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Suggest Treatment For Scabies That Are Spreading
my teenage daughter got a rash that started in her inner thigh area, it spread to the rest of her body, the doctor said it was probably scabies and prescribed her the medicine that you put on all over your body and then wash off the next morning. that didn't help, 3 other people in the house are now having the same symptoms. Is this scabies? what can we do? The itch is so unbearable, especially at night!
Tue, 14 Nov 2017
hi there.
1. your daughter concern is scabies most probably
2. its a highly contagious infection due to mites.
3. here all family members need to be treated at a time, to prevent cross infection.
4. you can try permethrin 5% cream of any brand, apply all over the body from neck to toe single application, leave it for 12 hours and wash off in the next day after 12 hours.
5. every family member of the house need to use the cream at a time.
6. usually infection subsides within a day but itching takes around 10 days to subside.
for relieving itching you can try any levocetrizine 5mg tab daily bed time.
this will help you
1. your daughter concern is scabies most probably
2. its a highly contagious infection due to mites.
3. here all family members need to be treated at a time, to prevent cross infection.
4. you can try permethrin 5% cream of any brand, apply all over the body from neck to toe single application, leave it for 12 hours and wash off in the next day after 12 hours.
5. every family member of the house need to use the cream at a time.
6. usually infection subsides within a day but itching takes around 10 days to subside.
for relieving itching you can try any levocetrizine 5mg tab daily bed time.
this will help you
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