According to the Food and Drug Administration, scabies mites and their excrement may cause allergic reactions such as itchy skin, rashes, papules, and blisters, and there are external preparations and oral medications to treat scabies; the picture shows the situation.

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[Health Channel/Comprehensive Report] Scabies is a disease caused by scabies parasites on the skin. The Food and Drug Administration pointed out that scabies and its excrement may cause allergic reactions such as skin itching, rashes, papules, and blisters. There are external preparations for the treatment of scabies And oral medications are optional.

The Food and Drug Administration posted on the Facebook page "Dr. Yao Zhengyao Shuo" that scabies females like to dig tunnels to lay eggs on the wrinkled or soft skin surface, and the places where they are parasitized will leave gray or skin-colored lines .

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Treatment for scabies

topical preparations

The Food and Drug Administration pointed out that external preparations containing permethrin are the first choice for external preparations, and it is a great advantage that they only need to be used once a week.

The method of use is not difficult. After bathing and drying the body at night, apply the drug to the "whole body" below the neck, especially the skin junction between fingers and toes, wrists, armpits, external genitalia, buttocks, and under the nails. The ointment can be washed off after 8-12 hours, usually only 1-2 courses of treatment can cure scabies.

Other topical ingredients used to treat scabies include benzyl benzoate (benzoic acid toluene), cortamiton, mesulphen and lindane, the FDA said.

●Benzyl benzoate needs to be used continuously for one week, and side effects of skin irritation may occur.

● Cortamiton has the effect of relieving itching, but the curative effect is poor.

●Mesulphen also has an antipruritic effect, but it may cause staining of clothes.

●Lindane needs to be noted that those with skin wounds or incomplete skin should avoid using it.

Oral drugs

The Food and Drug Administration pointed out that oral ivermectin is especially suitable for cluster infections or patients who are resistant to external preparations due to its ease of administration.

However, this ingredient has not yet been tested for safety in pregnant women and children weighing less than 15 kg, so more attention should be paid.

The Food and Drug Administration emphasizes that scabies is usually transmitted through direct contact. Since the scabies mites may fall on clothing, bed sheets or furniture that the patient has touched, do not touch the personal items used by the infected person and clean the space that the patient has touched.

Washing clothes and bedding with hot water above 60°C can also effectively prevent the spread of scabies.

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