Scabies: symptoms and treatment Scabies is an infectious skin disease that occurs when it gets into the mite. The causative agent of scabies is an itch mite. It can be divided into several types: the endoparasitic, or anthropophilic, which lives in humans, and the ectoparasitic, zooanthrophilic, which can inhabit both humans and animals.

Mites

Anthropophilic glue is more often found in children. Female tick reaches 0. 5-0.45 mm and has a width of 0. 3-0.19mm. Males, as a rule, die after copulation. The fertilized female, on the contrary, penetrates into the skin layer( namely, into the stratum corneum of the epidermis) and, parallel to the surface of the skin, makes a 7-10 mm itch, in which up to 55 eggs are laid for six to eight weeks of life. Of the eggs, respectively, larvae appear, which after about two weeks are formed in sexually mature ticks that live up to two months.

How does the infection occur?

Children become infected by contact with patients or through items that are used or used by patients( clothes, personal items, toys).That's why parents need to be very careful to ensure that the child does not pick up other people's things for a walk. And you need to be more careful yourself. Infection contributes to poor unprotected hygiene of the baby's skin, excessive sweating, chronic diseases. Such as diabetes, hypotrophy, vegeto-dystonia. The female, which can be removed from the itch, will survive a few more days.

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Incubation period

The incubation period can last from three to twelve days. Happens, unfortunately, and longer, up to one and a half months. The reason for this is that not only the birds, but also the eggs are transmitted. Symptoms may include itching, especially worse at night and in a warm place, such as in bed. At the site of occurrence of the female tick appears a blister the size of millet grains or a blister similar to corn, with clear contents.

Rash

Symptoms and treatment of this disease often become a headache for parents, because the rash and itching do not go away right away. The rash is usually located on the flex surfaces of the upper and lower extremities. On the fingers, hands and trunk( in the belt, abdomen).

In children, scabies can be found on soles, face, hands. And boys - on the skin of the penis. According to the observations of doctors, in infants the scabies is manifested by blisters, spots, blisters on the face, the scalp, in the nape of the neck and on the hands.

Itching

As a result of severe itching, there are abundant excoriations, which are located in the habitats of mites and in remote areas. Complication of pustular eruptions with lymphadenitis is a frequent phenomenon of complications of scabies. Sleep disturbance can lead to a violation of the nervous system and the appearance of negative neurotic reactions.

The diagnosis of scabies can be considered already mentioned above, itching, worse in bed, also the localization of papular vesicles. It can be difficult to diagnose scabies in infants, because the manifestations are similar to the symptoms of strobulus. However, the presence of scabies and the parents of the child, the presence of itching and the typical location of the rash helps to investigate the disease and understand that this is still scabies.

Difficulties can arise in case of complication with pyoderma: this gives grounds for further research and treatment. In addition, doctors attach importance and sign to Ardi, which consists in the eruption on the surfaces of the shoulders, forearms and elbow joints. This sign is detected three times more often than itch moves.

Atypical scabies

The last time in children there are cases of atypical scabies, that is, when there is no characteristic localization of rashes and itch moves, the itch in this case is insignificant, and maybe completely absent. The same "erased" forms can occur in persons who are in contact with patients. Remember that scabies are an infectious disease and have different forms, so you need to consult a doctor immediately.

Norwegian Scabies

Norwegian scabies are a special kind of this disease. In our country, it occurs only as casuistry, but the disease is caused by the same mite. The difference is that it is characterized by the absence of itching, extensive erythematous skin lesions, covered with crusts of greyish-dirty color, in which just a large number of mites is found. In this case, the trunk, limbs, scalp and face are affected. The course of this species has a chronic character, recurrent.

Infection can occur from both an animal with scabies and a person. In case of infection from an animal, the mite has a zoo-anthropophilic variety. Such a disease for a person will take place without an abundant rash and with mild itching, in addition, with limited localization of spread.

For example, a scabies disease in cats is difficult. But when a person is infected, her current assumes a benign character. The period of the severity of the disease is shortened to twelve days, the rash appears as serous-papular elements.

How to treat scabies?

To treat scabies in infants, doctors recommend rubbing a five percent sulfuric ointment, twice a day for five days. A day after finishing the rubbing of the ointment, it is necessary to wash the child, change the laundry.

Doctors recommend mixing 20 g of benzyl benzobate, 2 g of green soap and 78 ml of water.

Children under three years are prescribed 10% suspension of benzyl benzobate. It should be rubbed with a cotton swab twice with a ten-minute break for two days. It happens that for three days. It all depends on the doctor who diagnoses your child. Upon termination of treatment of the child wash and change clothes. Also after the treatment of adults. In case of complications, always consult a doctor and follow his recommendations. With complications in the form of pyoderma or eczema, apply a two-percent sulfur-tar ointment. There are various treatments that you can discuss with your doctor before you decide to apply them.

Prevention

Now you know what a scabies disease, symptoms and treatment are, at the very time to learn about the prevention of the disease. Prevention of scabies is an important precautionary measure. Timely detection of the causes of the disease, their elimination and treatment of all patients. To do this, all members of the society in which such a person has appeared, should be examined, and then, if necessary, treatment. All family members of the patient and his sexual partners should be examined. If the family has a man with scabies, it must be isolated from all the others for a certain amount of time. The patient needs to have his own personal towel, personal hygiene items. Sleep at night is, of course, relied on separately from the others, in order to avoid infection.