In rural areas in the 1980s, almost everyone had lice. They don't like hygiene, or are there other reasons?

Although the living standard has changed a lot compared with the past, we often hear them talk about the past when chatting with the elderly in rural areas. It is often said that many foods are not as delicious as before, such as pork, watermelon and chicken.

In addition to these, I will also talk about some past troubles. For example, in rural areas in the 1980s, almost everyone had lice, but now they are all gone. Why is this? Is it because you didn't like hygiene in the past, or is there another reason?

Nowadays, many people born after 80 s and 00 s probably don't know lice, because many people have never seen what lice look like. In the 1980s, it was really rare for anyone who didn't have lice. But today, if someone is found to have lice, it may be in the news. I remember that at the beginning of the year, the teacher in my daughter's class said that students with long heads caused quite a stir at that time, and many parents were very nervous.

But in the past, almost everyone in the countryside had lice. At that time, many parents shaved their children's heads to prevent lice from growing on their heads, or to get rid of lice. At that time, many rural girls also shaved their heads. Because of this, lice have no hiding place. If you see a girl with a shaved head, everyone will know. But at that time, no one would laugh at anyone. After all, everyone had such an experience. The author thinks that almost everyone in rural areas had lice in the past, mainly for the following reasons.

The first is the rural environment at that time. In the past, every household in rural areas had to raise many poultry and livestock, such as chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, dogs, cows and sheep. Moreover, many animals are still free-range, and farmers often contact them. In this way, lice on these poultry and livestock may be transmitted to people. Coupled with the poor rural environment at that time, many crops also had lice eggs, which fell on people and hatched after a while.