A patient who has scabies is treated with permethrin 5% cream. The patient calls the nurse 1 week after treatment to report continued intense itching. What will the nurse tell this patient?
a. "This is a hypersensitivity reaction to the permethrin."
b. "This is the body's normal response to the scabies mites."
c. "You will need a second treatment of the permethrin."
d. "You will need to take ivermectin to clear up the infestation."
B
Intense itching continues for a week or two following treatment with permethrin because the pa-tient's hypersensitivity reaction to the burrowed dead mites, feces, and eggs continues and itch-ing will continue until the body recovers. It is not a hypersensitivity reaction to the medication. Permethrin is effective in just one application. Ivermectin is not indicated.
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