Scabies Pruritus

Scabies is one of the most common skin diseases caused by the parasitic mite Sarcoptes scabiei. Scabies affects approximately 25% of the world's population, mainly young people 20-40 years old, more often in warm countries. Infants and elderly people get sick less, pregnant women have immunity from infection due to primary invasion during the period of intrauterine development or before birth. The favorite localization of the causative agent of scabies is the folds of the body and hands, less often - the scalp. Scabies mite larvae are found in the soil. Outbreaks of infection are associated with lack of hygiene, insufficient ventilation, close living of several families in one room, old age, a large number of men in a family of women and vice versa, as well as long-term joint stay (without personal hygiene) with a person with scabies. Bacteria are found in the secret pigment of hairs mixed with organic excreta of the sebaceous glands. Lemnias are found intracellularly in phagocytes, previously introduced by the patient himself into cracks in the skin