Scabies????
My friend and I went shopping yesterday, when she got to the mall after riding in my car, she decides to tell me that earlier in the day she went to the Doctor and was Diagnosed with SCABIES!!??!?! How likely am I to have caught this from just being around her yesterday and two days before?
2007-09-19 01:12:53 · 3 answers · asked by Littlemiss Me 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Skin Conditions
You need close skin-to-skin contact with an infected person to catch scabies. The mites live in skin but die after a short time if they are away from the skin.
Most cases are probably caught from holding hands with an infected person. The hand is the most common site to be first affected. Sleeping in the same bed, and sexual contact are other common ways of passing on the mite.
Sometimes outbreaks of scabies occur in nurseries or residential homes where people are in close contact.
2007-09-19 01:41:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Has she been treated? Hopefully, she has been. I know from experience that even after treatment, you can continue to itch for a few weeks. Untreated scabies is pretty easily spread.
2016-05-18 03:56:38 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not likely as its cause is a vitamin lack~~
2007-09-19 01:21:02 · answer #3 · answered by burning brightly 7 · 0⤊ 5⤋