Scabies
Scabies (the itch) is usually passed on through intensive physical contact. You can also get it by sleeping in the bed of a person who has scabies, or by wearing their clothes.
Scabies is treated with a cream or a gel. Bed linen, bath towels and clothes must be washed as well. The dead scabies mites can continue to cause itching for a while after the treatment. The itch can even continue for a few weeks.
It is important that your partners and any other persons with whom you share a bed or clothes are also treated. Even if they have no complaints, they may still have been infected.
Scabies is caused by the scabies mite, a tiny crab-like arachnid that shows up well under a microscope. The females burrow into the skin and lay their eggs there. The eggs hatch after three or four days. Although scabies causes terrific itching, it is not a serious condition.
