Archives for January 2007

Your children should not have had a hot bath and fathers should make sure that their skin be not scrubbed before applying the treatment as the aim is to have the treatment in contact with the top layer of skin for as long as possible. As well as being very uncomfortable making the skin hot and the pores open will mean that the lotion or cream is absorbed through the skin and … [Read more...] about Is there a right and a wrong way to apply the treatment?

It is always recommended that all close intimate contacts should receive treatment for scabies at the same time as the person diagnosed even if they are not showing any signs of the disease.   Your doctor should have prescribed sufficient treatment to treat everyone in the house. If he hasn't you can buy the lotion or cream at the pharmacists or chemist. You should have … [Read more...] about Scabies Treatment for the whole family

You probably won't notice anything to begin with, but then soon the rest of your family will complain of itching, especially around the hands and fingers and around the waist and elbows. Any rashes that develop will always be bilateral, that is in the same places on both sides of the body. So for instance there will be a rash on both knees or elbows not just on one. … [Read more...] about Protecting your family from scabies

Scabies is caused by a small mite, about a 1/60 th of an inch long which burrows just under the surface of the skin, they burrow under the layer that rubs off if your children get sun burnt or are rubbed hard with a towel. It is very difficult to see where the burrows are but most of them tend to be on the hands and wrists and between the fingers.   The mite is a tiny … [Read more...] about Scabies – Understanding the Causes

It is very likely that your toddlers will have passed the infection on to other family members and to other friends with whom they have contact. A lot will depend on how old they are. The most common age group to catch scabies is from under 2 years old to 20 years of age.   The very youngest in this group are the most carried and cuddled, young children often hold hands … [Read more...] about The risk of passing scabies on