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Scabies. partners 14yr old girl treated for scabies. is she still infectious for my children and how would she have got it?

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Scabies: If she has been treated x 2, with the second treatment 7-14 days apart, chances are she is not infectious. She got from close contact with an infected person either in the family or friends or another one.

Answered 8/23/2013

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Dr. John Fung answered

Specializes in General Surgery

Another infected : Scabies is an itchy, highly contagious skin disease caused by an infestation by the itch mite, which are small eight-legged parasites. Direct skin-to-skin contact is the mode of transmission. Sexual physical contact can transmit the disease and is the most common form of transmission among sexually active young people, .

Answered 4/13/2014

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