| One myth about scabies is that they are the result | | | | causes of the rash that your child or elderly parent |
| of uncleanliness. This isn't the case and in fact can | | | | may be suffering from. |
| occur in any environment because the mite is easily | | | | If you do find out that the rash is from the scabies |
| passed from person to person due to contact, | | | | mites, the method most prescribed is the permethrin |
| sharing items, intimate contact or daily interactions. | | | | cream at the five percent level. This is a pesticide |
| Accounts have been given by people about how | | | | and will remove the scabies. It is applied overnight |
| they were picked up in fancy hotels, college | | | | and washed off in the morning. Some doctors will |
| dormitories, nursing homes, pre-schools and | | | | give another treatment the following week to |
| elementary schools. | | | | remove any stragglers. At the same time, one needs |
| There is often an incubation period of several weeks | | | | to wash and dry the clothing in a very hot |
| so when you get an itchy rash you often don't think | | | | temperatures and place into bags whatever can't be |
| about what you did five weeks ago or the | | | | washed for a few weeks so that the mites can |
| environment you were in. This can make it hard to | | | | suffocate. |
| diagnose and analyze properly. Rashes are also | | | | The itching can be very challenging to cope with and |
| complicated by the fact that they aren't always easy | | | | it's important to use antihistamines to relieve the |
| to figure out. You may have heard someone else in | | | | itching instead of scratching the skin. Scratching the |
| class has chicken pox or a fungal infection. Kids also | | | | skin can result in bacterial infections that can even |
| can get impetigo easily which is a bacterial skin red | | | | develop into impetigo. Permethrin is very effective |
| rash. | | | | and needs to also be applied under the nails as well |
| The first step is always to get a proper diagnosis. | | | | as put on hands again right before going to sleep as |
| Once you do that, you are on your way towards an | | | | it is easy to rub off the cream when one is on the |
| accurate treatment. Without that, you may be using | | | | computer or touching things before going to bed. For |
| the wrong types of medication or methods to | | | | stubborn forms of scabies in the elderly, there is a pill |
| eradicate the problem. There are so many different | | | | available called ivermectin that is sometimes |
| types of rashes and even rashes from insect bites. | | | | prescribed if the creams are not eliminating the |
| Scabies allergic rashes can look like mosquito bites, | | | | problem. If your child has scabies, often the doctor |
| chigger bites and other insects. By asking questions | | | | will advise all family members to also usethe cream at |
| to the teacher of your child's class or the director of | | | | the same time to eliminate any reinfection. |
| the nursing home you can try to find the underlying | | | | |