Men can determine whether they have pubic lice based on whether they have moving bugs in their private parts or pubic lice eggs on their pubic hair. If necessary, the patient can also go to the hospital, the doctor will take into account the patient’s medical history, clinical symptoms, and test results to determine whether they have pubic lice.
The risk of pubic lice is increased if a man or his spouse has unclean sexual contact, or if he stays out a lot. Generally men with pubic lice disease in the perianal area, pubic bone, armpits, pubic hair and other parts of the pubic lice will appear gray-white sand-like particles of pubic lice eggs and mobile pubic lice, and some patients will also have blood scabs, scratches, blue bleeding ecchymosis and other manifestations of the broken parts of the body.
The examination of pubic lice in men can use scissors to cut off the pubic hair with pubic lice eggs or pubic lice, place the pubic hair on a slide after fixation, and then carry out dermatoscopic examination after dropping 1 drop of 10% KOH solution. Adult pubic lice, eggs, or hatched eggshells can be observed.
It is recommended that men who are suspected of having pubic lice need to seek medical attention in a timely manner to avoid delays.