Early symptoms of scabies?

Update Date: 2022-02-21 Source: Network

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Scabies is a contact infectious skin disease caused by scabies mites in the epidermis of human skin. It can spread among families and contacts. The clinical manifestations were characterized by papules, blisters and tunnels, scrotal pruritic nodules, and increased pruritus at night. Early symptoms of scabies? Let's talk about it

Early symptoms of scabies?

Adult scabies: Scabies are characterized by severe itching, usually aggravated at night. During the incubation of scabies mites, a 10 mm long wavy linear tunnel, about 5-15 mm long, curved, slightly raised, pale gray or skin colored, often with papules or blisters at the end. The main types of rashes were red papules, papules, vesicles, tunnels, scabs and nodules.

Blisters are common in the finger suture, and nodules are often found in the scrotum, labia or penis. The lesions mainly occurred in the hands, wrists, elbows, armpits, women around the nipples, male genitalia (penis and scrotum), waist and lower buttocks. In addition to young children can have blister like damage in the face, the other few facial infection. Because scratching causes inflammation that masks the hatching tunnel, it's hard to see, especially after a period of infection.

Infantile scabies: infantile scabies in infants, the distribution of skin lesions is not typical, the lesions are more extensive, the performance of small blisters, pustules, eczema like reaction, nodular damage. Because scratch can be secondary to pustules, folliculitis, furuncle, lymphadenitis, and even complicated with nephritis.

matters needing attention

Pay attention to personal hygiene, "three frequently": frequently bathing, frequently changing clothes, frequently drying clothes. Do not live with the patient, shake hands, and do not put the patient's clothes together. If the patient is found to be treated in time, the changed clothes should be boiled to kill insects. If they can't be boiled, they should be wrapped in plastic for one week and cleaned after the scabies starve to death.