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Scabies Treatment – Can You Find a Cure For Scabies

January 13th, 2006

Scabies treatment

Cure scabies

How to treat scabies

Scabies is caused by a small mite that burrows under the skin. The skin burrows often become infected because they are open to the external skin. The end result is that scabies causes intense and often intolerable itching.

Scabies starts when the scabies mite gets under the skin. It is usually passed by close physical contact – most commonly in children at school, and then to their wider family.
A pregnant female scabies mite will dig down into the skin and lay eggs. These eggs hatch between three and ten days later and the scabies larvae move around in the skin – making the scabies itch worse.

The larvae spread around the skin and mature into adult scabies mites. These adult mites live for three or four weeks before they die, but by then the egg laying process has started all over again. It’s this that causes the terrible itch that scabies is well known for.

The scabies mites themselves – and the scratching caused by the scablies itch – often results in the skin becoming infected.

The webs and sides of the fingers, around the wrists and elbows, the armpits, the waist,  genitalia, nipples, breasts and lower buttock are the areas of skin most affected by the scabies mite. In children the infestation can involve the skin of the whole body.

Scabies Diagnosis
Your doctor will diagnose scabies by spotting the tell tale marks of the burrows on the skin – or by scraping the skin and looking for the mite under a microscope.
Scabies Treatment
If you think you have scabies then you should see your doctor.
Your doctor will prescribe a skin cream or lotion for you and all your family to use. It’s important to treat everyone you live with at the same time.

You need to apply the cream all over your skin from the neck down to the feet. Don’t miss an inch!
In children you also need to treat the scalp.
Repeat the treatment after seven days. The first treatment kills the live mites. The second treatment kills any scabies mites that have hatched from eggs in the time since the first treatment

Don’t panic if you’re still itchy after the second treatment – this can last for three or four weeks – even if the treatment has been effective.

Clean your clothes and the house after treatment
Changes into clean clothing after applying the treatment.
Wash your old clothes and your bed linen in a normal washing machine on the hot cycle.
Hoover the house. Formal fumigation or disinfection is not required.

Read more about scabies treatment options here

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