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My roommate may have scabies. i have bites on my body - is this to do with scabies, or something else?
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Scabies exposure.: 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, feet, wrists, knees, elbows,buttocks & genitalia. You might have scabies.
Answered 10/26/2014
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