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| WHAT IS IT?:
An infestation with an itch mite |
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CAUSE:
Sarcoptes scabiei |
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| TRANSMISSION
Through close personal contact, including sexual contact, shared bedding, towels, and clothing. |
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| SYMPTOMS:
FIRST APPEARANCE: 2-4 weeks after contact WOMEN - Intense itching (most often at night) and a rash. Scabies burrow under skin, mostly at the webs of finger, abdomen, and pubic area. Scabies are rarely found on the upper back neck, face, scalp, palms and soles. MEN - Same |
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| TESTS:
Visual examination |
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| TREATMENT:
Medicated shampoo or lotion applied to infested area. Clothes, towels, sheets and other shared items should be thoroughly washed with the same shampoo or using clorox; you also may want to just destroy them. TREATMENT OF PARTNER IS ESSENTIAL |
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| CURABLE:
Yes |
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| LIFE TIME EFFECTS
FOR YOU:
None. May get secondary skin infections from scratching. |
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| COMMENTS:
Outbreaks appear to be clustered for this infestation. |
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