Scabies is a very unpleasantskin disease. As the pathogen is a special scabies mite. Getting on the surface of human skin, he immediately begins to fertilize. After that, the females make holes in the skin of a relatively small size, where they lay their eggs. Today, child scabies is diagnosed very often. What is this ailment?
In fact, pick up this tick is very simple.As a source of infection, as a rule, sick people themselves or household items with which they had contact (towels, shoes, bedding, door handles, etc.). In kindergarten, as you know, it is very easy to pick up a tick, especially if the parents did not isolate the sick child. That is why child scabies is diagnosed so often.
Priority signs
As a rule, small patients begincomplain of severe pruritus. It occurs after approximately 30 days from the time of infection. This allergic reaction is caused by the penetration of the mite into the skin. In addition, the child has scabies in the form of small bubbles, as well as dry cracks all over the body. This kind of skin changes are the body's response to the vital activity of the main pathogen.
According to experts, in patients with childrenage the course of this disease is somewhat harder compared to adults. The fact is that often the defeat of the tick is observed on the entire surface of the skin, including the scalp. It is noteworthy that scabies in children up to a year captures even the nail plate. So, they gradually thicken, become loose, and subsequently even crack.
Diagnostics
In order to determine the true diagnosis,The primary symptoms described above in this article are usually insufficient. Accurate diagnosis, according to experts, requires the detection of the female pathogen itself. In this case, the doctor takes a scraping of the affected area, and then examines it in detail under a microscope.
After conducting all laboratory studies andconfirmation of the diagnosis prescribed therapy. Note that, as a rule, it is complex. The doctor prescribes, based on the possible individual characteristics of the health of a small patient, special medications (ointments, gels, etc.), which, according to the instructions, should be processed throughout the body. This procedure is recommended in the evening, it is better before bedtime.
Useful recommendations
If a child has been diagnosed with scabies,prophylactic treatment must necessarily go through and parents, as well as all patients who are directly found in the outbreak (in kindergarten, school, etc.). In addition, for the entire period of therapy is not allowed to bathe and change bed linen. The change should occur before treatment and after it. Be healthy!
