When scratched excessively, the bites can become infected. Pubic lice, or crabs, infest the wiry hair around your genitals, and sometimes the underarm area, chest hair, and eyebrows as well.

Pubic lice, also known as “crabs,” infect the genital area ... crawl onto the skin several times a day to feed. They tend to bite areas of the body where the seams of clothing come into ...

Medically reviewed by Renita White, MDMedically reviewed by Renita White, MD Pubic lice (Pthirus pubis), also known as crabs ... spots as a reaction to the bites Sores or scabbing due to bites ...

A Phthirus pubis infestation has caused the erythematous lesions seen in the pubic region of this patient in response to the bites of the crab lice arthropods. Image Credit: CDC/Joe Miller The ...

These marks are a result of the bites. Crabs prefer coarse hair and can sometimes ... sexual activity with a person who already has pubic lice. Typically, this happens when your pubic hair comes ...

“Pubic grooming has led to a severe depletion of crab louse populations,” says entomologist ... to do was crawl around your private parts and bite you over and over again.” ...

and the crab louse (phthirus pubis). Lice grow into adults on human body (especially on body hairs) or in the immediate vicinity of man (on clothing and beddings). A louse bite causes irritation ...

Pubic lice, crab-shaped insects which suck on the blood of hosts that most often make their home in pubic hair, have been with humans for thousands of years. But an increased focus on hair removal ...

A doctor in China has removed 11 pubic crab lice from a little girl's eye after she returned from holiday with the parasites infesting her eyelashes. The six-year-old from the city of Suzhou in ...