Scabies Treatment by Punarnav Ayurveda Kota

What is scabies?

Scabies is a skin condition that is caused by a small mite (Sarcoptes scabie). It is contagious. It is caused when the mite associates itself with the human skin and lays eggs which hatch to form adult mites. As such the symptoms lasts for months or even years. It causes severe itching. It spreads through physical contact.

Symptoms

It takes around 2-6 weeks for symptoms to appear after getting infested. Common symptoms include

• Intense itching especially during nights
• Lesions or blisters or insect bites
• Skin Rashes
• Skin becomes red, dry and swollen

Causes

• Physical Contact or skin to skin Contac

There are approximately 130 million Trusted Source cases in the world at any given time. While it’s a highly contagious condition that can easily be passed from one person to another through direct skin contact, scabies isn’t
a sexually transmitted disease.

The infestation of mites may also be transmitted through infested clothing or bedding. Intimate contact isn’t necessary.

Although scabies can be bothersome, they can usually be eliminated effectively. Treatment can often consists of medications that kill scabies mites and their eggs. Since scabies is so contagious and doctors will usually recommend treatment for an entire
group of people who are in frequently contact with a person who has scabies.

Recognizing scabies bites and the distinctive red rash can help you find treatment faster.

What does scabies look like?

Infestation of the skin by the human itch mite. The initial symptom are red, raised bumps that are intensely itchy. A magnifying glass will reveal short, wavy lines of red skin, which are the burrows made by the mites.

They may also be accompanied by “burrows,” or thin gray, brown, or red lines that radiate from the bumps. They may be hard to see, and can look like scratch marks

Is scabies contagious?

It can be spread in the following ways:

• skin-to-skin
  contact, such as holding hands
• Intimate
  personal contact, like as having sexual intercourse
• sharing
  clothing, bedding, or towels that have been used by someone with a scabies
  infection

Since scabies is mostly
transmitted through direct physical contact, the infestation can easily be
passed on to family members, friends, and sexual partners. The infestation may
also spread quickly in:

• schools
• Colleges
• nursing homes
• rehab facilities
• sports locker
  rooms
• prisons

Symptoms

It takes around 2-6 weeks for symptoms to
appear after getting infested. Common symptoms include

• Intense itching especially during nights
• Lesions or blisters or insect bites
• Skin Rashes
• Skin becomes red, dry and swollen

Causes

• Physical Contact or skin to skin Contact

What should you not eat when you have scabies?

The only way to keep away
is to avoid prolonged, direct skin-to-skin
contact with a person who has them. But You also
want to avoid touching items, like bedding or
clothing, that the person has used to be . If you, or
someone in your home, has scabies or has been
exposed to it, seek treatment right away

Does hot water kill scabies?

Scabies mites can die when exposed to high heat. To kill scabies mites on items such as bedding, clothing, and towels: Machine-wash the items using hot water and dry them in a clothes dryer using the hot cycle for at least 20 minutes

Treatment

Punarnav ayurveda skin center presents perfect solution through special ayurveda treatments