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Question: My initial night one symptoms were very itchy inner waist on both arms, so itchy weps form from scatching. Calamine nearly helped. Second night itchy back of hands on both arms again so itchy weps were raises from scatching. Itching also started around the angles. I used vapor which calmed the itching. What could this be?
Brief Answer:
Scabies.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for posting the query,
The symptoms you are suffering from could be due to Scabies. Where the night itching is sever. The treatment is applying% % permethrin or lindane lotion whole through out the body excluding your head and face.
It is usually recommended to apply this medicine in the night. Leave it over night and wash it off in the morning. If the symptoms still persists then the 2nd application is repeated after a week.
Right now i suggest you to take oral antihistamines for 10 days to reduce the itching.
Any issue do follow up.
Take care.
Scabies.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for posting the query,
The symptoms you are suffering from could be due to Scabies. Where the night itching is sever. The treatment is applying% % permethrin or lindane lotion whole through out the body excluding your head and face.
It is usually recommended to apply this medicine in the night. Leave it over night and wash it off in the morning. If the symptoms still persists then the 2nd application is repeated after a week.
Right now i suggest you to take oral antihistamines for 10 days to reduce the itching.
Any issue do follow up.
Take care.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Nagamani Ng
How did catch this? Is this contagious? Is this something I could have caught from my dog?
Brief Answer:
Contagious
Detailed Answer:
It is not caused by dogs. It is contagious. Usually spreads among crowded environment
You need close skin-to-skin contact with an infected person to catch scabies. This is because the scabies mite cannot jump or fly.
Most cases of scabies are probably caught from prolonged hand-holding with an infected person. The hand is the most common site to be first affected.
Close skin-to-skin contact when having sex is another common way of catching scabies.
The skin-to-skin contact needs to be for a reasonable time to catch the mite. You usually need to be in skin contact for 15-20 minutes to catch scabies. Therefore, you are unlikely to catch scabies from an infected person by casual short contact such as a handshake or a hug. The more mites there are, the faster they can spread to another person.
The mites live in skin and can survive away from the host human for about 24-36 hours. You are unlikely to catch scabies from bedding and towels unless you use them immediately after being used by someone with scabies. However, just in case, it is best to treat bedding and towels by hot washing (described later).
Sometimes outbreaks of scabies occur in places such as nurseries and residential homes, where people are in regular close contact.
Contagious
Detailed Answer:
It is not caused by dogs. It is contagious. Usually spreads among crowded environment
You need close skin-to-skin contact with an infected person to catch scabies. This is because the scabies mite cannot jump or fly.
Most cases of scabies are probably caught from prolonged hand-holding with an infected person. The hand is the most common site to be first affected.
Close skin-to-skin contact when having sex is another common way of catching scabies.
The skin-to-skin contact needs to be for a reasonable time to catch the mite. You usually need to be in skin contact for 15-20 minutes to catch scabies. Therefore, you are unlikely to catch scabies from an infected person by casual short contact such as a handshake or a hug. The more mites there are, the faster they can spread to another person.
The mites live in skin and can survive away from the host human for about 24-36 hours. You are unlikely to catch scabies from bedding and towels unless you use them immediately after being used by someone with scabies. However, just in case, it is best to treat bedding and towels by hot washing (described later).
Sometimes outbreaks of scabies occur in places such as nurseries and residential homes, where people are in regular close contact.
Note: Hope the answers resolves your concerns, however for further guidance of skin related queries consult our Dermatologist.Click here to book a consultation
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Nagamani Ng
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