Pubic lice may fall on the carpet, but will die quickly when not in contact with a human host.
You only need to wash bedding and clothing used in the last 24 hours before you treat your body. Pubic lice can only live for less than a day without a human host.
Human pubic lice is not supposed to be transmittable to other species. Still, there may be a difference between the ability to hitch a ride and make a permanent home. How long pubic lice can live apart from the human body is a different question.
If you have an examination, you're checked for pubic lice. If you opt only for testing with urine, without getting undressed for an exam, then you can't be checked for pubic lice.
About half of patients with pubic lice don't know they have it. It's not clear how long you can be infested without knowing.
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Half of people with pubic lice in one study were unaware that they were infested, so it seems likely that you can be infested without knowing.
Yes, you can get pubic lice on your eyelashes.
No, you can't get pubic lice from an animal.
Yes, you can get pubic lice on your eyebrows.
I do not have pubic lice. I hope you, too, are in good health.
Head lice are one of three species of lice that parasitize humans. The others are body lice and pubic lice. All three feed on blood.