The disease proceeds with severe itching, at night in particular, lesions of the skin caused by the same scabies mites, which are oval, about 0.1-0.5 millimeters long and 0.14-0.36 millimeters wide. It would seem strange, but only the larvae and males of these ticks live on the very surface of the skin, and the females drill holes in the skin, parallel to the surface and lay eggs there. After all this, from the eggs laid by the females, the larvae hatch, emerging on the surface of the skin, thereby causing scabies itching. The entire development cycle takes about two weeks, and the larvae in the eggs last about three days. These are only the initial symptoms and treatment of scabies will be discussed later.
The viability of these organisms is surprising, they endure the temperature change, in one direction or another, are also resistant to many different disinfectants. They die at temperatures above a thousand degrees Celsius, within a few minutes.
Self-infection by the disease occurs due to contact with the patient, for example, through any type of linen (bed, underwear, underwear), a towel, and also during sexual intercourse. Another fact of infection may be the use of washcloths and brooms in a public bath, and, in rare cases, the infection can be transmitted through simple handshakes, and children can become infected through toys. Symptoms and treatment of scabies depend on human immunity.
Incubation, in such cases, is from seven to ten days.
In addition to severe itching, especially at night, a rash appears on the skin in the form of small pairwise located point elements, which, due to itching, are combed by the patient, forming dotted blood crusts and scratches.
As a characteristic sign of scabies , scabies pass. In the place in which the female penetrated under the skin, a bubble forms with the contents of a transparent color and a size of no more than oat grain. When the female lays eggs, an itch course forms that emerges on the surface of the skin in the form of the thinnest strip of gray, up to one centimeter in size. At the very end of this move is the bubble inside which the female sits.
These scabies are most often found on the skin of the hands, especially on the lateral surfaces of the fingers. Also, they can appear on the front areas of the wrists and on the genitals. Less commonly, moves appear on the abdomen, buttocks, on the inside of the limbs. In older people, the skin of the neck, face, armpits, the area of the shoulder blades, palms and soles are not affected. In children and adolescents, itch moves can appear on the palms, soles, face.
How to cure scabies or in addition about the symptoms and treatment of scabies.
Just like that, such a disease of scabies itself cannot disappear on its own, that is, it will not pass without any intervention, and therefore treatment with specialized cutaneous agents (ointments, gels, etc.) is required. This ailment can be successfully treated within a few days. One of the most important factors for treating scabies is to carry out the most complete disinfection of the room in which the person infected with specialized means lives and, immediately, to warn all their loved ones who, “with the same success”, could seize this disease. All linen should be boiled, and children’s toys and things that it’s not possible to boil are packed in bags and taken out into the cold.
Today, there are a huge number of effective anti-scabies products that need to be applied only a few times, the amount of which depends on the degree of infection. To avoid scabies, wash your clothes thoroughly and take a shower daily. such precautions will not hurt anyone. The main thing is to take care of yourself and you will not need the symptoms and treatment of scabies.