Scabies is a skin disease caused by a mite that causes tiny red bumps and intense itching. It is a highly contagious disease that occurs in people who travel often.
Transmission. It is transmitted by direct contact or through clothing, sheets, towels, etc. In some cases it is transmitted through contact with infected animals.
The peculiar characteristic of scabies is intense itching that worsens especially at night.
Treatment. Scabies is treated with scabicides that must be applied all over the body, even in unaffected areas.
Most skin parasites or worms are tiny insects that hide within it making their home. Some parasites live on the skin during a stage of their life cycle; others permanently reside on the skin, laying their eggs and reproducing.
The peculiar characteristic of scabies is intense itching that worsens especially at night. Mites’ grooves appear as wavy lines approximately half an inch in length, which in some cases have a tiny rash at one end.
Generally, the combined presence of grooves and itching is enough for the doctor to make a diagnosis of scabies. Anyway, taking a scraping of the grooves and examining it under a microscope can confirm the presence of mites.
Scabies can be cured by applying a cream containing permethrin or a solution of lindane. Both are effective, but the lindane tends to irritate the skin, is more toxic and is not suitable for young children. Some scabies mites have developed resistance to treatment with permethrin.
Sometimes a cream with corticosteroids such as hydrocortisone is used for several days after treatment with permethrin or lindane to soothe the itching until all the mites have been eliminated.
For more information visit:
Scabies
http://www.who.int/neglected_diseases/diseases/scabies/en/
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