Scabies is a contagious skin condition caused by the infestation of a tiny eight-legged parasitic crawling mite called Sarcoptes Scabiei. The mite can be found in the skin and multiplies, causing severe itching. The mites that infest humans are females and range in length from 0.3mm to 0.4mm. Norwegian scabies is the most severe form of scabies. It was named so because it was first discovered in Norway in the middle of the 19th century.
Norwegian scabies
It can also be called crusted scabies. Scabies can spread quickly and cause epidemics, especially in long-term care facilities, public hospitals, and long-term care facilities. Scabies is most common in the homeless, but it can also affect any socioeconomic group. Scabies is spread by close, intimate contact.
Scabies can be spread by sharing bed clothes, intimate contact, touching, shaking hands, and hanging one’s clothing next to another who has it. Webs of fingers, wrists and armpits, as well as the back of the elbow, umbilicus, waist, hips, and genital areas are all areas that are more susceptible to scabies infection.
Did you know?
Scabies causes small red bumps on the skin. Each bump may contain a mite or blood crusts.
- The skin may have thread-like lines that are red, brown, or gray. They can be between 2 and 15 mm in length.
- Itching that is constant causes insomnia.
What to do?
- The patient may take a warm bath, then take a quick dip in chilled water. The sudden temperature shift will be too much for the mites to handle and they will die.
- The bark of the peepal tree can be dried and used to dust the lesions of Scabies.
- You can boil 400-500 grams drumstick leaves juice with sesame oil and then apply the solution to the scabies. The solution would be anti-microbial.
- Scabies can be treated with the juice of apricot leaves.
- A paste made from dried and powdered Neem leaves, equal quantities of turmeric powder, and mustard oil can be very helpful in healing scabies.
- Applying neem oil to the lesions prevents mite breeding and addresses itching.
- Extracts from the Jojoba plant can be used to treat scabies.
- To kill scabies mites, rinse your body with citrus juice.
- You can take a bath in warm water with tea tree oil. Tea tree oil kills mite eggs and reduces itching.
- Calamine lotions can be used to combat itching.
- A cool compress can also be helpful for those suffering from scabies.
- Scabies can be treated with sulfur creams.