i suffer from scabies?

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I have suffered scabies for 12 days, after 2 treatments the itchy is getting controlled but i feel a bit fever, skin is hot, sensitive. Is this normal?

Answer 1

Still too common: Scabies happens in every town and every city in the United States. No parts of the country are immune from scabies. Even one case is too many. The key is to treat patients early, when they first start itching, so they don't keep passing scabies to others. Also, treating entire families at one time helps get rid of the scabies mites.

Answer 2

Uncertain?: Scabies is a contagious disease spread by mites (Sarcoptes Scabiei) that burrows into the skin and lays eggs. Symptoms of scabies can include very thin lines noted on the skin, rash between the finger, sores from scratching and itching which is worse at night.

Answer 3

Itchy rash: Scabies is a very itchy and annoying rash that comes from a mite that likes to burrow itself underneath the skin. It is contagious and has a predisposition for certain hidden areas of the body (such as the webs of the fingers/toes, creases under the breasts, and elbows). It can be generalized in a baby. Sometimes it can look like a little pimple or insect bite, and other times it can be crusted.

Answer 4

Blister,bump, line: Scabies are dark, tiny, crablike insects that burrows under the skin leaving behind waste products that eventually lead to itching. The skin finding may be a small blister, a half inch burrow (line), or bump. Involved skin can become secondarily infected by germs and produce weeping or scabed over areas.

Answer 5

Scabies: The skin shows signs of small insect-type bites, or looks like pimples. The skin may also be red or have sores due to scratching of the area. A burrow (a short s-shaped track that indicates the mite's movement under the skin) may also be visible. The average affected person has only five to 10 mites on their body at a time. See: http://www.Emedicinehealth.Com/scabies/page3_em.Htm#scabies symptoms.

Answer 6

Scabies: Scabies can cause intense itching which worsens at night. There may be small burrows made by blisters & bumps in skin folds. Places you might find them include armpits, inner elbows, between fingers, feet, around buttocks, genitalia & breasts.

Answer 7

ITCHING: The biggest difference is probably the intense itching associated with scabies. Scabies lesions also do not "heal" the way you would expect a scratch from playing to heal. Scabies lesions can occur anywhere on the body, but often are found between the fingers and toes, along the waist band, under the arms, in the neck or other areas where skin rubs against skin.

Answer 8

Scratching in sleep?: Scratches from playing usually do not itch and lead to additional scratching. Scratching from scabies is usually worse at night, persistent for days to weeks, and associated with a red, aggravated rash worse on the arms, legs, hands, and feet. Also, scabies rashes sometimes have "blisters" or fluid filled bumps. It is one of the rare causes of rash on the palms of hands or soles of feet.

Answer 9

Location of sores: Scabies causes intensely itchy small bumps that tend to occur in skin folds(under the arms, below the waistband, between the fingers) if these area are not involved, your child probably doesn't have scabies. Scabies lesions will also occur in a line or track at times.

Answer 10

Contact: The scabies mite is transmitted by direct contact. Skin to skin or clothing to skin or other contaminated surface to skin. The mites will more than likely not live long off the skin. The most assured way is skin to skin contact.

Answer 11

Human Contact : Through close contact with others infested with it or by recent contact with their clothing and/or bedding.

Answer 12

Itching: The most common symptom of scabies is intense itching, usually at night. You may also experience rash, sores, and superficial "pencil-mark" lines on the skin.

Answer 13

Form of: Highly contagious form of scabies.Affecting immunocompromised and institutionalized patients.

Answer 14

Severe Scabies: Usually seen in nursing home patients or those who have compromised immune systems.

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