| In cases of scabies, your home has to be treated. Scabies will burrow in your furniture waiting for their next victim to infest. Some examples of items that need to be treated for scabies are your bedding, upholstered furniture, car seats and clothing. |
Scabies Facts |
- Scabies is a notably versatile condition of the skin that is caused by tiny mites.
- The Scabies Mite causes the infection by tunnelling into the skin to produce eggs.
- The mite is virtually invisible to the human eye and it is a generally common occurrence to be affected with scabies.
- A female scabies mite burrows to lay, and only into the very first layer of the skin. She eats the skin as she goes and lives in the burrow for her lifetime.
- Once settled in the burrow the scabies mite should initiate laying almost at that moment and will do so more than once each day and over a period of up to two months.
- The scabies eggs are born in a few days, and come out from the burrow to feast on our hair follicle.
- In as little time as as four days the scabies mite reaches laying age and looks for a mate, at which point the female will start the process again, burrowing into the skin to lay her eggs.
- The Scabies patient may notice miniature bites or pimples in the first instance and it is worth knowing that the mites breed in warm and moist areas.
- Scabies will most frequently occur in the armpits or on the chest, and in the genital area, the fingers, and anywhere where jewellery creates a warm enclave.
- Places where there are folds in the skin are popular with the scabies mite and are common spots for the infection to be found.
- Patients with Scabies will notice itching - often very intense and most often at night - and the appearance of a red rash, and will be inclined to scratch the area affected.
- In younger patients it is general for the scabies mite to live on the soles of the feet and the palms, and also on the scalp, while in babies it is generally the neck and head that are most often affected.
- Itching and irritation is thanks to an allergic reaction that the body undergoes thanks to the presence of the scabies mites, and is sometimes very harmful indeed.
- As the scabies suffering increases the patient could experience hardening of the skin, with crusty and scaly areas appearing in time.
- In people with particularly sensitive skin, or those with serious scabies signs nodular scabies can be the result.
- Nodular Scabies is a type that occurs when debris left behind by the mite gets embedded under the skin.
- As scabies could become serious and severe if left untreated it is essential that the correct treatment is applied for the specified time.
- The elderly and others with weak immune systems are most likely to suffer from exaggerated cases of scabies, and should be wary as a result.
- Like lots of similar problems scabies is highly contagious and it does not necessarily need one to come into direct contact with a case to become infected.
- Lying in a bed or relaxing in a chair that has been inhabited by a sufferer can bring about scabies infection, as can close contact with the individual.
- Scabies is frequently found in nursing homes where the elderly reside, and in persons who work in the attached profession and come into contact with cases.
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Last update: 02:25 PM Thursday, April 2, 2009
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