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Omaha Steve

(99,658 posts) Thu Feb 5, 2015, 02:38 PM Feb 2015

Springfield Toddler Dies During Botched Head Lice Treatment

Source: Boston.com

By Allison Pohle

A home remedy for head lice may have contributed to the death of an 18-month-old Springfield girl on January 31.

Springfield police were called to a home because a child was not breathing, according to the Associated Press. An officer told the AP that the girl’s scalp was covered in mayonnaise and a plastic bag was placed over her head, probably part of a home remedy for head lice.

It is believed that the girl was left unattended and the bag slipped over her face, causing her to suffocate. According to MassLive, another child in the Cass Street home also had head lice, but the family elected to treat his case by shaving his head.

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Read more: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2015/02/05/springfield-toddler-dies-during-botched-head-lice-treatment/6UijF7UNKXCjmL7kEBI7mJ/story.html

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Springfield Toddler Dies During Botched Head Lice Treatment (Original Post) Omaha Steve Feb 2015 OP

horrible. I am so sorry for this. roguevalley Feb 2015 #1

Robocombs are safe! truthisfreedom Feb 2015 #2

If it was "a home remedy" someone had used this treatment on OTHER kids. Ken Burch Feb 2015 #3

Of course the Mayo clinic would list it's name sake. BobbyBoring Feb 2015 #4

They must have been poor or without healthcare. There are simple shampoos and combs that jwirr Feb 2015 #5

Sadly, this seems the best explanation BrotherIvan Feb 2015 #8

how awful uppityperson Feb 2015 #6

Very sad. deurbano Feb 2015 #7

I'm guessing poverty and education was the major factor Android3.14 Feb 2015 #9

The Mass. Dept. of Health does list mayonnaise as a treatment. So nichomachus Feb 2015 #10

Are you fucking kidding me? Chakab Feb 2015 #11

roguevalley

(40,656 posts)

1. horrible. I am so sorry for this.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2015, 02:38 PM

Feb 2015

truthisfreedom

(23,148 posts)

2. Robocombs are safe!

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2015, 02:42 PM

Feb 2015

All schools should have them!

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)

3. If it was "a home remedy" someone had used this treatment on OTHER kids.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2015, 02:46 PM

Feb 2015

Seems to me any sane parent would know to steer clear of anything that involves putting a freaking PLASTIC BAG over their child's head.

Hopefully, if these idiots have any other kids, they're now in foster care.

BobbyBoring

(1,965 posts)

4. Of course the Mayo clinic would list it's name sake.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2015, 02:52 PM

Feb 2015

Seriously though, some people are too stupid to have kids.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)

5. They must have been poor or without healthcare. There are simple shampoos and combs that

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2015, 03:01 PM

Feb 2015

work very easily. One of my first jobs as a social worker involved going into homes to teach the parents who to use them and other things they had to do. I agree that school nurses should have access to the shampoos and combs. They would know who in their school could not afford them.

BrotherIvan

(9,126 posts)

8. Sadly, this seems the best explanation

Reply to jwirr (Reply #5)

Thu Feb 5, 2015, 03:42 PM

Feb 2015

And while the parents never should have left the child alone, the whole system has failed them.

uppityperson

(115,677 posts)

6. how awful

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Thu Feb 5, 2015, 03:11 PM

Feb 2015

deurbano

(2,895 posts)

7. Very sad.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2015, 03:41 PM

Feb 2015

Android3.14

(5,402 posts)

9. I'm guessing poverty and education was the major factor

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Thu Feb 5, 2015, 03:42 PM

Feb 2015

nichomachus

(12,754 posts)

10. The Mass. Dept. of Health does list mayonnaise as a treatment. So

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2015, 04:18 PM

Feb 2015

It may not be stupidity, poverty, or ignorance, or bad parenting. It's following directions.

The negligence came in leaving the kid alone with a plastic bag on her head. That's like leaving an 18-month kid alone in the bathtub.

Chakab

(1,727 posts)

11. Are you fucking kidding me?

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2015, 04:30 PM

Feb 2015

Who puts a bag over a young child's head then walks away?

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