What will happen if pubic lice become serious? What are the dangers?

Many friends think that pubic lice will naturally disappear if they are washed a few more times. If you don't take the disease seriously, it is more likely to get worse. If pubic lice are not controlled, the harm they cause will be more serious.

1. Pubic lice cause severe itching in the affected area. Pubic lice cause itching in the affected area , which is especially severe at night. A small number of patients may have moderate fever, muscle pain, or swollen cervical lymph nodes. The diagnosis is quickly made based on symptoms and physical examination. Lice eggs or pubic lice can be found on the hair shaft with the naked eye, under a microscope, or with a magnifying glass. Pubic lice can often be found 2-3 weeks after infection when itching occurs. Pubic lice that have fed on blood are rust-colored and are easiest to spot.

2. Blue spots will appear after being bitten by pubic lice. After being bitten by pubic lice, red papules that are higher than the skin surface may appear. The patient feels itchy, and scratching often leads to secondary eczema or folliculitis. A small number of patients may also have bluish-gray or light-blue spots ranging in size from broad beans to fingers on the inner side of the thigh or trunk. These spots are not itchy and do not fade when pressed. This is because when pubic lice suck blood, they cause tiny amounts of bleeding in the human skin, and the pigment in the pubic lice's saliva turns the human hemoglobin green. These spots can persist for several months after the pubic lice have been killed.

3. Pubic lice will inject venom. Pubic lice are a type of lice that lay eggs at the roots of human pubic hair or even in blood scabs. The adult louse is as big as a sesame seed. When it uses its proboscis to pierce the human skin to suck blood, it bites the human skin and injects its poisonous saliva into the human body. It also excretes feces while sucking blood, thus causing itching and inflammation of the genital skin. Pubic lice, like lice in other parts of the body, can also spread infectious diseases such as relapsing fever and typhus.

4. Pubic lice can be transmitted to head lice. The biggest harm of pubic lice is that pubic lice can be transmitted to the head and form head lice , which brings great inconvenience to the treatment of pubic lice. Pubic lice survive by sucking human blood, biting other humans and then infecting each other, inevitably spreading other infectious diseases such as hepatitis and AIDS. Although pubic lice mainly parasitize on the body hair around the pubic area and anus, they are occasionally found parasitizing on armpit hair, eyebrows or eyelashes. It often lies close to the surface of the skin and often grasps pubic hair with its crab-like claws. A small number of patients with pubic lice may have moderate fever, muscle pain, or swollen cervical lymph nodes.

5. Pubic lice have a strong reproductive capacity. They can reproduce 40-50 lice a day. 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 hair, armpits, etc., increasing the difficulty of treatment. At the same time, because pubic lice are highly contagious, they can cause collective infection of couples, friends and family members, causing group illness. To sum up: Pubic lice are harmful to human physical and mental health and must be treated as soon as possible to prevent the spread of harm.