We had a house guest last weekend (shared a bed). Called us later to tell us he just found out he had contracted scabies and apparently had them while at our house. 
. Nobody in our household has symtpoms of course- Went to doctor and got scrip for NIX lotion. What other options are there? What could I do to be proactive and prevention minded? I’d rather not get them at all…..
WASH everything that your guest could have possibly touched. Wash in HOT water twice if it would make you feel better.
I used to work as a teacher and contracted scabies from a child that was neglected and had very poor hygiene and scabies isn’t much fun.
I’m not sure if there is anything that a doctor could do as a preventive measure if you don’t show signs of it yet and you may not at all.
If you do start to show signs of it, do not scratch it and get to the doctor ASAP.
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Factoids on This Topic
- Many scabies medications prescription scabies remedies contain insecticides.
- Topical agents are generally effective in the management of extoparasites but are accompanied by sometimes-serious adverse effects, and resistance to several agents has been documented.
- Family members who display the signs and symptoms of Scabies should seek medical help on an early basis.
- The Scabies mite is extremely small and very hard to detect.
- Scabies can cause rash like symptoms and the toes the buttocks ankles knees genital organs and would produce and hence they are typically found that people are sensitive to get yourself from the itching and eventually i identified as Sarcoptes scabies rash on the playgrounds parks or hospitals nursing homes mental institutions are very exposed to acquiring scabies do not have a hard time visuallynorwegian scabies symptoms diagnose the condition.
- The key difference between the feel of scabies and other skin infestations is the relentless quality commonly associated with scabies symptoms.
- Because Ivermectin has not yet been approved by the Federal Drug Administration as a treatment for scabies in dogs, your vet will need your consent to prescribe it to your dog.
- Scabies causes misery and inconvenience to individuals due to the persistent itching that goes on even at night.
- The scabies mite usually is spread by direct, prolonged, skin-to-skin contact with a person who has scabies.