How to treat scabies in the home - the most effective therapies

A common disease that lurks a person at every step and delivers a lot of discomfort - itching, damage to the skin by an itch mite. It's about scabies. To become infected, it is enough just to drive with a sick person in public transport. Very often, children at the kindergarten and school age are at risk of infection. Therefore, having noticed the first signs of a defeat of an itch mite, it is necessary to immediately start treatment, because otherwise complications can occur.

What is scabies?

Parasitic disease affecting the skin of a person regardless of age and protective functions of the immune system. This disease is contagious, therefore, to get infected enough even the most short-term direct contact with the patient or his things.

The causative agent of scabies is a microscopic tick that is introduced into the skin of a person for the purpose of parasitizing. In the course of his life he lays eggs and makes special inputs and outputs on the skin. Depending on how clean the patient will depend on the incubation period. An illness can make itself felt, like a week after infection, and after a month and a half. A characteristic feature of the disease is severe itching. It arises because of the active propagation of the pathogen under the skin. In the absence of treatment, scabies quickly spread throughout the body.

Types of scabies

Type of malaise	Short description
Typical	This type of disease is the most common. It appears as the appearance of bubbles on the skin that itch very
Cortical	It is identified as a rare kind of scabies( Norwegian).Distinctive features of the disease - the appearance on the skin of sores. For a long time, the itching may not disturb the patient. It is noteworthy that one square centimeter of the skin is covered by more than two hundred mites
The disease of cleanliness	The danger of the disease is that the symptomatology can be practically not expressed due to excessive cleanliness of the person, which subsequently leads to complications
Cat Feline	This type of disease is defined as a pseudocyst, which manifests itself in domestic animals. These pathogens parasitize exclusively on the skin of animals, but when exposed to the skin of a person lead to uncomfortable itching

Causes of the disease

As already mentioned repeatedly, the causative agent of this ailment is an itch mite that parasitizes on human skin. It is almost impossible to notice a parasite with the naked eye, a person can see only a small point on his skin.

Help! If for three months there is no mucus-damaging therapy, then under the skin, up to six generations of parasites are formed in a total of more than 100 million individuals. It is difficult to imagine what such an army of ticks under the skin of a person can lead to.

After contact with the things of the patient or direct contact, a healthy person becomes infected. The female of the scabies mite is implanted under the skin and begins to make itch moves with the subsequent laying of eggs. Defeat can be independently discerned at the beginning of the course of the disease, and then through severe itching, the skin becomes red with swelling. Anxious itching, which is difficult to endure, causes the patient to comb the skin and create scratches through which the infection and bacteria get through. On the site of the tick injury, a secondary infection occurs. The most common lesions on the skin are the interdigital folds, the area of ​​the elbow joints, the abdomen, buttocks, and chest.

Please note! Scabies often infest the male genital organs.

Symptoms: how to identify scabies?

After a month of infection, reddening appears on the skin, accompanied by itching( the place of bite).Night tick is particularly active, so at this time of the day itching is greatly enhanced. For the life of the tick suited soft soft skin, so it does not hit palms, feet, head.

Caution! Since young children have tender skin on the soles and palms, therefore, it is not difficult for the mite to lay itch scoops there.

The clinical picture is characterized by the following typical symptoms:

1. Strong skin itch, intensifying towards night.
2. On the skin, papules, vesicles and other pathological changes are formed.
3. Itching occurs in the abdomen, chest, interdigital fold, on the side of the trunk, on the penis.
4. If to consider in detail, it is possible to see itch moves.

If a patient does not provide timely treatment, then complications arise. Among them may be:

1. Dermatitis.
2. Hives.
3. Eczema.

To diagnose scabies is easy, so confirmation of the diagnosis occurs immediately after the detection of itch moves. If the formation of ulcerative rash on the penis, then appoint an analysis for syphilis and other STDs, which are characterized by skin rashes on the genitals.

On how the first symptomatic of scabies manifests, you can find out by watching a video.

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Effective treatment of

The vector of treatment is aimed at eliminating the pathogen as quickly as possible. This is done with the help of acaricidal drugs. They include sulfuric ointment and benzyl benzoate.

Recommendation! To ensure that the treatment was effective and there was no re-infection, it should be as often as possible to wash bed linens and clothes( boil), and after ironing from two sides. Thus, you can kill the pathogen, which is on personal things.

Basically, the therapy consists of a local treatment that includes the means for treating the affected skin.

Name of the drug	Image	Application
Benzyl benzoate ointment		Causes all types of ectoparasites to be disastrous. The death of the mite after application takes place after half an hour. To the best of its toxicity, it is contraindicated for the treatment of pregnant and young children. Apply a thin layer on the dry skin, and after an hour a second layer of ointment is applied. It is applied four times a day.
Wilkinson Ointment		A combined agent with an antiparasitic property that is used for scabies. Do not use during eczema. The treatment schedule is very simple: over the course of three days, the whole surface of the body is treated once a day with the exception of the head.
Sulfur ointment		A preparation for the destruction of subcutaneous parasites that is not absorbed into the bloodstream. Daily the ointment is applied to the affected areas with a thin layer for five days. There are no special contraindications to use, with the exception of individual intolerance
Spregal		It is a new unique anti-scratch agent in the form of an aerosol. The drug is applied overnight by spraying the entire surface of the skin. After twelve hours the patient is recommended to wash with soap. The duration of treatment is determined by the doctor. Among the side effects may be burning

Unconventional treatment

1. Mustard oil .To make a healing ointment from scabies, you need garlic and mustard oil. The components are mixed in equal proportions and cooked for fifteen minutes on low heat. Then the obtained composition is wiped twice a day.
2. Bread kvass. If the itch mite struck hands, it is necessary to heat the bread kvass, add more salt in it, and then lower the limbs. This procedure should be done regularly every day until the disappearance of anxiety symptoms.
3. Garlic ash. For the preparation of ointment is taken the usual butter, ash of garlic, molasses. All components are mixed up to a mushy state and left for half an hour. It is applied several times a day by treating affected areas.
4. Turpentine. Take turpentine and drying oil in a 1: 2 ratio. Such a tool lubricates the places of itch moves.
   

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5. Tar. In order to eliminate the itch mite and get rid of bothersome itching, it is necessary to treat the skin with tar, and then rinse with herbal decoction of the althea.
6. Vinegar. To eliminate the mite in adults, garlic tincture based on apple cider vinegar is prepared. To do this, squeeze out the juice of 2 cloves of garlic and mix with a tablespoon of weak vinegar, if desired, you can dilute a little with water. The finished product is treated with areas with a rash. Apply until the itching is removed and the rash disappears.
7. Devyasil. Pork fat is heated on a small fire and mixed with the root of elecampane to a mushy state. This mixture must be boiled for fifteen minutes. On the fact of readiness it is necessary to add a couple of spoons of tar soap. Patient areas are treated with the finished product. After some time, it is recommended to take a shower with laundry soap or wash the affected areas with decapitate decalis.
8. Hunting powder. It will take sour cream and hunting powder in a 3: 1 ratio. Ready mixture reaches three hours after the infusion( do not forget to stir every twenty minutes).

Attention! A tool based on hunting powder is used exclusively in diseased areas, and healthy skin is covered with a cloth.

Video - How to treat scabies quickly and efficiently

Additional recommendations

Because scabies is an infectious disease, all personal items must be disinfected. Bed linen and other things are recommended to boil in soda. After boiling, boil for another ten minutes. If clothes are not allowed to be washed at temperatures above 55 degrees, then it is treated with a special disinfectant spray. The room, where the patient is, is cleaned using a soda-soap solution.

If the itching does not go away a few days after the end of treatment, then most likely it is the body's response to medications. To exclude other reasons, it is recommended to undergo a second examination. Especially if the rash was observed in a man on the penis. After all, scabies are very similar to molluscum contagiosum, which is an integral companion of gonorrhea and syphilis. Therefore, it is necessary to exclude the possibility of STDs.

In general, the course of treatment consists of isolating the patient from others( in order to prevent infection of other family members) and the use of antiparasitic ointments, sprays, gels, emulsions. The best is sulfuric ointment in its pure form, which instantly kills the pathogen. After treating the body with an antiparasitic agent, you should not take a shower for three days, but at the same time change your bed linen daily.

In case of complications or neglected form of the disease, the doctor prescribes antibiotics. It is very important at this time to use non-traditional methods as additional therapy and to disinfect things to prevent relapses.

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