Are pubic lice harmful to the human body?

Pubic lice are very harmful to the body and can cause eating diseases. It is highly contagious. If symptoms of pubic lice occur, many skin problems may occur on the body. In severe cases, it may cause other people to be infected and may also cause more serious physical illnesses. So what harm do pubic lice do to the human body? Today we will introduce it in detail.

Pubic lice have a strong reproductive capacity and can reproduce 40-50 per day. If left unchecked or untreated for a long time it can lead to lice and secondary infection with other systemic diseases. Pubic lice, like other lice diseases, can also spread infectious diseases such as relapsing fever and typhus. Most patients seek medical attention when lice have not yet reproduced for a few generations. Pubic lice cause itching in the affected area, which is especially severe at night. A few patients may have moderate fever, muscle pain, or swollen cervical lymph nodes. Due to the bites of pubic lice, the patient's pubic hair skin is itchy and scratching can often damage the skin and lead to secondary bacterial infection. In addition, when pubic lice suck blood, their saliva enters the human blood and changes the color of the human hemoglobin. There will be slight bleeding in the places bitten by pubic lice, and the bleeding places will become blue spots. After the pubic lice are killed, the spots may continue to exist for several months. Pubic lice may also carry other germs, causing infection in the patient. Because pubic lice can move freely, if they are not killed for a long time, they can spread to other hairy parts of the body, such as the hair and armpits, increasing the difficulty of treatment. At the same time, because pubic lice are highly contagious, they can cause collective infection among couples, friends and family members, causing group illness.

Pubic lice are a type of hair parasite that lives in the human body and is mainly transmitted through sexual contact. Pubic lice can be treated with 25%-50% alcohol extract of Stemona japonica or Lice.erle, applied twice a day for 5 consecutive days, followed by application of warm rice vinegar to break the adhesion between the pubic lice eggs and the pubic hair, making it easier to remove the pubic lice eggs. Clothes should be boiled in hot water to disinfect.

The above introduction has already answered the question of what harm pubic lice do to the human body. After knowing these very serious dangers, we should pay special attention to preventing pubic lice in our daily lives. If pubic lice occur, timely and effective treatment and control are necessary to prevent the spread to others, so as to ensure good health.