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What do pubic lice look like?

Updated: 10/6/2023
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Adult pubic lice are 1.1-1.8 mm in length. Pubic lice typically are found attached to hair in the pubic area but sometimes are found on coarse hair elsewhere on the body (for example, eyebrows, eyelashes, beard, mustache, chest, armpits, etc.).

Pubic lice infestations (pthiriasis) are usually spread through sexual contact. Dogs, cats, and other pets do not play a role in the transmission of human lice.

Both over-the-counter and prescription medications are available for treatment of pubic lice infestations.
it is just like head lice but in your pubic hair
Crabs is part of STD or STI ( sexual transmitted deseas)

In you hair

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Pubic lice is very rare and if you have it you will probably have many diseases. It pretty much looks the same like hair lice but microscopic size.

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They are called "crabs" because that's what they look like under a microscope.

The term "bloomer crickets" is another slang term.

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Pubic lice is not a reportable disease, and so reliable data on prevalence is not available.

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There are three types of lice that infest humans. Pubic lice prefer the pubic hair, head lice prefer the hair on your head, and body lice affect body hair.

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No, it is not normal to have pubic lice. Most people do not have pubic lice.

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A pubic lice infestation is a condition in which the pubic louse insect is living and breeding on a person's pubic hair and, at times, other nearby areas.

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There is only one pubic louse, and it causes itching.

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Pubic lice are found worldwide.

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