Hi Carolyn
Thanks for your query
From your clinical picture, it looks like both you and your fiance are having
scabies.
Scabies is a
mite infestation presenting with itching papular lesions all over the body , mainly over abdomen,finger web spaces, thigh and genitilia. It usually causes more itching at night .
It is a contagious condition, so proper treatment of the patient and the contacts has to be done
You need to apply 5 percent
permethrin cream all over your body.
Single application of this cream all over the body below the neck is to be done,,,
Apply it at night, leave it overnight, take bath the next morning..
Use
crotamiton cream from the next day twice a day over the affected areas..
Take antihistamines like levocetrizine for itching
You have to take care also to disinfect all your clothes and beddings by washing them in warm water and drying them in sun..
And also find out, if anybody else from your family has similar lesions or itching, then they should also be treated...
Wishing you speedy recovery
Dr Geetika Paul