Parasitic disease of the skin caused by a mite (Sarcoptes sacabiei) whose penetrating injury leaves shaped vesicles, papules, or small grooves in which it lays its eggs.
The preferred areas of the skin where they visualize these injuries are: interdigital regions, wrists (anterior), armpits (previous folds), peri-umbilical region, intergluteal cleft, external genital organs in men. In children and the elderly, can also occur on the scalp, palms and soles.
The itching is intense and typically higher during the night, being the period of breeding and egg deposition. It is also known as scabies.
Treatment
Skin lotions are specific for scabies and can also be used drugs specific for the relief of itching and should only be given by a doctor.
The clothes everyday and bedding should be changed daily, washing and ironing to put the house ferro.Todas people who have any kind of itching should treat the same time, to avoid nails recontaminação.As should be scrubbed with soap acaricides for the removal of parasites deposited there by scratching.
Prevention
To prevent the disease does not use personal clothing, bedding or towels borrowed, avoid agglomerations or close contact with persons of dubious hygienic habits.
In people with good hygiene habits, scabies can be confused with other diseases that cause itch, and the correct diagnosis be performed by a dermatologist that will indicate the optimal treatment for each case.
Control
Patient care: wash your bathing suits and bedding in hot water (at least 55 ° C), washing with hot water all fomites of patients with Norwegian scabies; pursue cases in the family or living in the same household of the patient and treat them as soon as possible. Scabies rarely comes as an isolated case, therefore treat people who have had skin contact with the patient.
Insulation: should the individual away from school or work until 24 hours after the end of treatment. In case of hospitalized patients, it is recommended isolation to prevent outbreaks in nursing homes, both for other patients, and for health professionals, especially in the case of Norwegian scabies. The insulation shall continue for 24/48 hours after the start of treatment.
The preferred areas of the skin where they visualize these injuries are: interdigital regions, wrists (anterior), armpits (previous folds), peri-umbilical region, intergluteal cleft, external genital organs in men. In children and the elderly, can also occur on the scalp, palms and soles.
The itching is intense and typically higher during the night, being the period of breeding and egg deposition. It is also known as scabies.
Treatment
Skin lotions are specific for scabies and can also be used drugs specific for the relief of itching and should only be given by a doctor.
The clothes everyday and bedding should be changed daily, washing and ironing to put the house ferro.Todas people who have any kind of itching should treat the same time, to avoid nails recontaminação.As should be scrubbed with soap acaricides for the removal of parasites deposited there by scratching.
Prevention
To prevent the disease does not use personal clothing, bedding or towels borrowed, avoid agglomerations or close contact with persons of dubious hygienic habits.
In people with good hygiene habits, scabies can be confused with other diseases that cause itch, and the correct diagnosis be performed by a dermatologist that will indicate the optimal treatment for each case.
Control
Patient care: wash your bathing suits and bedding in hot water (at least 55 ° C), washing with hot water all fomites of patients with Norwegian scabies; pursue cases in the family or living in the same household of the patient and treat them as soon as possible. Scabies rarely comes as an isolated case, therefore treat people who have had skin contact with the patient.
Insulation: should the individual away from school or work until 24 hours after the end of treatment. In case of hospitalized patients, it is recommended isolation to prevent outbreaks in nursing homes, both for other patients, and for health professionals, especially in the case of Norwegian scabies. The insulation shall continue for 24/48 hours after the start of treatment.
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