Is it possible to get them from laying on the sheets at a nasty motel? Yuck..
2006-08-19 19:54:04 · 9 answers · asked by hotchicka7878 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Skin Conditions
Yes!
Treatment Of Scabies
Permethrin is considered as one of the most effective treatments for scabies. Permethrin is used as a 5% cream. It is to be applied to the whole body below the neck, including all crevices. Your doctor will explain you the procedure. The cream is left on the body for a night. If anybody in the home gets infected with scabies, all the members should apply permethrin because even if they have contacted scabies, it will show after some time. Whether this application needs repetition after a week or not will be decided by your doctor.
The other treatments for scabies are 1% lindane solution, 10% sulfur ointment, and in cases of crusty scabies- oral ivermectin. Leave the decision of the medication to your doctor as some of them cannot be given or used in small children and pregnant women.
All household linen and beddings, etc. should be washed and dried at high temperature to kill any mites that may be present. Pets don't get this mite so you can leave your pets alone. What cannot be cleaned can be packed in a bag and kept in the garage or attic for a few days. The mites will die during that period because they need human skin to survive. Consult your doctor for details.
Itching:
After getting treated for scabies, the itching may remain for a month or more. This itching can be controlled by using oral antihistamines, topical mild steroids, etc.
2006-08-20 20:35:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually no. It's a common myth. Transmission of scabies usually occurs through prolonged, close personal contact. If, by the way, the case is what's called Norwegian scabies, even minimal contact with someone with scabies may result in transmission, since there's a large number of mites in exfoliating scales.
Scabies may also result by acquiring it from dogs or other animals, but it's uncommon, and these mites do not replicate in human.
2006-08-19 20:15:11 · answer #2 · answered by rscrsc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is possible, but more likely that bedbugs are the culprit, as they are everywhere nowadays. I got bit by bedbugs at a high end hotel at Disneyworld!
Where were the lesions on the body? They tend to be different for bedbugs than for scabies.
2006-08-20 10:03:44 · answer #3 · answered by finaldx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-08-19 19:59:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably they say that bedbugs in hotels are rampant. You may have gotten some bedbugs in your clothes, etc staying at the nasty motel. You may need to fumigate your home professionally and wash your sheets and clothes in hot water. Check your suitcases for the nastys too.
2006-08-19 20:00:20 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really. When they come in a package, they're clean & unused. Did you think to wash them first in order to soften them and remove any residual starch, etc?
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2016-04-14 01:54:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. They can survive in a bed. It's not very likely, though.
2006-08-19 19:59:05 · answer #7 · answered by ladybugewa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. My friend got them from staying in a hostel in D.C. You can get them just from being somewhere nasty!!
2006-08-19 20:13:03 · answer #8 · answered by uknow 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeap
2006-08-23 14:47:45 · answer #9 · answered by mulekicked 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋