The rash often between the toes is a sign of contact dermatitis or scabies. Not always can immediately understand what it is, so the best option help himself in this case is a timely appeal to the dermatologist.

Causes of Scabies

The cause of scabies - scabies infestation. This microscopic mites no longer than 0, 4 mm. The duration of his life is about two months. The disease is caused by the activity of the female, the male is immediately after fertilization on the surface of the skin dies. The fertilized female penetrates the surface layers of the skin and makes it long passages, laying their eggs, which later formed larvae. The larvae come to the surface of the skin and there for two weeks turn into adults.

Scabies infected by close contact with a sick person, including sexual contact, as well as through the objects used by the patient - clothes, toys and so on.

Scabies mites do not tolerate the cold - the cold, they die almost immediately. A temperature of 60 ° C mites can live for an hour. In an environment at room temperature mites can live for three days.

The main symptoms of scabies

Scabies is always accompanied by severe itching. But the itch is not caused by the movements of the female mite and allergy to highlight it. Therefore, if a man for the first time contracted scabies, itching, he will not be long - so that there was a response of an allergic reaction should be no less than a few weeks. But if it is re-infection, itching appears much earlier. The average incubation period (time from infection until the first signs of the disease) ranges from one to six weeks.

The first sign of the disease is severe itching, which is worse at night. Typical places scabies lesions are areas where the skin is thinnest - the genitals, the inner surface of the forearm, interdigital spaces. But mites can spread to the whole body.

Often itch mite burrows into the skin is in the interdigital spaces on the hands and the first time an itch in this area is the only sign of the disease. This on-site implementation of the mite on closer examination you can see the itch moves - line up to 0, 5 cm pink or gray What color goes gray: a diverse and versatile . At one end of the course you can see the point (tick) or small vial of clear content. In place of entry and exit of the tick appear as small elements of the rash. These paired elements rash combined with itching, worse at night, is the most prominent feature of scabies.

Constant scratching leads to the introduction of a bacterial infection in the wound, then scabies complicated pustular rash or boils. In the long process of such a transition in his eczema Eczema   - Chronic allergic and infectious-allergic disease.

How to detect scabies mites

In order to more clearly see the itch moves, to lubricate the skin surface with an alcohol solution of iodine. Scabies mites detected in the following way: on the affected skin for a few minutes is applied to 10% caustic solution, after which the softened horny superficial layers of skin scraped off and look under the microscope. But then scrape the tick is not always detected, so it is often diagnosed by the typical symptoms of the disease.

In the initial stage of the disease, when only a rash Rash: Classification - primary and secondary elements   and itching between the fingers, the disease can be confused with simple or atopic dermatitis, when a similar occurrence of skin irritation associated with some substance, or an allergic reaction to a stimulus. But an experienced dermatologist always see the manifestations of scabies, so the appearance of a rash need to see a doctor.

How is scabies

Treatment of scabies is held locally. The skin is rubbed five consecutive days once a day sulfuric ointment (20% of adults applied ointment children - 5.10%). After treatment is over, the next day you can bathe and change clothes.

Applied as benzyl benzoate 20% ointment (10% of children), it is rubbed into the surface of the entire body, and on the fourth day the procedure was repeated. Once a day, you can wash.

Very important hygienic measures to prevent: the laundry is washed, boiled and ironed on both sides. Winter coat, we can take the cold one - two hours. Furthermore, there is a special steam treatment outerwear.

After the treatment the itch passes at once - it can be kept for several weeks - it says its allergic nature.

When the rash between the fingers need to see a doctor.

Galina Romanenko

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