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How can scabies be prevented?
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Hand washing: Hand washing and personal hyagine.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Scabies : Scabies can be prevented by avoiding skin to skin contact or bedding, clothes, etc associated with someone with known scabies. The key is having all close contacts treated with lotions that kill the scabies mite so that re infection and spreading of the scabies is avoided.
Answered 5/9/2013
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