Has anyone had scabies?

Question

My Dr. told me I have it. I'm a very hygenic person and live in a very nice house so I was shocked but I guess anyone can get them. I was wondering if it's common to get them on your chest and back? I have ugly bumps all over my chest and back. Some of them almost look like pimples but my Dr. said sometimes they do. Does the prescription cream work? I was just wondering about all this because the research I did said they like crevices like your genitals and between fingers and toes but not on me.

Answer 1

First dont think there is anything dirty about you. When I was twenty my toddler daughter got it on her ankle and I was mortified,. I thought only dirty people got them. The only thing dirty about it is that is where she got them. The doctor told me they lived in the dirt outside. And yes they are highly contagious.
If a toddler or infant gets them you should only apply the Lindane to the affected areas with a cotton ball and then after the prescribed time wash it off. This is to prevent them from absorbing too much of the medication through their skin. In older children and adults you need to apply it everywhere and then wash off a instructed.
When my youngest got them, this time from a friend whose entire family had them, he gave them to the entire family before I even knew he had it. This time my oldest son was a teenager and when he was told to apply and then shower he didn't put it on his genitals and guess what!? Yup, we all got them again.
They definately like to live in warm, dark and moist spaces, but if not treated right away they will spread and they do this by burrowing under the skin.; As disgusting as it is scabies are a live mite that is living under the skin and they can travel. So the most common places are the finger webs, under breasts, elbow crease, groin and so on, and the most common formation is kind of lines of bumps that are formed as they burrow along.
By the way, yes you need to wash all the linens and the clothes they wore but you do not need to treat the whole house with the sprays and stuff. These things are for lice not for scabies. Hope this helps

Answer 2

Blue Star Ointment Scabies

Answer 3

I had it before. On my lower leg. You can get it anywhere from anywhere. You simply touched something that someone else touched who had it. I thought the same as you. I'm clean, my house is clean where did this come from? It'll creep you out if you think about exactly what it is but it is very easy to get. I had a itchy rash on my leg and actually my mom went to the doctor for something totally unrelated and mentioned that I had this. Right away he said Oh she works with all those kids. (I worked in a clinic) She's got scabies and he prescribed the Kwell (however you spell it) and yes it cleared it up within a few days. It is VERY contagious ,which is how you and I contracted it, for the first I think 3 days. You can even spread it to yourself. So you must wash your hands often. You touch it and touch somewhere else you could cause a spread. If you touch something else (doorknobs, counters, etc.) it could spread to others. Wash your bedding and give counter tops and doorknowbs a disenfectant wash. Try not to scratch that will only irritate more. There are also over the counter creams. Just look at your local pharmacy or ask the pharmacist and they will direct you. The prescription is stronger and works faster.

Answer 4

You are correct when you say they like warm crevices. Around the waist is another common area. Scabies are transmitted by direct and close contact with someone that has scabies and intuitions are a common place to find them. Unless you have reason to believe you have had close contact with someone with scabies you might want to get a second opinion on that. Meantime, yes, the prescription cream works well.

Answer 5

OMG yes!! My daughter got them first and then they spread to all of us! You can get them from just a touch...scabies' incubation period is about 3 months...you're not nasty, but it's normal to feel like that. I was so embarassed! It was horrible! The cream does work so use it and to be safe, use it again in a week. CLEAN EVERYTHING...car, house, couch, floor, and then always remember to throw the vacuum bag away!

Do they itch like crazy? Does it drive you nuts? Can you feel them crawling on you at night? Then yes, it's scabies...

Answer 6

I had it once many years ago. Mine looks like measles with a white pus spot in the middle of the watery bag. I think its nothing to do with how clean we are but where we've been or what we comes in contact with. It does grows alot in the crevices between the fingers and toes. I also had a few spots on my chest which have some holes visible today. I had mine after I've been released from detention by the cops. Antibiotics and creams cured it very fast too.

Answer 7

This is what my Dr said *They appear in a trail. He concluded that my bumps were not that. I still get those bumps they are on my shoulder/back area. Several years ago the Dr and I called them chicken pox ,but really I still do not know what it is. I don*t go again and again to Dr's as I have no insurance. It starts to look like anyones guess to me. I would appreciate hearing what you learn. Hope the trail thing helps.

Answer 8

*****BLUE STAR OINTMENT!*****
My brothers daughter got it from another child at preschool-nobody knew it at first, (it started on the backside area first-ugly red bumps!)so it spread to all of our family! the LINDANE lotion that the Doctor gave us to use, DIDNOT work? or maybe we did something wrong- at any rate, my 80 year old neighbor 'old wise tale" but it WORKED! put the blue star on every part of the scabies! washing your linens, THEN rub blue star in your hands then put it on the sheet- not much but just enough! rub a little on your pillow too- ALSO just use the lice spray for your furniture, it will take a few days BUT I PROMISE YOU IT WORKS!!!!! good luck!