Scabies

Scabies do not lead to serious consequences for health. The itching is nonetheless very unpleasant.

If symptoms show up, they are as follows:

• intense itching, especially at night;
• red grooves and lumps on the folds of the fingers, the wrists, the elbows, the heels, the waist, the breasts, the crotch and the genital organs.

Screening

A diagnosis can only be made when lesions are visible.

Treatment

• To get rid of scabies, you have to apply a cream to your whole body.
• You then have to wash all bedding, towels and clothes in hot water or dry clean them to avoid being re-infested or infesting others.

• There is no method that ensures protection against scabies because it is transmitted just by contact with an infected person or a contaminated object.
• If you have scabies, it is important to notify the people living with you and your sexual partners over the past month so that they can be treated.