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Scabies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Asked by A.B. from Fayetteville
on July 26, 2008
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Oh my gosh you guys. My husband came home from a business trip covered in bug bites and I sent him to the doctor. It's scabies. I am freaking out big time. My daughter...
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- LOL, relax. It's scabies, not Ebola. I grew up in Hawaii so I'm used to it. Here's what you do...Wash everything in your house made out of cloth, i.e., clothes, sheets...
- I've had them. I know they are painful.
- Dogs won't get it and they say you can only contract it by: direct, prolonged, skin-to-skin contact with a person already infested with scabies. Contact generally mus...
Scabies??
Asked by T.C. from Minneapolis
on November 16, 2011
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Hi ladies, I have a 13 month old who had had a rash all over his back, belly, upper thigh, and forearms. Its had been there about a month. At first doc said she though...
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- I remember having scabies as a kid. It was very itchy and ugly. I think my brother and I only had it on our arms. I was freaked out because my mom said it was littl...
- Wow...in 25 years of daycare, I've never seen scabies. I've sometimes wanted to ask a parent to get their child tested for it. It's such a touchy thing to talk about...
- damn those things! my 2.5 year old daughter had it this summer...well, she probably had it during the spring too but i finally took her into a pediatric dermatologist...
Scabies....ugh!
Asked by L.J. from Columbus
on February 24, 2012
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I am so upset..I just took my daghter to the doctor because of a rash that I wasn't able to get rid of and was told she had scabies. I'm assuming maybe she picked it u...
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- You could also check with Franklin County Board of Health. They have a free clinic on Mondays, but keep in mind that you need to be prepared to spend several hours th...
- When my husband was sick, I went to the pharmacy and they told me his medicine was $80. I went straight out to the parking lot and called 3 other pharmacies to ask pr...
- When I was a teenager I was told I had this and nearly went crazy thinking I had some mite/bug in me but it wasn't that at all but was allergy rash from being allergic...
Scabies on My Kids.
Asked by M.D. from Houston
on May 25, 2009
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Moms PLEASE help me. I took my son to the doctor because he has some kind or little red spots on his body. And she said it was just a rash. Weeks later I took my son a...
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- II am so sorry ~ this sounds just awful. I would be at a Peoples Pharmacy as soon as you can get there. They will give you proper supplements to support the body's im...
- I believe scabies is the same as sarcoptic mange, which is actually caused by a tiny mite. You are right, it is going to take more than a cream because the mite has in...
- I am a vet technician and scabes or sarcoptic mange is very contagious. We see it in lots of stray dogs and some household pets. It can be transmitted to humans just b...
Anyone Else's Toddler Had Scabies?
Asked by D.R. from Cincinnati
on April 24, 2008
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Hello! My 20 month old has a case of scabies. Anyone know how long it lasts? Everyone in the house has now been treated with the prescription cream.
Thanks for...
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- You had some already fantastic advice, but I just thought I'd chime in that we had them as kids (got them from a sleepover at our place) so you're not alone. I know m...
- I just posted something similar about my son and it turns out he has scabies as well. We are getting ready to do the third round of cream and I have washed everything ...
- Hi , My boys brought those home from school. Was everything in hot water and after the second dose of cream they will be gone
Seeking Advice on Scabies Treatment
Asked by M.D. from San Francisco
on November 15, 2007
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Hello all! I am the mother of a wonderfully adorable 5 1/2 month old son, and work full time at a hospital. Unfortunately, I recently got scabies (an infection from ...
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- Visit NAET.com and learn about this procedure. NAET practitioners can treat infants BY PROXY (i.e., through you or your husband so long as child is in skin to skin co...
- Have you tried researching a homeopathic or alternative treatment for the baby, or even yourself? Here is a link I found about scabies and it lists a couple of differ...
- Been quite a while (I'm a gramma) but I did have a five year old contract scabies without it spreading to her sister or parents. I think your pedi is giving good adv...
Prevenative Treatment for Scabies
Asked by S.T. from Portland
on April 15, 2009
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Okay, this whole problem started back in December when my brother brought home scabies on accident. Since then it has been passed around my other family members and j...
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- I feel for you. Sometimes I get myself so worked up over these types of things, I start losing sleep and it is all I can think about. Try to start by putting it into...
- We had a scabies outbreak a couple of years ago from a playgroup member. They didn't know they were infected until a couple of days later when they showed symptoms and...
- Did the doctor suggest that you treat for scabies before your children have the symptoms of scabies? It's my understanding that the treatment for scabies does not pre...
Post-treatment of Scabies
Asked by C.T. from New York
on March 8, 2011
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Hi Moms-
So, I had posted about winter itch way back in mid-January. I thought all the itching I was experiencing was related to the pregnancy and really dry skin....
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- Have you told the dermatologist's receptionist that you have a new symptom and are concerned about your baby? Most medical clinics will give you advice, especially wh...
- you still have them especially if the blisters are trails that is where mine started hands and feet
- google CDC scabies information to get accurate info about removing them. Scabies is a public health risk, you could be passing it to other people in your life and th...
Ick!!
Asked by L.W. from Birmingham
on May 7, 2007
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Okay, this is so discusting, my husband has scabies!! I mean, my husband is not discusting, just the thought of little bugs is discusting. Anyway, my husband doesn't ...
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- I come from this with experiance with this. We had some puppies dropped of at our door step and well wouldn't you know it...there were three of us living there and we ...
- Good morning, Please go to this website, and it gives information on scabies...you and your husband should see a doctor to be diagnosed. How did you know it was sc...
- I understand,we got my little girl a potbellied pig for her birthday and I got itchie,thank God we do have insurance,the doc gave me plenty for the whole family and th...
Baby/toddler Rashes
Asked by C.K. from Springfield
on March 29, 2011
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My daughter is almost 2 and has had a rash going on for two months now. I have taken her to the doctor and even gotten second and third opinions. I'm at my wits end. W...
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- there can be tons of other things, not just the detergent. My son used to have tons of skin issues. It turned out being his baby shampoo. Even though we were using joh...
- could it simply be excema? my daughter has that (we're getting ready to try allergy testing to see if there is an allergic reaction causing it). to treat it we use e...
- These rashes are maddening because if it's an allergy, it can be caused by almost anything. Have you seen a dermatologist? They tend to be able to diagnose better th...
