Is head lice going around Medinah, Illinois?

Recent head lice signals in Medinah

No matching labels appear in the available privacy-filtered breakdown. Low-count labels may be withheld, and this list does not capture every illness in the city.

Source: parent logs linked to Medinah schools and daycares on Ickly. Counts are label mentions, not unique children or cases; one log can include several symptoms. This is not citywide prevalence or public-health outbreak surveillance.

How Medinah parents can tell

• Persistent scalp itching
• Tickling feeling in the hair
• Tiny white eggs near the scalp
• Red bumps on the neck or behind the ears

Lice do not jump or fly. They pass through head-to-head contact and shared hats or brushes.

Local signals come from parent-entered logs, with low-count labels withheld from this city breakdown. Symptoms can have more than one cause; use your child's symptoms and medical advice alongside local reports.