Stefany is a college freshman. It is her first time away from home and living in the dorms of the college. She went to the college clinic with severe itching and redness in her groin, armpits, and between her fingers
a. What are scabies?
b. How can they be eradicated?
c. How do they spread?
Students' answers should include the following:
a. Scabies are tiny itch mites called Sarcoptes scabiei.
Fairly common skin disorder, not necessarily from poor hygiene
b. Scabicides are used to kill the mites and are also toxic to humans.
All items need to be cleaned, and articles unable to be cleaned need to be bagged; furniture needs to be vacuumed.
Itching may last 2 to 4 weeks after treatment.
c. Spread by skin-to-skin contact, rarely from contact with clothing and linen of the infected person
Intense itching, usually at night, when mites are the most active
Favorite areas include armpits, between fingers, waist, thighs, genitalia, breasts, groin, and buttocks and spread elsewhere.
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