Almost a million Tinder users are infected with pubic LICE! Got an itching for a hookup?

Saturday, February 20, 2016 by: Harold Shaw
Tags: pubic lice, dating apps, Tinder

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(NaturalNews) Nobody wants to spend too much time looking for the right partner, so many turn to social media and dating apps like Tinder to find and evaluate potential suitors. It's as easy as swiping left or right. Tinder can be fun and exciting as an application, but things change once you decide to meet up. In fact, researchers have issued the shocking warning that Tinder users might be getting more from their dates than an evening of romance. Just when it seems like breakfast in bed the next morning might actually happen, parasites like pubic lice, commonly known as crabs, could make their appearance.

That's right, after Utah and Rhode Island officials blamed Tinder and similar apps for an increase in a few sexually transmitted diseases, lice seems to be next on the list of unwanted extras. A side of crabs with your romance is what's most likely to happen after a steamy Tinder date. Worldwide, statistics indicate that there are as many as 750,000 Tinder users carrying these pests and spreading them to other partners. In some cases, people don't get any symptoms. All it takes for you to get them is to come in direct contact with a person that has lice. What's worse, they don't just stay in the pubic regions. You can easily get them from beard hairs or even eyelashes and eyebrows.

What you don't know is dangerous

Because we spend less time evaluating our partners, we are more likely to make mistakes in choosing them. It's also feasible that, with the speed of the online dating process, we completely overlook some things.

There are also cases where you just want to find someone for a fling. Even if you're a serious person, it might happen that you just want to have some fun for a change. However, the less you know about the one you're dating, the more likely it is that you're risking something. The worst that can happen is you risking your own security, with the risk to your personal health being right up there on the list of dangers. Although most STDs are curable with the help of modern medicine, some STDs are harder to get rid of than others. And pubic lice is the gift that keeps on giving.

Even using protection doesn't mean you're safe. Researchers estimate that approximately 2 percent of the population is infested with pubic lice or crabs. Durex is no barrier for them, since any sort of skin contact may transmit lice from one person to another. With the above percentage in mind, the awful truth is that you can come in contact at any point with one of those 750,000 Tinder users worldwide who are carrying and spreading pubic lice to those around them.

What you can do to protect yourself

These lice have been around for roughly 3 million years, when they are thought to have adapted to human physiology. Historical findings prove that both commoners and aristocrats in the territory of the U.K. displayed symptoms of these parasites as early as the 1st century A.D.

Symptoms include itching, specks of blood, and black powder on the underwear. Personal hygiene has nothing to do with the problem, so even washing extremely well won't help. The removal of pubic hair can help prevent infestations, but they can just as easily cling to the follicles present on legs, underarms, chest, beard or even eyebrows and eyelashes.

Moreover, while some people might take weeks to display the symptoms, other bodies don't show any signs whatsoever. Talk about cohabitation. This increased spread of the parasite shows that human interaction is multi-faceted, complex and often superficial. Next time you're interested in finding someone to have fun with, take your time to get to know them. There's no telling what you might find out.

Sources include:

DailyMail.co.uk

TheConversation.com

Science.NaturalNews.com