This week’s discussion I will like to discuss about a STD called pubic lice. Pubic lice is exactly the name with lice on your hair in the private area. Pubic lice believe it or not, about 3 millions of people in the United States get infected with pubic lice ever year.
Pubic lice symptoms consist of intense itching in the genital area, super small bugs that are tan or whitish-gray in oval, yellow, white or pearly color and are darker when they are full of blood. You may also see dark or bluish spots on the skin where they feed, feeling feverish, run-down or irritable. This does not cause serious health problems but could be uncomfortable. Could easily get rid of it over the counter medicine. Getting pubic lice does not mean you’re dirty or have nothing to do with hygiene or cleanliness.
These insects are tiny and they look like crabs you see at the beach. They live on the skin, coarse hairs hat are around the genitals which includes eyelashes, eyebrows, chest hair, armpit, beards and mustaches that feed on skin for blood. Pubic lice spread easily during sexual contact or have personal contact with someone who has them. Additionally, sometimes pubic lice are spread by using an infected person’s clothes, towels or bed. These tiny insects does not like to live on the top of your head as head lice doesn’t show up in the pubic area either.
Person could treat pubic lice with over the counter medicine or the doctor’s office. To confirm you have contracted pubic lice, check for little crabs eggs stuck to the base of the pubic hair, look for blood bites on the skin, and intense itchiness.
Planned Parenthood. Pubic Lice (Crabs). Retrieved from https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/stds-hiv-safer-sex/pubic-lice
