Scabies is a quite common skin disease that occurs mostly in children but often adults are also not spared from it. This parasitic infection causes severe itching over the skin and there is a constant urge to scratch throughout the day turning worse during the night. This occurs in between the fingers, armpits, around the waist, around the breasts, lower abdomen, inner elbows, male genitals, wrists and the lesions appear as red patches or as fine lines on the surface of the skin. Children find a trying time to tackle the frequent bouts of itching due to scabies infestation that lasts for couple of weeks.
Causes
Scabies is caused when small burrowing mites known as Sarcoptes scabiei make burrows in the skin and lays eggs. Whenever such reaction occurs with the skin it is accompanied by the severe itching. The eggs need 21 days to mature and after that, more mites cause this reaction spreading the infection and the discomfort. Scabies is highly contagious and close physical contact with any infected person rapidly spreads the infection. A person can contact this disease through towels, hotel beds and other unhygienic conditions. Sometimes this infection can spread through pets also.
Natural Remedies
Doctors are ready to prescribe anti allergic pills and antibiotics, but the side effect that accompanies along with the cost adds many woes to the existing ones. Natural remedies on the other hand are much more effective in eliminating the root cause.
1. Washing the affected area with water boiled with neem leaves cures scabies, as Neem has antibacterial properties.
2. Onion juice mixed with sea salt if applied on the affected parts reduces itching.
3. Avoiding the use of perfumed soaps prevents further infection.
4. Children should be given light diet and fresh juicy fruits.
5. Margosa oil if massaged gently on the affected areas reduces itching and kills the scabies mites because of its anti bacterial and anti fungal properties.
6. Menthol present in ginger, mint, peppermint due to its cooling reduces scabies infection producing a soothing effect on the skin.
7. Aloe Vera oil also soothes the skin and reduces the scabies.
8. Mixture of pure lavender oil and alcohol if added in substantial amounts kills the scabies mites reducing the infection.
Having regular baths 2-3 times a day is essential to keep the body clean to prevent further infection. Daily washing of bed sheets, towels and ironing must be done to kill the mites. And when in hotel one must make sure of the cleanliness of beds and towels and the overall hygienic conditions.
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