How is scabies caused?

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How Scabies Caused: Scabies is a common clinical disease, caused by scabies mites in the human surface skin layer of contact infectious skin disease. Can be transmitted between families and collective units, is full of scabies by direct contact or indirect contact between clothing, but also including sexual contact infection. Scabies is a contact infection, in collective dormitories, family easily epidemic. Shared beds, shared quilts, shared towels, and even handshakes can be contagious. Scabies skin lesions persist and often show secondary infections such as scratches, blood scabs, punctate pigmentation, eczematous changes, and pustules. Some patients show pale or reddish brown, mung bean sprouts, or soybean sprouts on the scrotum, penis, and anus. Severe itching is called scabies nodules. In the process of treatment, we must prevent patients from contacting close family members and friends, and also prevent sharing public hygiene products with others to prevent cross infection. Scabies treatment is mainly based on drugs, treatment purposes are mainly insecticide, itching, treatment complications, etc. Patients with scabies must pay attention to hygiene, can not share washing products with others, can not share bath towels, bath, slippers, towels, etc.

How is scabies caused?



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