Hello, Thank you for writing to Healthcare magic. I ve read through your concerns thoroughly and I could understand how uncomfortable you might feel right now. Given your symptoms I would think of Scabies as well. It is one among the common parasitic infection in the body. The bug generally spreads through contact with a person or a place that is infested by it. These bugs generally burrow through your skin s top layer and lays egg in the epidermis of your skin. The egg hatch and gives rise to even more bugs. The intense rash that your experience is due to the antigenic property of the eggs and the bugs crawling through your skin. Scabies is generally curable; however, you must remember to stay away from others and vacuum clean your home thoroughly especially your beds and pillows as they cans till have eggs or bugs. The treatment of choice would be Permethrin lotion. You must apply it from your neck and work it down your body. Allow it to dry in your skin for 8 to 14 hours after which you can bath. Sometimes oral drug Ivermectin is also prescribed. During the course of the treatment the rash might seem to be more reddish and vigorous however after 12 to 14 days you will be completely healed. You might even be prescribed cetrizine or other such anti histamines to decrease the itching. You should try to avoid intense itching. The intensity of itching will subside eventually when the bug no more lays egg and number of bugs decreases. Regards, Dr Manoj Pradeep MD