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What Causes Insect Bite Like Feeling On Skin?
I keep getting bit at night and I have had people come out to my house three times to see if we have bed bugs and each time they said no. Me and my father have ripped open my box springs and everything. I change my sheets more than often. I keep getting bit or welts or something. My mother says it s anxiety.
Wed, 28 Jan 2015
Hello,
I can understand your concern for insect bite like feeling on skin. It is evident from your details that both of you have got Scabies mite infection due to which you have insect bite like feeling on skin.
In my patients with your kind of problem I suggest them to apply a scabicidal cream such as Permethrin 5 % or gammabenzene hexachloride for once at night time below neck area. It should be applied by al the family members and should be applied simultaneously at one night. Iron all the clothes which you wear and expose all the linens and other belongings to the direct sunlight or can wash the belongings. For itching it is better to take an antihistamine such as loratadine can be given for once and cetrizine at night time. You can discuss further with a dermatologist.
Take care.
I can understand your concern for insect bite like feeling on skin. It is evident from your details that both of you have got Scabies mite infection due to which you have insect bite like feeling on skin.
In my patients with your kind of problem I suggest them to apply a scabicidal cream such as Permethrin 5 % or gammabenzene hexachloride for once at night time below neck area. It should be applied by al the family members and should be applied simultaneously at one night. Iron all the clothes which you wear and expose all the linens and other belongings to the direct sunlight or can wash the belongings. For itching it is better to take an antihistamine such as loratadine can be given for once and cetrizine at night time. You can discuss further with a dermatologist.
Take care.
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