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I suffer from pubic lice .i do not have a partner and had sex with any person even i've been treated i can still pass it on?

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Dr. Jalal Zuberi answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

Not likely : If you have been treated for pubic lice, you wouldn't pass thud infection to you'd sex partner, unless your treatment wasn't adequate.

Dr Robinson and another doctor agreed

Answered 10/29/2014

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