About Scabies in Humans

The irritation just doesn't let up or stop. You find yourself itching and scratching and the feeling only becomes more intense. You cannot get to sleep; you cannot even think straight. You can even feel the mites burrowing under your skin, feeding and breeding.

Left untreated and without a Scabies Treatment, those sores could easily progress into a serious secondary bacterial infection. It is important to identify and address the issue as soon as humanly possible.

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Scabies is a highly contagious, itchy skin condition caused by very small, wingless insects or Mites called the Human Itch Mite, mites on humas amd the Scabies Mite. While an adult Scabies Mite can range in size from 0.2mm to 0.4mm, which makes it just barely large enough to be seen by the human eye, it's nearly transparent body makes it almost impossible to see without the aid of a microscope. Since the scavies Mite burrows just under the skin, it is more likely that you will see the zigzag trail Scabies Mite and not the actual Scabie Mite itself.
The scabies life cycle begins when the newly mated female selects a site on the skin for burrowing. The female Mite uses suckers on her legs (called ambulacral suckers) to attach herself to the skin surface and then cut a channel into the skin using her jaws (chelicerae), as well as the cutting edges on her first pair of legs. She burrows only in the top layer of epithelium (skin). Over her lifetime the burrow can reach 2-3 cm and is seen as the zigzag line. The female eats the skin and emits secretions as she is making her burrow. Once the female is established in the burrow she rarely, if ever, leaves it.

 

 

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To learn more about a scabies rash or symptoms of scabies, see these pages.

Symptoms of the Scabies Rash

A very small, hard to see, zigzag blister usually marks the trail of the parasite as she lays her eggs. If the infection is left untreated, the amount of these trails may become so many that they begin to resemble a road map.

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Early Scabies rashes will show up as pimples or little red bumps like hives. They also show up as tiny bites like in this photo.

Scabies usually occurs in the body's warm humid folds and crevices and areas where garments or jewelry press against the skin, such as:

• Armpits
• Chest / Under Breasts
• Fingers
• Skin under Jewelry, Rings and Watches
• Belt Line
• Inner Thigh
• Genital Area
• Buttocks

Is it Scabies?

Many people who have Scabies have a difficult time determining whether or not they have scabies or something else, since the physical rash can be similar in appearance to other forms of dermatitis like Eczema, Ringworm, and Hives. If you are worried that you may have Scabies, you've come to the right place for a Scabies Treatment. Scabies is a highly contagious skin disease that must be treated FAST. We can solve your Scabies problem quickly and effectively with our Scabies Treatment, to prevent spreading and re-infestation. The most common Scabies symptoms are:

• intense itching (especially at night)
• pimple-like rashes (particularly in the warm folds of your skin) that resemble Hives or insect bites

In contrast, some people think that they have Scabies when they really have a Skin Parasite like Collembola, Morgellan's Disease, Lisa's Disease or Fiber Disease. For more information about Skin Parasites, please click here.

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