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Dermatology (Expert Forum)
body sores that itch
Answered by
Alan Rockoff, MD - dermatology, Child Skin Problems
The Rockoff Dermatology Center
Brookline - MA
This forum is for questions regarding Dermatology issues, such as: skin rashes, acne, birthmarks, skin infections, rosacea, and general skin care.
Doctor's Answer
by Alan Rockoff, MD, Jun 22, 2001 12:00AM
, Jun 22, 2001 12:00AM
As long as you want to!
Seriously--scabies stay on the body until they are treated, causing itch which is more and more maddening, until sleep becomes impossible. This takes months.
If you treat scabies, the itch goes away in 7-10 days, but the scabies mites are dead by the next morning. Mites can only live off the body for an hour or so.
If you have been treated for scabies and you aren't better in 2 weeks, then the diagnosis needs to be reconsidered.
Best.
Dr. Rockoff
Seriously--scabies stay on the body until they are treated, causing itch which is more and more maddening, until sleep becomes impossible. This takes months.
If you treat scabies, the itch goes away in 7-10 days, but the scabies mites are dead by the next morning. Mites can only live off the body for an hour or so.
If you have been treated for scabies and you aren't better in 2 weeks, then the diagnosis needs to be reconsidered.
Best.
Dr. Rockoff
Member Comments (1)
by Kitty1224, May 10, 2008 07:02AM
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