2006-08-08 04:33:34 · 4 answers · asked by thewonderer 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
If the spouse has crabs, then yes.
2006-08-08 04:38:24 · answer #1 · answered by melissa8886 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless you go camping alot and use sleeping bags (that you share with other people), or share you bedding (again with other people) -- the answer is NO on the toilet seat.
If you were looking for an excuse as to why you or she ended up with "crabs" -- sorry -- read on.
The crab louse can live in almost any form of human hair, but is found most commonly in pubic hair, leading to its other common name of pubic louse. Its legs are adapted to climbing along relatively widely spaced hairs, and so can be found in eyelashes, pubic hair, beards, moustaches, and even armpit hairs. The individual louse can survive for about 24 hours apart from its necessary human host, so that crab lice can be passed on in sleeping bags and bedding. The female may lay up to 40 eggs at a time, resulting in a fluctuating but growing population. The louse feeds on blood and can leave irritating spots on the skin, sometimes mistaken for pimples, a condition called Pediculosis pubis.
Pubic lice have legs that are spaced further apart than head lice; this is an adaptation that enables them to move around more easily in their habitat.
The female louse glues her eggs, called nits - nits look like tiny white beads - to hair shafts. Lice bite through the skin to suck blood, and the bite causes itching. Bites can become secondarily infected; scratching may break the skin and help cause this kind of infection. The most common symptom of crab lice is itching of genital area.
Pubic lice are most commonly spread by sexual contact and are considered a sexually transmitted disease, but can also be spread by sharing clothes or bedding. Pubic lice can not be spread by sitting on a toilet seat, contrary to popular myth. Lice do not have the proper body structure to maneuver over smooth surfaces, (using their feet rather to grab onto the hair shaft.)Also, lice must be near a human body to be able to sustain life, as they die within 1-2 days after no contact with humans.
2006-08-08 11:45:13 · answer #2 · answered by needtoknowforwork 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're worried enough to ask, then I wouldn't sit on any toilet in question here!
2006-08-08 11:38:29 · answer #3 · answered by Jenintn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably, but a bit difficult.
I hope your wife is not cheating on you or you on her.
2006-08-08 11:38:56 · answer #4 · answered by Elbert 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋