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Scabies

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Scabies is caused by an eight-legged mite called Sarcoptes scabiei. It burrows into the skin and lays eggs. When these eggs hatch, they rise to the surface of the skin where they mature. This causes the skin to itch. 

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Scabies is caused by an eight-legged mite called Sarcoptes scabiei. It burrows into the skin and lays eggs. When these eggs hatch, they rise to the surface of the skin where they mature. This causes the skin to itch. 

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This is an image of the pathogen Sarcoptes scabiei.

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The most tell-tale symptom of scabies is severe itching that is felt worse at nighttime. Also, it is followed by thin, wavy tunnels of tiny blisters or bumps on the skin. 

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The most tell-tale symptom of scabies is severe itching that is felt worse at nighttime. Also, it is followed by thin, wavy tunnels of tiny blisters or bumps on the skin. 

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Since scabies is highly contagious and is spread through skin-to-skin contact, infants get this infection by direct contact with a person who has scabies, direct contact with an animal that has scabies, sharing a bed or wearing another child's clothes who is infected, and by spending most of their time in day-care. 

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Since scabies is highly contagious and is spread through skin-to-skin contact, infants get this infection by direct contact with a person who has scabies, direct contact with an animal that has scabies, sharing a bed or wearing another child's clothes who is infected, and by spending most of their time in day-care. 

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Here is a picture of widespread scabies on an infant.

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On an infant, lesions from scabies can be widespread and can be filled with pus. 

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On an infant, lesions from scabies can be widespread and can be filled with pus. 

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Here is a picture of pus-filled lesions on an infant with scabies.

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Victims with scabies cannot resist itching their skin and this is when things become more severe. Scratching too much can break the skin and cause an infection such as impetigo. 

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Victims with scabies cannot resist itching their skin and this is when things become more severe. Scratching too much can break the skin and cause an infection such as impetigo. 

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Impetigo is an infection on the skin's surface that's caused by staph bacteria or sometimes by strep bacteria.

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A more serious type of scabies, called crusted scabies may follow. Crusted scabies makes the skin crusty and scaly; it is also highly contagious. 

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A more serious type of scabies, called crusted scabies may follow. Crusted scabies makes the skin crusty and scaly; it is also highly contagious. 

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Scabies is treated with a medicated cream or pill that kills the mites that cause the disease. None of these treatments are available without being prescribed. 

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Scabies is treated with a medicated cream or pill that kills the mites that cause the disease. None of these treatments are available without being prescribed. 

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- Permethrin cream: It is a skin cream with chemicals that kills mites that cause scabies and their eggs. It is safe for adults, pregnant women, and children over 2 months old.                                        

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- Permethrin cream: It is a skin cream with chemicals that kills mites that cause scabies and their eggs. It is safe for adults, pregnant women, and children over 2 months old.                                        

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- Sulfur cream: This scabies treatment can be applied overnight, rinsed off, and then reapplied for five nights in a row. It is also safe for pregnant women and children over 2 months of age.                

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- Sulfur cream: This scabies treatment can be applied overnight, rinsed off, and then reapplied for five nights in a row. It is also safe for pregnant women and children over 2 months of age.                

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- Ivermectin (Stromectol): Unlike the other two, this is a pill that is taken whenever the prescription creams do not work. It is often prescribed for people with crusted scabies and is not recommended for pregnant women or small children. 

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- Ivermectin (Stromectol): Unlike the other two, this is a pill that is taken whenever the prescription creams do not work. It is often prescribed for people with crusted scabies and is not recommended for pregnant women or small children. 

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Scabies is an STI that is caused by the burrowing of a mite called Sarcoptes scabiei. Once this mite lays and hatches its eggs, intense itching follows. Scabies is highly contagious and people in close contact with a victim of this infection are at high risk of contracting it. Especially with skin-to-skin contact. This infection is easily treated, though, and the medications are made to eradicate the mites and their eggs. As soon as one starts to take their medications, results will appear in a few weeks at most.