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Could scabies be mistaken for bed bug bites?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Doubtful : Scabies looks like lines of burrows on skin made with little mounds or blisters. They cause itching which is often worse at night. Although they can be anywhere on skin they like going into skin folds (waistline, axilla, breasts, between fingers, wrists, knees, elbows, buttocks ; genitalia. Bed bug bites may have no sx's/signs except for 2 small skin puncture points. A reaction may show from an.

Answered 5/2/2019

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