This mite is a mere 0.4 mm and it burrows into the skin specially affecting the webbing between the hands, the folds of skin on the wrist, elbow, or knee and the nether regions, breasts or even shoulder blades. The female scabies mite is specially attracted to body warmth and odour and is known to hide under or on any jewellery or even under nails. Though the mites do not survive for very long without a host, the female mite is known to survive for up to a month.
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The scabies symptoms are scabies rash which are pimple-like irritations, nodular bumps or rash of the skin and may spread even in places where the burrowing has not occurred as the mite’s secretions cause itchiness. These are responsible for excessive itching and irritation of the skin, which especially increases at night-time and spreads throughout the body. The constant scratching causes sores on the body and these sores may ooze or become infected and be a breeding ground for bacteria. In more advanced cases, the skin starts to look crusty and develops scales.
The telltale burrows can also be seen, especially close to the wrists and a doctor may manage to remove a mite by observing a burrowed area under magnification. The female mite also lays eggs under the surface of the skin which hatch within a couple of days and begin to move and soon develop into more harmful mites. This mite does not normally affect the neck and head regions though it may prey upon the soft tissue in these regions in infants.
For a person who has never been infected before these symptoms may manifest after a long period of 4-6 weeks. A previously infected person shows more immediate reactions and may begin to itch severely within a couple of days; a treatment done once does not guarantee immunity.
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