5/31/07
A Thing or Two About Scabies
Author: Groshan Fabiola
One of the many skin disease that people may suffer from is scabies. This is contagious disease caused by small insects, called scabies mites. The female of this species, gets into your skin and starts laying eggs. About three eggs are laid daily.
The most common scabies symptom is itching. When a person suffers from scabies, he also has rash, usually where he/ she has scratched. In scabies, the itching sensation happens mostly at night. When suffering from this disease, scabies there are certain places that are more likely to develop scabies. The side of the fingers, the wrists, elbows, armpits and the waist are the
most common areas of the body affected by scabies. Treatment is absolutely necessary in the case of scabies. If untreated, the cycle of laying eggs and hatching will continue. Another problem that you might also have with scabies is diagnosing this disease. The symptoms of scabies are very similar to those of other medical conditions and this makes it hard to diagnose scabies.
A person can get scabies by contact with another ifected person. A simple hand shake is not enough to get scabies, but if living with a infected person is. Another way to get yourself contaminated with scabies is by having contact with towels, clothes that belonged to a scabies infected person. Sexual contact is another way to get yourself infected with scabies. This particular skin disease, scabies can be spread either
by the eggs of by the insects themselves. The oldest treatment for scabies has been with sulfur. However, this may not be a very good treatment for many scabies infected persons, because they might be allergic.
At the first signs of scabies, try desinfecting all the clothes and bed linens and try a bath with some sulfur or borax. If the danger of having scabies still exists, call your doctor. He/ she will give you a lotion against scabies. This lotion must be applied on the body from the neck down. Be very careful to read the instructions well before using the scabies treatment.
There is also the risk of reinfeststion with scabies. To avoid developing scabies again you must wash all the clothes, towels very well and desinfect them. To get rid of scabies for sure, wash in very hot water. Also remember to check your child for any scabies symptoms before sending him/ her to school. The rash that had appeared together with scabies will pass in about two weeks.
If you want to find our more info about scabies or especially about please follow this link scabies rash please follow this link http://www.scabies-center.com/scabies-rash.htm
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Author: Groshan Fabiola
One of the many skin disease that people may suffer from is scabies. This is contagious disease caused by small insects, called scabies mites. The female of this species, gets into your skin and starts laying eggs. About three eggs are laid daily.
The most common scabies symptom is itching. When a person suffers from scabies, he also has rash, usually where he/ she has scratched. In scabies, the itching sensation happens mostly at night. When suffering from this disease, scabies there are certain places that are more likely to develop scabies. The side of the fingers, the wrists, elbows, armpits and the waist are the
most common areas of the body affected by scabies. Treatment is absolutely necessary in the case of scabies. If untreated, the cycle of laying eggs and hatching will continue. Another problem that you might also have with scabies is diagnosing this disease. The symptoms of scabies are very similar to those of other medical conditions and this makes it hard to diagnose scabies.
A person can get scabies by contact with another ifected person. A simple hand shake is not enough to get scabies, but if living with a infected person is. Another way to get yourself contaminated with scabies is by having contact with towels, clothes that belonged to a scabies infected person. Sexual contact is another way to get yourself infected with scabies. This particular skin disease, scabies can be spread either
by the eggs of by the insects themselves. The oldest treatment for scabies has been with sulfur. However, this may not be a very good treatment for many scabies infected persons, because they might be allergic.
At the first signs of scabies, try desinfecting all the clothes and bed linens and try a bath with some sulfur or borax. If the danger of having scabies still exists, call your doctor. He/ she will give you a lotion against scabies. This lotion must be applied on the body from the neck down. Be very careful to read the instructions well before using the scabies treatment.
There is also the risk of reinfeststion with scabies. To avoid developing scabies again you must wash all the clothes, towels very well and desinfect them. To get rid of scabies for sure, wash in very hot water. Also remember to check your child for any scabies symptoms before sending him/ her to school. The rash that had appeared together with scabies will pass in about two weeks.
If you want to find our more info about scabies or especially about please follow this link scabies rash please follow this link http://www.scabies-center.com/scabies-rash.htm
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If you want to find our more info about scabies or especially about please follow this link scabies rash please follow this link http://www.scabies-center.com/scabies-rash.htm
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