Preschool

You will know the scabies infection is cured when no new rashes or spots appear on your toddler’s skin. Unfortunately the itchiness will continue until all the skin containing the mites, the fecal pellets, and its eggs have sloughed off leaving fresh new skin. … [Read more...] about Signs of a scabies cure

Once the first treatment has been applied and rinsed off your children can go about their normal lives; going to pre-school and to play. … [Read more...] about Time off for the toddlers?

The second and probably most often used treatment for scabies is a cream, called Lyclear Dermal Cream. It is a lanolin based moisturizing cream containing 5% permethrin in a 30g tube.   It does go a long way but you may need to have two tubes for one application depending on the size of the person needing the treatment. A baby or toddler will not require the whole tube … [Read more...] about More applications for scabies

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