Articles for tag: Mites, Scabies

Scabies- Mighty Mites That Can Cause Severe Itching

Scabies is an infectious skin disease caused by a particular species of mite. Scabies mites will burrow into the skin, and precipitate relentless and awful itching. Scabies can be spread from person to person and through contact with clothing, towels, and bedding. Scabies is common worldwide and can affect anyone. Treated with medicated lotions, scabies ...

Effective and All Natural Treatment of the Scabies Rash

After being diagnosed with the skin rash scabies, the odds are the primary care physician will prescribe a medication that will need to be obtained through a pharmacy. Many of these pharmaceutical grade creams are highly effective but are accompanied with serious warnings of toxicity. There use is limited to the prescribed amount and they ...

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Sarcoptic Mange in Dogs: Symptoms and Treatment

Sarcoptic mange, also known as scabies, is a highly contagious disease cause by microscopic mites, Sarcoptes scabiei. The parasite commonly affects young dogs and dog with poor nutrition, but can affect healthy dogs who are exposed to the mites. Just a few mites can cause severe itching. The male mites live on the surface of ...

How to Manage the Real Seven Year Itch

For most people the Seven year itch is an intriguing term- denoting an almost immoral urge to stray out in search of clandestine extra marital affairs. The seven year itch as the pseudonym for infidelity got its share of fame after the release of the 1955 blockbuster film starring Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell. The ...

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Parasites of the Skin and Their Infestation

Another case of parasites are parasitic skin infections. This is where normal parasites that find ways into the skin and to live and lay their eggs. The infections are ring worms, scabies, and skin lice and bed bugs. Scabies is the infestation of tiny little insects burrowing themselves in the skin and that causes itching, ...

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Common Skin Diseases in Children: From Ringworm to Scabies

The following are four childhood skin diseases that are rather common. As always check with your doctor when dealing with these conditions. According to the http://medlineplus.gov/ and http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/index.html, these diseases, while uncomfortable, are usually not life threatening. Hand-foot-mouth disease: (not related to foot (hoof) and mouth in animals. This childhood skin disease appears suddenly and ...

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Homemade Treatments for Scabies

Scabies is a skin infection that’s caused by the parasite, “Variety Hominis.” The word “scabies” is Latin, and it means “itch.” Itching is the main symptom of this infection. Scabies also causes a red rash of bumps that look like pimples to appear on your skin. You may be able to see tiny burrows in ...

Nix, Lindane and the Treament of Head Lice

Dangerous drugs are being sold over the counter and in prescription forms. How are we as a society able to trust these medications? What type of side effects are OK to live with, and which are dangerous? Head lice and scabies are common yet are treated with pesticides. Scabies and head lice are popular medical ...

Pompholyx Eczema: Bumps on Fingers

Every now and then, I get small itchy bumps on the sides of my fingers. They probably aren’t noticeable to other people, and I only notice them when they start to itch. The bumps on my fingers will sometimes weep a clear liquid if I scratch them too hard, and eventually the skin over the ...

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Scabies Treatment with Homeopathy

What is Scabies? Scabies is a contagious eruption of the skin. The breakout comprises small pointed vesicle. It initially appears between the fingers, on the wrists, feet, male genitalia, inside the joints, and on such parts of the body where the texture of the skin is thin. Gradually it spreads all over the body surface, ...