the hair shaft. Likewise, vinegar, bleach and hydrochloric
acid
> did
> > > > not loosen the nit from the hiar shaft.
> > > >
> > > > The report also lists two "pomades" (gels for hair) as being
> effective in
> > > > suffocating adult lice within 15 minutes. Supposedly they are
easier
> to
> > > > wash out of hair than petrolatum.
> > > >
> > > > Len Leshin, MD, FAAP
> > > > Corpus Christi, TX
> > > > mailto:hidden@email-address
> > > >
> > > >

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