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Crabs???
I saw someone ask a question about an itchy pubic area and someone answered with it could be `crabs`. Im scared i might have it!! what is it and how do you know if you have it?? what happens if you DO have it? Please help!! Where does it come from and stuff?
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its not crabs..you probably need to wash down there better because dried soap makes things very itchy i hope i help!
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Crabs is a lot like "pubic lice" but instead of just laying eggs and making you itch, crabs clamp onto your skin, go under the skin, and suck your blood. You will see signs of this normally itchy red bumps. You get them from sexual contact (not just sex). Sometimes, people say you can get it from toilet seats, but you have more of a chance from getting a disease from the sink handle then you do getting crabs from the toilet. If you shave, its totally normal for you to be itchy. If you really are worried about this, you can go to your doctor and get checked for that and other STDs.
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ali
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Pubic lice (PHTHIRUS PUBIS) are six-legged creatures that infest the hair in the pubic area. They can also infest other body hair, but they prefer the pubic region. Pubic lice infestation, called pediculosis, is considered a sexually transmitted disease (STD), but it can be contracted in other ways. It's possible to be infested with pubic lice and have no symptoms, but itching is usually present. This can worsen at night when the louse becomes active and buries its head inside a pubic hair follicle to feed on human blood. It excretes a substance that causes the itching. Sometimes the bite can cause the area to become inflamed and turn bluish gray. Although lice themselves do not cause a rash, the constant itching and scratching can cause the area to become raw, resulting in a secondary bacterial infection. Scratching also can aid the spread of lice.
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When you have crabs its like having needles stuck in your pubic hair. They are very very small little bugs kin to lice. I would suggest going to the doctor if it hurts really bad. They just use you as a hiding place and food. Usually it can be treated by using Rid. Another word for it is scabies. You can get it from having sex. There is a very small chance you could get it from a public toilet but it is unlikely.
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Well its like head lice except you get it on your pubic hair area..and its itchy really itchy.. its lil bugs..and you get it through having sex..or sitting on a public bathroom toilet seat.. you can get medicine for it at a drug store.. much luv
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crabs is an STD so unless you have been having sex, you dont have it. crabs is little bugs that get down there. if you have then i guess they would give you an ointment to rub on it andthey should go away in a few days/weeks.
~*Sarah*~
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i highly doubt you have crabs. You mostly get crabs through having sex cuz it is primmarily an STD. Anotheer way you could get it is by sitting on a public toilet seat. Crabs is basically little tiny bugs that are like lice that live on your..you know..If you have it, i think that you just get a lotion/cream from the drug store and they'll be gone in a few weeks..But don''t worry i really dont' think you have themunless you've had sex
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if you had crabs you would be REALLY REALLY itchy in that area... it would drive you crazy. it is really easy to get.. they can "hop". my step-dad told me about how he was in hospital and his friend who did have crabs visited him and then all of the sudden he had crabs.
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Crabs is when lice infest the pubic hair. They are tiny little bugs, just like head lice, and they crawl around your pubic hairs. You know if you have crabs if you find lice on the ground or you start to get itchy near your pubic hairs. You get it when you have sex with another person who has it. It gets transported to you like head lice would, but in different ways. There are medicines that will help cure crabs like creams. Hope that helps!
-Karen
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