How Can Scabies Be Treated?
Scabies mites and their eggs can be killed with products called scabicides. But you will need a doctor’s prescription to purchase this treatment. One such treatment is Permethrin lotion, which doesn’t only treat scabies but also lice. However, the concentration in treating scabies is slightly higher.
Always follow your doctors’ and pharmacists’ instructions, as well as those inside or on the box. Adults and older children using scabicide cream or lotion should apply it all over the whole body, as well as to the head and neck. This then must stay on the body for a period of time before it is washed off. Afflicted persons must wear clean clothes afterwards.
To prevent reinfestation, everyone with scabies must undergo treatment at the same time. Repeat treatment can become necessary if itching does not stop for over two to four week, or if new burrows or rashes appear.
If you’re looking for more of the best scabies prevention, there are also some natural treatments available for people who get burning sensation on the skin, redness, swelling, and even numbness or tingling from traditional treatments.
These include tea tree oil, aloe vera, capsaicin cream, essential oils, and certain soaps. Their main purpose is to alleviate itching, skin irritation and rashes, while some of these are known mite killers.
Best Scabies Prevention Tips
For best scabies prevention, clean all clothes and linens with hot and soapy water used within three days before starting treatment. Dry in high heat. Items that cannot be washed at home must be dry-cleaned. Deprive mites of a food source by putting unwashable items in a sealed plastic bag and putting it away for a few weeks, such as in a garage. Mites die after several days without food.
Key Takeaway
Scabies is caused by parasitic mites that burrow into the folds of skin and lay eggs, manifesting in rashes with bumps. These are treatable with scabicides, but all household members and recent sexual partners must also undergo treatment as it is highly contagious.
Best scabies prevention methods include thoroughly washing all clothes and bed linens, and starving mites of sources of food.
Learn more about Other Skin Diseases here.
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