Scabies Skin Infection in an Eleven Years Old Girl!!
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A girl aged 11 years old had the chief complaint of discomfort of full body itchiness since two weeks ago. According to her mother, this itchiness started from her fingers first which widespread in more numbers and different sizes to her wrist, armpits and back within the time frame of one week. She also complained of itchiness in her lower extremities, which mainly appeared in between her toes and knees. The girl experienced such for the first time and had never consulted to a doctor before assuming it would disappear by itself.
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@moucheta Scabies is a highly contagious skin infestation caused by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei var hominis, which is said to eventually burrow between two layers of the skin, known as the spinous and corneal layer, feed on intercellular fluid, they shelter well under the horny material. Scabies is a skin disease that equally infect all age group and races. In that case, this patient’s age and race doesn’t play a significant role in getting infected by the mite. In general, scabies patient always come with the main complaint of intense body itchiness . Predilections for scabies are such as skin folds as the mite likes warm places like fingers, wrist, elbow, armpit, back, abdomen, genital parts, knee and toes