Scabies is a very unpleasant skin disease. As a pathogen, a special scabies mite acts . Once on the surface of the skin of a person, 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, a child is diagnosed with scabies very often. What is this ailment?
How does infection happen?
In fact, catching 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.) act. In kindergarten, as you know, catching a tick is very simple, especially if the parents did not isolate the sick child. That is why a child is diagnosed with scabies so often.
Priority signs
As a rule, small patients begin to complain of severe skin itching. It is observed after approximately 30 days from the moment of infection. This allergic reaction is caused by the penetration of the tick deep into the skin. In addition, in a child, scabies manifests itself in the form of small vesicles, as well as dry cracks throughout the body. Such skin changes are the body's response to the vital activity of the main pathogen.
Features
According to experts, in pediatric patients, the course of this disease is somewhat more difficult compared to adults. The thing is that often a tick lesion is observed on the entire surface of the skin, including on the scalp. It is noteworthy that scabies in children up to a year captures even the nail plates. 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 not enough. 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.
How to treat scabies in children
After all laboratory tests and confirmation of the diagnosis, therapy is prescribed. Note that, as a rule, it is complex. The doctor prescribes, based on the possible individual characteristics of the health of the small patient, special medications (ointments, gels, etc.), which, according to the instructions, should treat the whole body. This procedure is recommended to be performed in the evening, preferably before bedtime.
Useful Tips
If scabies was diagnosed in a child, prophylactic treatment must be passed on by parents, as well as all patients who were directly found in the outbreak (in kindergarten, school, etc.). In addition, for the entire period of therapy is not allowed to swim and change bedding. The change should occur before and after treatment. Be healthy!