Crabs & Scabies Introduction:
Pubic lice (“crabs”) and scabies are tiny parasites or “bugs” that live on the outside of the human body and that cause intense itching. Pubic lice can live on pubic and other coarse body hair. They can be seen by the naked eye or with a magnifying glass and look like tiny crabs. Scabies cannot be seen without a microscope. Both can be transmitted through close physical contact, including sexual contact, since they can move from the coarse hair (pubic area, eyelashes, eyebrows, facial hair, chest, or armpits -- not usually head hair) of the infected person to the coarse hair of another person. Nonsexual transmission is possible by sleeping in an infested bed, using infested towels, or wearing infested clothing.

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