Once your symptoms and clinical history are analyzed, your doctor will perform a physical examination to identify the characteristic signs of scabies. When locating the lesions, they will take a sample to be analyzed under the microscope and identify if there are mites or eggs.
Once scabies has been confirmed, and according to the degree of infestation and the affected areas, the treatment to be followed will be established, which consists mainly of:
- Application of topical cream medications to be applied throughout the body, even in areas free of lesions.
- Antihistamines to calm itching.
- Antibiotics if bacterial infections have developed in the affected areas.
- Disinfection of clothes, towels, sheets, and personal items.
If there is no response to these medications or they cause any adverse reaction, your doctor may prescribe sulfur with petroleum jelly.
It is important to mention that sometimes the lesions can disappear, but the infection continues, so it is necessary to repeat the treatment.
It is likely that after treatment you will continue to feel itchy all over your body for some time, so it is recommended that you:
- Apply cold wet cloths to the parts where you feel the itch.
- Apply calamine lotion to reduce the effects of skin irritation.
As it is a highly contagious disease, it is recommended that when there is someone sick at home, the whole family follows the same treatment.
At the ABC Medical Center Internal Medicine Department we offer health care services with the highest quality and safety, from prevention, diagnosis, timely treatment, and monitoring of infectious, respiratory, endocrinological, dermatological, rheumatic, nephrological, gastrointestinal, and hematological pathologies, of chronic-degenerative diseases and acute conditions, through a comprehensive and multidisciplinary model.
