Scabies – A Horrible Skin Condition

Scabies is a dreadful skin condition and is difficult to get rid of. It is caused by a type of mites who breathe on the skin. Scabies causes a lot of itching, especially in the night. It can be easily transmitted, so be vary of someone who scratches a lot. Physical contact aids in spreading this skin condition. The parasite is not visible to naked eyes, but is usually seen in the joints of fingers and other folds of the skin. They can be seen with a magnifying glass.

Scabies causes redness of the skin and bumps and rashes.  Scabies is a highly itchy condition and it prevents the person from leading a normal life. It is a deterrent and can disturb sleep since the itching is aggravated in the night. It also gets bad after bath. The medication takes 2 to 6 weeks for complete cure and it is essential to follow the treatment thoroughly else will not go away.

Though there is treatment available for this skin condition, it is very difficult. The cream/lotion has to beapplied for almost 8 hours and too on the entire body. Right from your neck to the toe, you have to drown yourself in the medicated cream. This is the only way of treating scabies, thats why we call it the dreadful disease.

It is pathetic to stay put with the cream for such long hours, You cannot even dress up, so you lay naked with the medicine on you. This kind of treatment is required for a minimum of 3 days and that too continuously. And the remaining treatment would take few more weeks.

Your dermatologist will also prescribe some oral medications. Cleanliness is of utmost importance in this kind of skin condition. Wash your clothes with hot water and bathe twice in a day. Be careful to keep your surrounding clean like the bedsheets, pillow covers, curtains and so on.  And remember, scabies is a highly contagious disease, so don’t develop physical contact with anyone.