The Scabies and Post Scabies Healing Process

Scabies is a skin condition, widely prevalent across the world. There are as many as 300 million people suffering from scabies every year. It occurs at a higher rate amongst children and can spread from one person to another, since it happens to be infectious in disease. The infestation could be passed through direct skin contact.

Mites, who reside beneath the skin surface, are responsible for this disease and they lay eggs, multiplying in number at a faster pace. The female mites would lay eggs for about 5 weeks and newer mites would then lay further eggs. If untreated, scabies can easily spread to the other parts of the body. Personal hygiene is important to restrict the infestation of mites on the other parts of the body. The medications involve the use of insecticides and the irritation would continue to persist, even if the mites are killed. Their dead bodies, the eggs and their faecal matter would continue to cause allergic reactions in the body. It can take a lot of time, before the irritation disappears completely.

Such itching could be relived with the help of hydrocortisone creams, tea tree or eucalyptus oil, baking soda baths and oatmeal baths. In a few cases, the use of Lindane might cause adverse reactions. In order to stay away from the mites’ infestation, you can wash or bathe in peppermint, borax, enzyme cleaner or lice shampoos. Permethrin cream or Elimite is one of the popular medications for scabies, which reduces the burning or itching symptoms on the skin.

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