About Scabies

Scabies |
History (must need to know)
▪Patients with scabies complain of unremitting itching, an inability to stop scratching, even while being examined.
▪It is uncommon for scabies to present in just one member of a family.
▪Usually, several other members of the family, usually with close contact, especially bed partners, will also be symptomatic.
▪Nodular lesions take the longest to heal or completely resolve.
▪Crusted scabies (thousands of mites) may be the source of epidemic scabies or seen in institutionalized patients.
▪Persistent itching after adequate treatment is due to a prolonged allergic response.

Skin findings:

A linear or curved burrow is the classic lesion of scabies; it is a linear, curved, or S-shaped slightly elevated vesicle or papule up to 1–2 mm wide.