| A severe infestation of scabies in the scalp can cause hair loss. This is due to increased itching that breaks the hair or repeated treatment that will cause the hair to fall out. |
Scabies Facts |
- Scabies is a notably easy to spread infection of the skin which is inflicted by minisacule mites.
- The Scabies Mite is the cause of the infection by tunnelling into the skin to produce eggs.
- The mite is all but invisible to us and it is a particularly common occurrence to be infected with scabies.
- A female scabies mite tunnels to lay, and just into the very first layer of the skin. She eats the skin as she goes and stays in the burrow for her lifetime.
- Once safely in the burrow the scabies mite might initiate laying almost at that moment and will do so more than once a day and over a period of up to two months.
- The scabies eggs are born in a little number of days, and emerge from the burrow to live on a hair follicle.
- In as little time as as four days the scabies mite reaches maturity and looks for a mate, after which the female will go over the process again, burrowing into the skin to lay her eggs.
- The Scabies infected person might notice small bites or pimples in the first instance and it is worth being aware that the mites breed in warm and moist areas.
- Scabies will most likely be seen 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 creases in the skin are often infected with the scabies mite and are usual spots for the condition to be found.
- Those infected with Scabies may 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 infected.
- In children it is general for the scabies mite to thrive on the soles of the feet and the palms, and maybe also on the scalp, while in babies it is often the neck and head that are most often affected.
- Itching and irritation is as a result of an allergic reaction that the body gives up to the presence of the scabies mites, and is sometimes very harmful indeed.
- As the scabies irritation grows the patient could experience hardening of the skin, with crusty and scaly spots appearing in time.
- In persons with sensitive skin, or those with aggressive scabies infection nodular scabies can be the result.
- Nodular Scabies is a disease that is prevalent when debris left behind by the mite becomes embedded under the skin.
- As scabies may become nasty and severe if left untreated it is vital that the best treatment is used for the specified time.
- The aged and people with susceptible immune systems are generally likely to suffer from serious cases of scabies, and should be wary as a result.
- Like many similar conditions scabies is notably contagious and it does not necessarily require one to come into direct contact with a patient to become infected.
- Resting in a bed or resting in a chair that has been used by a sufferer can cause scabies infection, as can close contact with the patient.
- Scabies is sometimes found in nursing homes where the older generation reside, and in people who work in the medical profession and come into contact with sufferers.
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Last update: 01:14 PM Thursday, April 2, 2009
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