A scabies rash is one of the first symptoms indicating an infestation by scabies mites. Like the symptoms of mange, the scabies skin rash is an allergic reaction to the toxins by the parasite mites. The mites, eggs, secretions and feces of the scabies mite are the main means to cause a skin rash, inflammation, severe itching, intense discomfort and scales and blisters to the skin.
In most cases, a scabies rash has many similarities with other various clinical disorders of the skin, including eczema, dermatitis and chicken pox. Since there are no signs of infestation by scabies mites, the rash can point to conditions other than the primary cause, scabies, so that the doctors vary on the accuracy of the diagnosis and prescribed treatment. As symptoms are not always specific to the outbreak, there is often a delay in medical intervention. In some cases, people who are incorrectly diagnosed with a different disease have complications such as bacterial infections, before they receive a diagnosis of scabies and the right medication.The first signs of a Scabies Rash
In most cases the first signs of a scabies infection will show signs of a rash on the hands, wrists and fingers, toes, feet, ankles, knees, elbows, armpits, abdomen and chest, buttocks, the nipple and genital organs. Scabies rashes occur rarely in the neck or as mites infest the most vulnerable regions of the skin, as these make good hiding places. However, it is possible that a scabies outbreak can occur on the scalp (in infants, adults and older people with impaired immune system). For small children and infants, an eruption is usually severe and is accompanied with an intense itching.A scabies rash is very persistent and often difficult to treat.
A scabies rash is often the first symptom to occur, and the last to disappear, and the rash can continue during the weeks after the infestation by mites has been successfully eradicated. This can be mitigated with medication such as hydro cortisone and antihistamines, a temporary relief, but often not in healing the eruption. Analgesic creams and gels can also help calm the most severe scabies rash. Many people still use alcohol, lotions and creams for treatment exacerbating the injury, and intensifying the sense of itching and causing the formation of cortex, which increases the pain and discomfort. To prevent a whole range of side effects, it is good to avoid the use of products using alcohol for treatment of scabies.
Make sure that you completely clean any clothing or linen that has come in contact with an infected person to keep the scabies mite from spreading from person to person. This will also stop a re-infestation of scabies. Use soapy hot water on all linens and clothing and when drying use high heat as well. For those items you can’t clean at home, use a dry-cleaning service or dispose of the items to eliminate a re-infestation of scabies.
Scabies Treatment
If you are looking for an effective scabies treatment for your rash, over-the-counter cortisone creams are discouraged. Topical prescription medications, the most common scabies treatment, are used to treat scabies rash infestations, including lotions that contain lindane or crotamiton, which are applied from the neck down. Lindane, another scabies treatment, is a pesticide that is associated with neurological damage, poisoning, cancer, and environmental contamination. As a Scabies Treatment it’s use in adults is controversial and it is no longer used in children. NEVER use Lindane as a scabies treatment.
For an effective scabies treatment, coating the body, or the rash, with a mixture of petroleum jelly and 5% sulfur for 3 consecutive nights has also proven beneficial. Itching caused by the absorption of mites and their feces into the body can last for weeks, leading people to believe they are still infected long after an effective scabies treatment.
The lesions, or rash, caused by scabies should be kept clean to prevent infection. Physicians may advise wearing cotton gloves during and after a scabies treatment to prevent breaking the skin by scratching, which can cause secondary infection.
The parasites cannot survive away from the body for more than a few days, so contaminated clothing and bedding can be sanitized by thorough washing in hot water and storing for 1 or 2 weeks.
Scabies Treatment in the Home
All persons in the household who have had contact with the infected person in the past month must be treated. This would normally include everyone in the home, even if they have no symptoms. (The symptoms may take 4-6 weeks to grow after an being introduced to the house.)
It is important that the bed linen and clothes of everyone in the household be cleaned thoroughly as scabies may linger for a period of days after a scabies treatment.
To prevent the re-occurrence of scabies and to prevent the mites from spreading to others, take these scabies treatment steps:
- Clean all of your clothes and household linens. Using hot water with detergent to wash all clothing, towels and bedding you used at least two days before a scabies treatment should do the trick. Dry everything cleaned with high heat. Take the items you can’t wash at home to the dry cleaners.
- Starve the mites. If you can’t get to a dry cleaners, try placing items you can’t wash in a sealed plastic bag and leaving it sealed for a couple of weeks after a scabies treatment. Mites will die if they don’t eat for a week
Scabies Treatment with Over The Counter Medicines
For scabies treatment, there are few medicines that can cure a scabies rash infection. Over-the-counter lice medicines are not strong enough to kill mites, or scabies, so are of no use for scabies treatment. If you believe you have scabies, do not use products without a prescription from your doctor or another valid scabies treatment alternative.
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