Question 1

whats the best treatment for scabies mites?

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5% permethrin cream: This cream is available by prescription and can be used in children as young as 2 months.  The cream should be massaged into the skin from scalp to legs and left on overnight, rinsed off in the morning.  All household contacts should be treated.  Then wash all your clothing and bedding in hot water.  You may need to repeat the cream in 1 week if itching persists.

Question 2

what color are mites scabies?

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Scabies: scabies are actually brown in color but cause a intensly itchy red papular rash as they burrow under the skin

Question 3

how long can scabies mites live?

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About 1-2 months: After a female scabies mite lays eggs, they hatch 3 days later. Around 2 weeks later, the new mites can find mates. A fertilized female mite burrows into the upper layer of skin, laying eggs while living inside the burrow, for one month or more.

Question 4

where do scabies mites usually live?

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Under the top layer: Scabies live inside the skin and are prone to affect certain areas, wrist ankles, nipples armpits, genitalia, waistline. It spreads from animals to humans or from one human to another with a 4 week incubation period. It is very itchy at night and can be safely treated with elimite (permethrin). Even in children or pregnant women.

Question 5

are there any otc scabies mites killers?

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No: The medications that kill scabies mites(scabicides) are by prescription.  There are some OTC but none have been tested or approved for the treatment of scabies.

Question 6

can my cat spread the human scabies mite?

Accepted Answer

Unlikely: Although scabies is usually passed through human contact. However , animals do have a form of scabies that can spread to humans.

Question 7

please inform me how do you get scabies mites?

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Catching scabies : Scabies is often caught from other people infested with scabies. Living in close quarters and sexual contact are common ways scabies is transmitted.

Question 8

i have a question about scabies. can scabies mites live on door handles and other inanimate objects?

Accepted Answer

No, not long: Scabies transmission requires close contact with an infected person, or sharing a bed, linens, or clothes. You don't get it by contact with doorknobs, house dust, etc.

Question 9

what kind of scabies mites live on pets ? and what kind lives on human ? can a pet be infested with the human mites ?

Accepted Answer

Mite Type: Dogs can develop canine scabies caused by sarcoptes scabiei canis. People can be infected by sarcoptes scabiei hominis. Scabies infestations in wild animals ; other domestic animals come from different sarcoptes scabiei subspecies.  To the best of my understanding mites of one subspecies will die fairly quickly when they attach to a different type of animal.

Question 10

my son had scabies an now hes move out ive cleaning every where with beach im sacred in case i mite get it help iam so paparanoid?

Accepted Answer

Scabies
: This is usually transmitted by direct skin to skin contact rather than from inanimate objects. You can read more about this on www.medicinenet.com/scabies/article.htm

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