What is a scabbie? Or scabby? The disease?

Question

Is it spelled scabby or scabbie or wat? plz tell me all the info u know about it! i know a kid who got it and well... HELP! i know it is a disease where like a bug gets into ur skin or something and very contagious. plz help me!

Answer 1

Ugh! I worked with kids, this is the worst thing!

Scabbies are mites (microscopic bugs) that dig burrows in your skin, lay eggs which hatch and spread more itchy red bumps.

Do NOT touch this person or share clothes or go into this person's home until they get rid of the mites. You can stand by them, just don't touch them. Scabbies are SUPER contagious!

If you get a rash, this is what you do:

1. Don't itch it, you will spread the mites

2. Go to the doctor right away

3. The doctor will give you a cream to put all over your body, head to toe over night. Then you wash it off in the morning.

4. Before you apply the cream, wash ALL of your clothes, sheets, and pillows in HOT water with laundry soap

5. Sleep in new, clean sheet that you wash again 2 days later.

6. Bag everything you can that has cloth (even chairs), so that the bugs suffocate. They can't live more than 4 days without a host.

Don't get them!

Answer 2

skin lice. I believe it is spelled scabie. You are right, it is very contagious.  

Answer 3

Scabbies is an infection caused by a microscopic mite that burrows under the skin and causes intense itching that is usually worst at night.  You cannot see the mites, but you might notice their burrows, which show up as tiny red marks, usually on the skin between your fingers.  

Scabies is contagious, but requires close and prolonged contact.  If you have symptoms, see your doctor - they are easily treated.  Any infected clothing, bedding or towels should be laundered with soap and hot water.

Answer 4

Scabies is an infestation of the skin with the microscopic mite Sarcoptes scabei. Infestation is common, found worldwide, and affects people of all races and social classes. Scabies spreads rapidly under crowded conditions where there is frequent skin-to-skin contact between people, such as in hospitals, institutions, child-care facilities, and nursing homes.

Pimple-like irritations, burrows or rash of the skin, especially the webbing between the fingers; the skin folds on the wrist, elbow, or knee; the p***s, the breast, or shoulder blades.

Intense itching, especially at night and over most of the body.

Sores on the body caused by scratching. These sores can sometimes become infected with bacteria.

Treatment-

Several creams or lotions that are available by prescription are FDA-approved to treat scabies. Always follow the directions provided by your physician or the directions on the package label or insert. Apply the medication to a clean body from the neck down to the toes. After leaving the medication on the body for the recommended time, take a bath or shower to wash off the cream or lotion. Put on clean clothes. All clothes, bedding, and towels used by the infested person during the 3 days before treatment should be washed in hot water and dried in a hot dryer. A second treatment of the body with the same cream or lotion may be necessary. Pregnant women and children are often treated with milder scabies medications such as 5% permethrin cream.

Info got from the CDC's website