Any Advice On Home Remidy For Mange ?

Question

Have Borax and Vaseline, how much Borax to how much water ?

Answer 1

Mange is a parasitic disease of skin occurring primarily in animals but it also affects humans. The parasite causing the most severe form of Mange in Animals is Sarcoptes scabiei; it is also the causative agent in Human Mange.

All domestic animals have been found to be affected by mange. There are many varieties of mange mites which affect only single species of animals. Mange is transmitted by direct contact with infested animals and to a lesser degree by contact with items previously touched by infected animals.

Most cases of mange are manageable but require vigilance in surveillance, diagnosis and follow-through with treatment. Because at any given time during an infestation there are both eggs and live parasites present the eradication of both must be assured. It is important to consider Scabies in humans when presented with only some of the signs or symptoms, primarily pruritus (itching) and evidence of epidermal burrowing (the mite literally goes under the skin to create channels or paths). It generally takes 4-6 weeks following initial mite exposure to manifest the rash or otherwise become symptomatic.

Scabies can be treated with topical or oral therapies.

Topical treatments include:

1. 5% permethrin cream.
2. 1% lindane (gamma benzene hexachloride) lotion.
3. 6% precipitated sulfur in petrolatum
4. Crotamiton
5. Malathion
6. Allethrin spray
7. Benzyl benzoate.

Ivermectin, the only available oral treatment, is not approved for scabies in the US. Most authorities advocate using a scabicide several times, specifically once a week over a period of 2-3 weeks.

I would strongly advise you to seek medical evaluation and diagnosis of Scabies prior to embarking on any home remedy. Treatment should be under the guidance and prescription of a physician. The medical literature does not mention any known home remedy which is efficacious so treating this on your own means delaying an accurate diagnosis and also delaying correct treatment for your ailment.

The CDC has some excellent articles on this subject:

http://www.cdc.gov/search.do?queryText=scabies&searchButton.x=0&searchButton.y=0&action=search

Answer 2

Believe it or not, when our dogs (and we had many over the years) contracted some form of mange we would bath them with a medicated shampoo (wash their bedding and clean "their" sleep/eat areas with hot soapy water and bleach).....then use cotton balls soaked with a generous amount of undiluted Hydrogen Peroxide and swab the infected areas. Do this for about a week. Just don't let them lap up the solution. I swear this remedy works faster, and is considerably cheaper than vet prescribed meds.

Answer 3

WHO or WHAT has mange???? If its your pet then you need to take it to the VET and not rely on homemade treatments!!! Mange isnt something to mess around with cuz one of the types of mange can cause death!!

Answer 4

borax will just burn the skin already affected. suggest Pine Tar shampoo, available at most health food stores.