How to properly treat scabies at home.

It has long been known that scabies are an infectious parasitic skin disease, which is most often caused by various types of scabies, and is accompanied by a regular nighttime itch of external skin, permanent combs and paired papules - vesicles. Infection with scabies mainly occurs either with sexual contact, or along the way of life. This type of clothing and bed linen, as well as itching is transferred through a handshake and personal hygiene items. The main complaint of patients with scabies is a regular nighttime itch that prevents people from sleeping and badly affects the psyche.

Scabies are caused by small microorganisms, which are small in size, and are almost invisible to the naked eye. Basically, people bite the mite of the tick, and they try to make passages under the horny layer of the epidermis, and put about 2 or 3 eggs a day, if possible. From these eggs for 10-15 days hatch small larvae, which in just a month can turn into adults.

How does scabies.

On the patient's body, scabies are usually depicted in the form of gray-dirty spots of gray color, and in shape in the form of straight or sinuous lines, the so-called itch moves. Such manifestations are most often observed in interdigital folds on the legs and hands, wrists of the patient, its lateral surfaces on the fingers. In addition, quite often the combs can be found in the area of elbows, buttocks and abdomen. Moreover, the treatment of scabies at home in these places is simply impossible. It is worth noting that if your little child scabies appeared on the palms and soles of the feet, then the treatment of scabies at home should be postponed, and urgently consult a specialist.

The main characteristic of the appearance of scabies is itching, which is a kind of manifestation of an allergy to an itch mite. Most often, the allergy is caused by the presence of the tick itself under the skin. At the same time, the treatment of scabies in the home is reduced only to rapid delivery of the mite and treatment of the area of damaged skin.

Typical manifestations of scabies in humans.

1. Constant itching, which often intensifies in the evening or at night.

2. Severe polymorphism, or a sharp appearance on the skin of papules and vesicles, which are covered with hemorrhagic crusts.

3. Appearance of scabies in the interdigital folds of the hands, in the area of wrist and elbow joints, itching in the abdomen, lateral surfaces of the trunk and in the lumbosacral region.

Diagnosis and treatment of scabies.

Diagnosis of scabies is mainly made according to the clinical picture of itching. The main diagnostic symptom and symptom of scabies, which distinguishes it from other varieties of itchy dermatoses, is the shape of the itch. Only a dermatologist can treat scabies, but with mild cases. When symptoms have not yet manifested, it is possible to carry out an independent extraction of the pathogen. Thus, if you know that this case does not apply to complex, then the treatment of scabies at home will only benefit the patient.

It is worth noting that even after a full-fledged treatment, the itching under the skin may persist for a few more weeks, even if the treatment for scabies was performed by a professional specialist. This effect is the usual manifestation of the side effect of the drug or a simple confirmation of the presence of larvae under the skin so far. Then you will need to once again carry out the procedure for treating scabies at home.

In general, try to dress as often as possible in outer clothing and beware of abandoned forest sites. In summer, a huge number of mites can get on you from grass and trees.