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Best Cream for Scabies Treatment

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What is Scabies?

• Scabies is a contagious skin condition caused by a small mite

• Scabies causes generalized itching and is sometimes called the "seven year itch."

• The mite is spread from person to person by skin-to-skin contact.

• Scabies can affect anyone, but it is particularly common in congested areas, such as nursing homes and hospitals, where it can spread widely.

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What Causes Scabies?

• Scabies is caused by an eight-legged mite• The mite may reproduce and cause symptoms for

years.• Female Mites burrows into the skin and deposits her

eggs.• Burrowing and movement of the mites cause intense

itching due to a type of allergic reaction to mite proteins.

• Scabies is spread through skin-to-skin contact with a person who carries the mite.

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What Causes Scabies?

• Skin transmission during sexual intercourse may cause skin lesions on the penis, vaginal area, or groin.

• Scabies infestation can happen through the sharing of clothes and bedding. 

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Scabies Symptoms and Signs

• The skin may show signs of small insect-type bites, or the lesions may look like pimples or blisters, especially around the wrist, elbow, knee, underarm area, groin, or finger webs. The skin may also be red or have sores due to scratching of the area

• Burrows may be small enough to be overlooked. Thus, scabies also should be considered whenever there is intense itching even without an obvious rash, bite, or burrow

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Scabies Symptoms and Signs

• Scabies frequently occur in the crevasses of the body such as between the fingers and toes, the buttocks, the elbows, the waist area, the genital area, and under the breasts in women. The face, neck, palms, soles, and lips are usually not affected, except in infants or very young children.

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Scabies Diagnosis

• Doctor do a skin scraping to make or confirm the diagnosis. This is performed by placing a drop of oil or saline on top of an affected area of skin.

• The area is scraped lightly and the scraping is placed on a slide to examine under a microscope. The doctor will look for the mite or its eggs or feces

• The doctor may perform a felt-tip-marker test by drawing a washable felt-tip marker across the rash and then wiping it off with alcohol. This may help to identify a burrow because the ink penetrates deep into the skin.

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Home Remedies for Scabies?

• Wash all clothing, towels, and bed linens with hot water that you have used in the last three days. 

• Cut your nails, and clean under them thoroughly to remove any mites or eggs that may be present.

• Thoroughly vacuum carpets, furniture, bedding, and car interiors, and throw the vacuum-cleaner bag away when finished.

• Try to avoid scratching. Keep any open sores clean. Itching may be treated with antihistamine medications

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How to Treat Scabies ?

• Household members and sexual partners should be treated at the same time regardless of whether or not they have symptoms

• Anyone who has had skin-to-skin contact with the patient in the past month should be treated

• If a child with scabies attends day care or the affected person is institutionalized, then staff and others in close contact with the person should be treated.

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Continued……

• It is best to treat everyone simultaneously to minimize the risk that untreated people will reinfest treated people.

• It may be treated with an oral antibiotic or an antibiotic ointment applied to the area.

• The itching and rash may last for up to two weeks after treatment. If the symptoms last longer

• It is possible that the person has been reinfested or that the cream was not used appropriately

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Best Scabies Medicines

• Permethrin 5% cream is applied to clean, dry skin. For best results, clip and clean all fingernails and toenails. Permethrin is usually left on the skin for 10-14 hours and then washed off in the shower

• Lindane 1% cream or lotion is an older medication that is rarely used because it is potentially toxic to the nervous system (leading to symptoms such as dizziness or seizures). Some scabies have become resistant to Lindane.

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Best Scabies Medicines

• Ivermectin Pills (Stromectol) is an oral medication that is active against several parasites. It is not FDA-approved for use in scabies but has been used in cases with very heavy infestations. Ivermectin is not used in small children or in women who are pregnant or breastfeeding

• Malathion 0.5% lotion (Ovide) is usually used for head lice and is not approved by the U.S. FDA for the treatment of scabies. It is irritating to the skin. It must be used only as directed and should be kept out of the reach of children because ingestion may cause organophosphate

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Scabies Treatment Cream: DrScabies

• DrScabies: It is the one remedy which have all qualities of all other ointments ands remedies.

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