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just dropped connor to school and there is a sign up that says there have been quite a few reprts of scabies from the kids in pre school!!
so can anyone tell me the signs of scabies and how i tresat them if he comes home with it!!!
Angeltigger
08-11-2005, 11:12
I found this but i don't know if it helps or not
What causes scabies?
Scabies is caused by a mite (a tiny insect). The female mite tunnels into the skin and lays eggs. The eggs hatch into mites after a few days.
How do you get scabies?
You need close skin-to-skin contact with an infected person to catch scabies. The mites live in skin but die after a short time if they are away from the skin.
Most cases are probably caught from holding hands with an infected person. The hand is the most common site to be first affected. Sleeping in the same bed, and sexual contact are other common ways of passing on the mite.
Sometimes outbreaks of scabies occur in nurseries or residential homes where people are in close contact.
What are the symptoms of scabies?
• Itch is often severe. Itchy skin tends to be in one area at first (often the hands), and then spreads to other parts of the body. The itch tends to be worse at night and after a hot bath.
• A rash usually appears soon after the itch starts. It is typically a blotchy red rash that can appear anywhere on the body. It is often most obvious on the inside of the thighs, parts of the abdomen, and the ankles.
• Mite tunnels (burrows) may be seen on the skin as fine, dark, or silvery lines about 2-10 mm long. The most common areas where they occur are the loose skin between the fingers, the front of wrists and elbows, the groin, armpits, under breasts, scrotum, and penis.
• Scratching sometimes causes slight skin damage. In some cases the damaged skin becomes infected by bacteria - a 'secondary' skin infection. Skin infected with bacteria becomes red, inflamed, hot and tender
The itch and rash of scabies are due to an allergy to the mites. These symptoms usually take 2-6 weeks to occur after you are infected (as the allergy develops). So you may not know that you are infected, and you may pass the mite on to others before you have any symptoms.
Some people believe that they are 'covered in mites'. This is usually not so. Commonly there are just a few mites on the skin. But, the allergy to mites can cause you to itch all over, and for a rash to appear in many parts of the body.
Who should be treated?
• The affected person AND...
• All household members and sleeping / sexual partners of the affected person - even if they have no symptoms. This is because it can take up to 6 weeks to develop symptoms after you become infected. Close contacts may be infected, but have no symptoms, and may pass on the mite.
Note: everyone who is treated should be treated at the same time
What is the treatment for scabies?
The usual treatment is a either a cream containing permethrin or a lotion containing malathion. These kill the mite. You can buy them from pharmacies. You can also get them on prescription. They are easy to apply and normally work well if used properly. Re-apply the same treatment seven days after the first application. This helps to make sure that all the mites are killed.
Follow the instructions on the packet. The following is a general guide giving tips for success.
• You need to treat all the skin of your body (including the back, soles of the feet, between fingers and toes, under fingernails, scalp, neck, face, ears, and genitals).
• An adult needs at least 30 g of cream or 100 ml of lotion to cover the whole body. So, for two applications you will need at least 60 g of cream or 200 ml of lotion per adult.
• A small paintbrush is a good way of applying a lotion (but use cotton wool for sensitive areas such as the penis). A water based lotion is preferable as alcohol based lotions may sting.
• Apply cream or lotion to cool dry skin (not after a hot bath).
• The cream or lotion should be left on for the full recommended time. Depending on which one you use, this may be between 8 and 24 hours.
• Children should stay off school until the first application of treatment has been completed
• If you wash your hands or any other part of your body during the treatment period, you should re-apply the cream or lotion to the washed areas.
• Clothes, towels, and bed linen should be machine washed (at 50 degree Celsius or above) after the first application of treatment. This is to prevent re-infestation and transmission to others. Items that cannot be washed can be kept in plastic bags for at least 72 hours to contain the mites until they die.
• Tell the pharmacist or doctor if treatment is for pregnant or breast feeding women, or babies under 6 months.
• Put mittens on babies to stop them licking the cream or lotion off their hands.
• Some people who develop a secondary skin infection may also need antibiotics
Note: you will still be itchy for a while after successful treatment
It is normal to take up to 2-3 weeks for the itch to go completely after the mites have been killed by treatment. A soothing cream such as crotamiton may help until the itch eases. An antihistamine medicine such as chlorpheniramine may also be useful to help you sleep if itching is a problem at night (particularly for children). A pharmacist can advise about these.
I am getting itchy just reading it..
:eek: Oh my - i feel quite ill reading this - I think its more to do with the "burrowing into the skin" bit that is :sick: Thanks for posting though Tig's cause I had no idea what they were. Hope Con doesn't get em Debs (or Ci or anyone elses little one for that matter!)
Angeltigger
08-11-2005, 13:27
So was it right as i just search it on google so i don't know if it right
i just had a quick look on nhs directs website and it says pretty much the same thing, so i think so Tigs
[QUOTE=Angeltigger]I found this but i don't know if it helps or not
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cheers tigs! found much the same on nhs direct! it made me feel very itchy readin it!!
:eek: Oh my - i feel quite ill reading this - I think its more to do with the "burrowing into the skin" bit that is :sick: Thanks for posting though Tig's cause I had no idea what they were. Hope Con doesn't get em Debs (or Ci or anyone elses little one for that matter!)
ive heard of scabies but thougt it was some old sailor disese!!!!!!! dave says he thinks im thinking about scurvy :rotfl:
yeah i thought that bit was horrid to i mean nits i can handle but things that burrow into me or my son no thankyou!!
i really hope he dosent either dave wants to keep him off school until it clears but i said that could be weeks!!
Angeltigger
08-11-2005, 14:38
Yeah- well glad i could help
Yeah- well glad i could help
you did ta!
Angeltigger
08-11-2005, 14:40
And i hope he don't get them
And i hope he don't get them
you and me both. i know it got nothing to do with being dirty but if he gets them ill feel like a right skank!!!!
you and me both. i know it got nothing to do with being dirty but if he gets them ill feel like a right skank!!!!
i know what you mean.. it is like nits.. they are only attracted to clean hair but you still feel like a skank if you or family gets them..
i know what you mean.. it is like nits.. they are only attracted to clean hair but you still feel like a skank if you or family gets them..
really we should be flattered if we get them shouldnt we!! i mean it owuld show we were really clean people and if he dosent get them does that mean we are dirty :rotfl:
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Angeltigger
08-11-2005, 14:45
Yeah when i first saw this thread i thought are they not Nits- so i went and checked it out
Its almost like the old "so and so's got coodies" rhyme isn't it - you only tend to associate it with dirty people....and like you say debs, if it takes up to 6 weeks for the symptoms to appear,.......
Its almost like the old "so and so's got coodies" rhyme isn't it - you only tend to associate it with dirty people....and like you say debs, if it takes up to 6 weeks for the symptoms to appear,.......
ill go mad if i get them!!!!!!ill be marching right off to preschool to find the child who bought them in :rotfl: :rotfl:
ok know i wont but i wont be best pleased
.:SpIcYsPy:.
08-11-2005, 17:45
I am getting itchy just reading it..
Same here :(
oh god thats grose and i thought nits were bad,which is worse? good luck debs hope conner doesnt get it!
ill go mad if i get them!!!!!!ill be marching right off to preschool to find the child who bought them in :rotfl: :rotfl:
ok know i wont but i wont be best pleasedWhat annoys me more than anything though (and the same goes for nits) is the parents that allow their children to go to pre-school and school knowing that their child has nits or scabies or what ever - you wouldn't send them knowing they had chicken pox or something like that so why send them when they have something like this - its not fair on the child if nothing else!!!
oh god thats grose and i thought nits were bad,which is worse? good luck debs hope conner doesnt get it!
i think the scabies have to got to bethe worst, never had them or known anyone who has but the whole burrowing thing grosses me out"!
i think the scabies have to got to bethe worst, never had them or known anyone who has but the whole burrowing thing grosses me out"!Reminds me of the Casualty episode a couple of weeks back when that worm burrowed out of the girls foot :sick:
What annoys me more than anything though (and the same goes for nits) is the parents that allow their children to go to pre-school and school knowing that their child has nits or scabies or what ever - you wouldn't send them knowing they had chicken pox or something like that so why send them when they have something like this - its not fair on the child if nothing else!!!
oh i hate parents like that i used to work in nurserys and there were so many parents who we would say that their child was scratcy and we could see things crawling and they woudl tell us they had treated it but actually hadnt!! why would you not treat your childs hair??
Reminds me of the Casualty episode a couple of weeks back when that worm burrowed out of the girls foot :sick:
:sick: oooh gross!
Angeltigger
09-11-2005, 09:40
Reminds me of the Casualty episode a couple of weeks back when that worm burrowed out of the girls foot :sick:
Yeah i watched that one i was nearlly throwing up
Yeah i watched that one i was nearlly throwing upIt was grim wasn't it - its just what "burrowing out" reminds me of - I so hope Con (or anyones elses children on here) gets it, as it sounds awful!!
Angeltigger
09-11-2005, 09:47
Yeah and those doctors just used her as a looking person who this happened & the just looked at it and went ewww. Yeah she threw the water than it come out and it was so long
lol yeah and then they started paying to have a look at it :rotfl:
Angeltigger
09-11-2005, 09:57
than that man nick her money. I sad about the girl who fall in the frezzer
RealityGap
09-11-2005, 10:07
I had scabies as a child - caught it from school - it isnt as bad as it sounds - just itchy - and easily treated with some cream, hoping that no-ones little ones get it - to be honest it was the embarasment of having them that was the worst part
I totally agree with everyone that I can't believe that parents send their kids to school knowing that their kids have these things.....some people!
I think that because I haven't come across them and have only just found out what it is, you picture these things wriggling away under your skin, which then makes it appear worse - like you say RG its more to do with the embarrassment of having them more than anything.
I know of parents that have sent their children to school absolutely infested with nits and have admitted to knowing that they are there, but said that as no-one else seems to clear their child prior to sending them to school, why should they!!! How bad is that! :angry:
RealityGap
09-11-2005, 10:21
I can't remember much about it - but i certainly dont have any scars from the scabies - I think that they are tiny and dont go very very deep below the skin
I think that it is so bad that parents have the attitude of no-one else cleans up their child why should I - will I tell you why - because it is your child and whether or not they are going to be incontact with anyone or not - they deserve you to treat their nits/scabies what ever - to make them feel better!
I can't remember much about it - but i certainly dont have any scars from the scabies - I think that they are tiny and dont go very very deep below the skin
I think that it is so bad that parents have the attitude of no-one else cleans up their child why should I - will I tell you why - because it is your child and whether or not they are going to be incontact with anyone or not - they deserve you to treat their nits/scabies what ever - to make them feel better!Exactly - to my mind its almost a kind of abuse - you know your child has them, you know your child is uncomfortable because of them etc etc, so how on earth can you allow your child to walk round without treating them. It infuriates me...
It was grim wasn't it - its just what "burrowing out" reminds me of - I so hope Con (or anyones elses children on here) gets it, as it sounds awful!!
LMAO did you forget a word or do you really want our kids to get scabies!!! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
[QUOTE=RealityGap]I can't remember much about it - but i certainly dont have any scars from the scabies - I think that they are tiny and dont go very very deep below the skin
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you just imagine these massive bugs burrowing away at your skin! and now im all itchy again. was all itchy last night dave was moaning at me!
:eek: :eek: OMG maybe I HAVE SCABIES ARGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH:eek: :eek:
:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
LMAO did you forget a word or do you really want our kids to get scabies!!! :rotfl: :eek: :eek: I AM SOOOOOO SORRY!!!! lmao - I missed out don't!!!!! Oh gawd, I think I am going to go into hibernation till he/she arrives!!!! :bow: Sorry everyone :D :D Love you all really!! :eek: :eek:
I had scabies as a child - caught it from school - it isnt as bad as it sounds - just itchy - and easily treated with some cream, hoping that no-ones little ones get it -
It that happens, hope it doesn't, try Benidryll.. it works fantastic.. I used it when Charley got chicken pox and with in 2 days no new spots came and the spot that were there dried up and left no scars.. all gone within 4 day of getting chicken pox...
:eek: :eek: I AM SOOOOOO SORRY!!!! lmao - I missed out don't!!!!! Oh gawd, I think I am going to go into hibernation till he/she arrives!!!! :bow: Sorry everyone Love you all really!! :eek: :eek:
:rotfl: lmao!
bless ya ems dont worry i knew what you meant!!!! :rotfl:
:rotfl: lmao!
bless ya ems dont worry i knew what you meant!!!! :rotfl::crying: :crying: Thanks honey *sniffling into a tissue* :rotfl:
Chloe O'brien
09-11-2005, 12:04
There was an outbreak of scabies at my nieces primary school a few years ago and it was a nightmare there was about 30 kids who got it my niece was one of them my sister had to have a separate towel and face cloth for her.
I think that it is disturbing that a lot of old dieseas are resurfacing 3 years ago my daughter Marley contracted scarlett fever from nursery and the teachers only though about informing the parents once there had been a comfirmed case and a suspected case of it reported I went ballistic because they waited so long to inform parents
There was an outbreak of scabies at my nieces primary school a few years ago and it was a nightmare there was about 30 kids who got it my niece was one of them my sister had to have a separate towel and face cloth for her.
I think that it is disturbing that a lot of old dieseas are resurfacing 3 years ago my daughter Marley contracted scarlett fever from nursery and the teachers only though about informing the parents once there had been a comfirmed case and a suspected case of it reported I went ballistic because they waited so long to inform parents
Have to say the play school I have my kids in report even suspected cases of all childhood illness. That way parents are prepared incase there is an outbreak and any child, even suspected, is not allowed to return to the playschool until they have a doctor's note saying they are clear...
Have to say the play school I have my kids in report even suspected cases of all childhood illness. That way parents are prepared incase there is an outbreak and any child, even suspected, is not allowed to return to the playschool until they have a doctor's note saying they are clear...My youngest's pre-school is the same - as soon as there is a suspected case of something, they let everyone know immediately etc
thats a really good policy to have
Angeltigger
09-11-2005, 16:01
Yeah as anything could happen, also i don't think it is right that parents don't check their children hair to see if they have nits or check their skin for Scabies, but they don't send their children if they have chickenpox or have a cold to school or nursery
lollymay
09-11-2005, 16:04
we have a menengitus sp? scare at school at the moment - two people have gone down with it
My youngest's pre-school is the same - as soon as there is a suspected case of something, they let everyone know immediately etc
yeha ours does the same as soon as a case of anything contagious is reported or noticed they put up a sign on the door so we all know!
Angeltigger
15-11-2005, 13:49
So how is it going Debs- hope he still not got them
nope nothing at the moment tigs thank god!!
thanks for asking
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