Pubic Lice ("Crabs") - How to Safely Control Pubic Lice or Crabs.

Pubic lice are tiny, flat-bodied, wingless, six-legged, insects that live on the skin. They are also called crabs because they have "claws", which they use to hang on to hair. They are light brown and the size of a pinhead. Pubic lice feed on the blood of a human host, but they can live up to 24 hours away from the host. Pubic lice infect the hairy parts of the human body, especially around the pubic hair (they can also infest armpit hair, eyelashes and eyebrows). They look like small scabs to the naked eye. Their nits (eggs) can be seen on hair close to the skin as little white dots stuck to the hair. The nits (eggs) hatch in six to eight days.

Pubic lice are known scientifically as Phthirus pubis. Pubic Lice infestation is a common sexually-transmitted condition and is found mostly in adolescents. Transmission generally occurs during sexual activity, but it can occur through physical contact with contaminated objects such as toilet seats, sheets, and blankets. Some women have acquired it while trying on swimming suits at a store.

The presence of pubic lice is heralded by moderate to severe itching in the areas covered by pubic hair. This itch is frequently worse at night. Because the crab louse requires human blood to survive, it buries its head inside a pubic hair follicle. It excretes a substance into the skin that causes the itching.

Sometimes the bite can cause an inflammatory skin reaction that is bluish gray in color. Although the lice do not cause a rash, the constant scratching and digging can cause the skin to become raw, and secondary infections may develop.

On close inspection, adult lice (1.2 mm in diameter) may be seen. A magnifying glass makes the lice more easily visible, and will show the small egg sacs or "nits" that are attached to the pubic hairs, usually at the base. In many cases, adult lice may only be seen in the seams of clothing.

Although pubic lice appear to prefer the pubic area, they can also thrive on the eyelashes. In young children, pubic lice may be a cause of blephartis (an eye infection) and their eyelashes should be examined with a high-powered magnifying glass for evidence of lice.

Humans acquired pubic lice or crabs from gorillas several million years ago, humans most likely got the gorilla's lice from sleeping in their nests or eating the giant apes.

Anyone can get pubic lice. It is estimated that there are over 1 million cases each year. However, people with more sex partners have a greater risk of getting pubic lice.

Pubic lice are usually, but not always, spread through sexual contact. You can also pick them up through close personal contact or by using the unwashed bed linen, clothes, or towels of an infected person.

If you have pubic lice, you may not have any symptoms. If you do get symptoms, they usually begin 5 days to several weeks after exposure to the pubic lice. You may get an intense itching around the pubic hair or the genital area. The itching is because of an allergic reaction to the bites. If you scratch, you could get a skin infection.

Pubic lice are diagnosed by a physical examination of the infested area. You should get diagnosed by a health care provider because pubic lice can be confused with other itchy skin problems.

If you find out that you have them, notify all of your sexual partners so they can attend to the control of pubic lice or crabs.

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