SCABIES

skāˈbēz, highly contagious parasitic skin disease caused by the itch mite (Sarcoptes scabiei). The disease is also known as itch. It is acquired through close contact with an infested individual or contaminated clothing and is most prevalent among those living in crowded and unhygienic conditions. The female mite burrows her way into the skin, depositing eggs along the tunnel. The larvae hatch in several days and find their way into the hair follicles. Itching is most intense at night because of the nocturnal activity of the parasites. Aside from the burrows, which are usually clearly visible, there are a variety of skin lesions, many of them brought on by scratching and infection. All clothing and bedding of the victim and his household should be disinfected. Disinfestation of the skin is accomplished by applying creams or ointments containing gamma benzene hexachloride or benzyl benzoate. A variety of S. scabiei causes mange in animals.

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Encyclopedia of Family Health - Vol. 13
Includes: Psychotherapy - Scans
Book by David B. Jacoby, Robert M. Youngson; Marshall Cavendish, 2005
Subjects: Health--Encyclopedias, Medicine, Popular--Encyclopedias
Scabies I had scabies and used a prescribed lotion, but I still have a very itchy rash. What should I do? The irritation from scabies may take a week or two to subside. Some of the allergic symptoms may...
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Ecological Interactions and Biological Control
Book by David A. Andow, David W. Ragsdale, Robert F. Nyvall; Westview Press, 1997
Subjects: Pests--Biological Control--Congresses, Pests--Ecology--Congresses
...Population dynamics of Streptomyces scabies and other actinomycetes as related to...and population dynamics of Streptomyces scabies". American Potato Journal 68:515...96. _____. 1989b. "Streptomyces scabies sp. nov., nom. rev." International...
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The Handbook of International Adoption Medicine: A Guide for Physicians, Parents, and Providers
Book by Laurie C. Miller; Oxford University Press, 2005
Subjects: Adopted Children--Diseases--United States, Adopted Children--Health And Hygiene--United States, Adopted Children--Medical Care--United States, Intercountry Adoption, Interracial Adoption
child has been home for some time. Scabies should be strongly suspected in any new arrival with...eradicated. Infantile acropustulosis sometimes appears after scabies. Diagnosis of scabies by skin scraping is sometimes difficult (Table 22...
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Encyclopedia of Relationships across the Lifespan
Book by Jeffrey S. Turner; Greenwood Press, 1996
Subjects: Developmental Psychology--Encyclopedias, Interpersonal Relations--Encyclopedias, Social Interaction--Encyclopedias
...spread by sexual contact or infected objects such as clothes, bed linens, and towels. Scabies and pubic lice are examples of parasitic diseases. Scabies. Scabies is a highly contagious parasitic disease caused by an organism called a mite. The...
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Renaissance England's Chief Rabbi: John Selden
Book by Jason P. Rosenblatt; Oxford University Press, 2006
Subjects: Great Britain--Intellectual Life--17th Century, Jewish Learning And Scholarship--England--History--17th Century, Judaism--England--History--17th Century, Selden, John--1584-1654--Influence
...Greek matters to the Hebrew; the Scabbado scabies, scabby skin infection ofwhich affectation...proselyte is as annoying as an abscess or scabies to an Israelite, as it is stated in scripture...they shall cleave, like an abscess or scabies, to the house of Jacob."56 There are...
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A Gallic Affair: the Case of the Missing Itch-mite in French Medicine in the Early Nineteenth Century
Journal article by Daniele Ghesquier; Medical History, Vol. 43, 1999
Subjects: J C Galès
...antiquity.8 It was classified as a "scabies", a name signifying "rough skin" which...all diseases which made the skin rough (scabies), and the mite was found in only some...tend to think that the "itch", called scabies by Latins, and described as a contagious...
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Hospitalization: a Contentious Issue for Patients and Health Funds in Baden, 1893-1914
Journal article by Sylvelyn Hähner-Rombach; Medical History, Vol. 48, 2004
...had the misfortune to be assigned to the scabies ward, It was very embarrassing to be treated like a scabies patient, which, as the family doctor...employment. Third, certain illnesses such as scabies still stigmatized the patient (it was...
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Last Call for Lindane
Journal article by Bob Weinhold; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 109, 2001
...based products used to treat lice and scabies. Many groups lobbied heavily to have...pesticide for killing lice and treating scabies when used according to the labeled instructions...used in products that target lice and scabies. To help reduce all pesticide exposures...
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In Comparison: A Study of the Competence of Nurses and Physicians in Primary Care Practice
Journal article by Abdallah Mangoud, Adnan A. Albar, Sameeh Al-Almaei, Mohammed Hanif; International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 23, 2000
Subjects: Nurse practitioners--Evaluation, Refugees--Care and treatment
...well as infectious skin diseases like scabies, pediculosis and impetigo). There were...cases of diarrhea, three patients with scabies, one chicken pox, and 2 Tinea capitis...or 11 cases were found to have infected scabies lesions, whereas the rest ranged from...
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Protocols: Devices for Translating Moralities, Controlling Knowledge, Defining Actors in Indigenous Research, and Critical Ethical Reflection
Journal article by Margaret Raven; Australian Aboriginal Studies, Vol. 2010, 2010
Subjects: Actors, Actresses
...variety of Indigenous plants and discovered a property which could assist in the fight against scabies. The plants targeted were known to have scabies-fighting properties through knowledge gained from Indigenous people. The researcher withholds...
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The Scourge of Scabies: Some Ways to Treat It
Magazine article by Sandra Levy; Drug Topics, Vol. 144, November 20, 2000
Subjects: Health care, Hygiene, Parasites, Skin, United States
The Scourge of Scabies: Some Ways to Treat It by Sandra Levy You hear a lot about lice outbreaks when school starts. Less well known are scabies attacks. Scabies is an infestation caused by Sarcoptes scabiei, a tiny mite that...
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How to Prevent Mad Cow Disease
Magazine article by Fintan Dunne, Baffour Ankomah; New African, April 2001
Subjects: Agricultural industry--United Kingdom, Bovine spongiform encephalopathy--Prevention, Insecticides--Health aspects, United Kingdom--Agricultural policy
...greater concern is that some lotions for scabies and head lice contain these organophosphates...humans. Preparations for head lice and scabies are known to be overused in practice and...cattle. And Africans using lotions for scabies and head lice containing these organophosphates...
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Doctoring "down Under"
Magazine article by Robert C. Bradley; Medical Economics, Vol. 76, November 22, 1999
...related ailments. I drained abscesses daily. Norwegian scabies with secondary infections was endemic. There was, however...station for a half-- hour each week to discuss how to avoid scabies, treat diabetes, and recognize heart attacks, as well as...
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A Humane Society at Large
Magazine article by S. Eben Kirksey; The Humanist, Vol. 58, May-June 1998
Subjects: Charities--Ethical aspects, Missions (Religion)--Ethical aspects, Missions--Ethical aspects
...of efficiency, the nurse rapidly diagnosed such things as scabies and pinkeye and checked the box on the form, for the appropriate...whole island with lindane, a prescription drug used to treat scabies. Known under the trade name of Kwell, this strong insecticide...
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CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE - Warfare Is Only One of Many Threats Driving the World's Great Apes toward Extinction
Magazine article by Aliette K. Frank; National Wildlife, August 2002
Subjects: Africa--Environmental aspects, Apes--Protection, Southeast Asia--Environmental aspects, Warfare, Primitive--Environmental aspects
...and measles. In Ugandas Bwindi, gorillas have suffered from scabies. And over the past decade, the number of Bwindis mountain...favor the spread of hepatitis A and B, herpes simplex, scabies, intestinal worms, coxsackie viruses and salmonella--all...
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Should I Worry about Scabies? HEALTHMATTERS YOUR MEDICAL QUERIES ANSWERED
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), July 29, 2010
Subjects: Scabies--Personal narratives
Should I Worry about Scabies? HEALTHMATTERS YOUR MEDICAL QUERIES ANSWERED...advised us that he has been diagnosed with scabies and is undergoing treatment. If Im honest, Im not entirely sure what scabies is and how I might be affected having worked...
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SCABIES IN SCHOOLS; Parents Warned after Outbreak of Burrowing Mite
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), September 30, 2010
Subjects: Scabies, Schools
SCABIES IN SCHOOLS; Parents Warned after Outbreak of Burrowing Mite. Byline: DAVID POWELL A SCABIES outbreak has hit pupils at two schools...Anglesey. The skin condition, caused by the scabies mite, has struck down children in Holyhead...
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Scabies Outbreak at Home; RELATIVES ARE ASKED NOT TO VISIT OLD FOLK
Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), September 21, 2009
Subjects: Scabies
Scabies Outbreak at Home; RELATIVES ARE ASKED...VULNERABLE old folk are at risk of catching scabies after an outbreak at a nursing home. St...relatives while the outbreak is treated. Scabies is a contagious skin condition caused by...
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Scabies on Ward
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), May 29, 2008
Subjects: Scabies
Scabies on Ward. A HOSPITAL ward has been closed to new patients because of an outbreak of scabies. Three patients and 16 staff at Glasgows Stobhill Hospital have been diagnosed with the contagious skin condition. People who have come into close...
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Yacht Wife Held by Pirates 'Is Suffering from Scabies'
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), March 7, 2010
Subjects: Pirates, Scabies
...Wife Held by Pirates Is Suffering from Scabies. A BRITISH woman who has been kidnapped...pirates is believed to be suffering from scabies. Rachel Chandler, 56, has developed...on her arms and legs which looked like scabies. She was scratching a lot. She was being...
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encyclopedia articles on: Scabies  - 5 results

 
 
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Scabies
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SCABIES ska bez, highly contagious parasitic skin disease caused by the itch mite ( Sarcoptes scabiei ). The disease is also known as...
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Mite
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...plants and is destructive to crops. Many mites are parasitic on other arthropods, on mollusks, or on vertebrates. Mange and scabies mites lay their eggs in the skin and cause irritation in humans and fur-bearing animals. Other species are parasitic on...
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Sexually Transmitted Disease
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and human papillomavirus . Other diseases or infestations that can be transmitted sexually include giardiasis , amebiasis, scabies , pubic "crab" lice (see louse ), hepatitis (A, B, and C), group B streptococcal infections (see streptococcus...
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Mange
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...follicles, or sweat glands. This leads to chronic skin inflammation and loss of hair. Sarcoptic mange, also called scab or scabies, produces intense irritation. Treatment of infected animals consists of repeated dipping (see dip ) or spraying with insecticides...
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Teasel
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...flower (for its head of small, lacy flowers) includes several ornamentals and was formerly used as a remedy for the itch (scabies). Fullers teasel ( D. fullonum ) is a noxious biennial weed whose heads of small flowers bear sharp prongs have been used...


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