Scabies & Pubic Lice (Crabs)

Crabs (a colloquial name for public lice) are very small bugs that attach themselves to pubic hair and bite the surrounding skin. This particular type of parasitic infection is call pediculosis pubis.

Scabies are mites that dig under the skin, where they lay their eggs, often in the genital area. Both cause extreme itching in men and women. Both are usually passed from one person to another during sex, but can also be transmitted by having contact with clothes, bedding and towels that have been used by an infected person.