10/24/2011

Scabies Disease

Scabies is a skin disease caused by ticks / mites (Sarcoptes scabei). Fleas are very small and can only be viewed with a microscope. The disease is also easily transmitted from human to human, from animals to humans and vice versa. Scabies easily spread either directly through direct contact with the patient or indirectly through clothing, linens, towels, pillows; water is still there Sarcoptes infestation.

Scabies is characterized by extremely itchy on the skin like on the sidelines of the fingers, elbow and groin. These causes itching scabies sufferers even scratching the skin can cause sores and infections that smells rancid. The itching is caused by Sarcoptes feet moving under the skin that makes a hole beneath the skin surface.

Scabies diseases arise due to lack of sanitary conditions are maintained, poor sanitation, malnutrition and the condition of the room is too humid and not getting enough direct sunlight. Skin disease scabies can spread quickly in a community living together, so that the treatment should be conducted simultaneously and comprehensively in all people and the environment in communities afflicted by scabies. If the treatment on an individual basis, it will be easy to catch back the disease scabies.

 
The symptoms that arise when the disease scabies is shown in red, irritation and itching of the skin that usually appears on the sidelines of the fingers, elbows, groin and thigh folds. Other symptoms are watery bubbles appear on the skin and the appearance of fine lines of reddish under the skin which is an excavated tunnel Sarcoptes.

Usually, doctors confirmed the disease by finding scabies tunnel under the skin and there are lice or eggs Sarcoptes on examination of skin scrapings.

Prevention is the main thing is keeping the body clean by bathing on a regular basis, drying mattresses, pillows and bed linen regularly and keeps the environment inside the house to keep getting enough sunlight, not humid and always clean.

So for an important action in the treatment of scabies is to break the transmission chain, so the treatment of scabies is usually done in bulk so that the chain of transmission can be eradicated quickly and thoroughly.


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