Prevent Pubic Lice - Highly Contagious And Very Itchy!

Pediculosis means infestation with lice. Lice are small insects, which are equipped to draw blood for feeding. They live at the skin level, they are highly contagious and the reproduce in large numbers.

There are two types of lice infestation: the pediculosis of the head - the lice lives on the skin of the head, and are oftentimes found at the back of the head and behind the ears. Children are the ones more frequently afflicted, but adults can catch it, especially in they live together in a crowded house.

The second type of pediculosis is the pubic type. Lice are usually located in the pubic area, but they can also affect facial hair, eyebrows, chest hair and scalp hair but very rare.

Body lice lodge and lay eggs on clothes and transfer to the human host when they have to feed. They are blood sucking parasites that are equipped with needle-like mouths. During war or natural calamities lice can be carriers of fatal illnesses like typhoid fever.

Lice are really easy transmittable through personal contact usually. Infestation can be determined by three types of insects, meaning lice. The pubic pediculosis is determined by the mite called Phtirius Pubis. It is transmitted through sexual contact and it is highly contagious; most of the people are contaminated after one single contact with the infected individual.

Still, the insects as well as their eggs can survive on items such as towels or sheets just as long as it takes them to spread to other people. A child diagnosed with this infection can be the victim of a sexual abuse.Lice are very strong and highly contagious, and can be transmitted also through wearing infected people’s hats.

The lice generally cause and allergic reaction on the skin. As they pierce the skin to feed, their saliva causes allergic reaction and develops pus. Development of pus can happen within two days or more, depending on the susceptibility of the person and allergy history.

Reaction can become unbearable if the individual is allergic to the bites and the saliva of the insects.

In pediculosis of the hair, the lice are lodged on the hairs of the head and the nits (eggs) are white, round or oval shaped. They are tightly attached to the shaft of the hair and will not be removed by themselves. Inside the insect, the eggs are brownish, but when are laid, they turn light brown to white.

Pubic lice bites bring about development of rashes or bluish grey macula, flat lesions (maculae cerulea) that could remain in the skin for a long time even after the treatment for infestation has been completed and the lice completely exterminated. The infected individual could likely be infected with other sexually transmitted disease as having pubic peducolosis is one sure sign of infection.

Generally, the lice stay on the clothes rather than on the skin. These insects are very resilient and will not be eradicated by themselves. So it is highly advisable for the infected person to see a specialist for proper treatment.

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