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How Does Scabies Affect The Body?
What Is It?
Scabies is a mite infestation of the skin. The scabies mite, also known as the human itch or mange mite, causes intense itching, and is contagious. When a person catches scabies, pregnant female mites dig burrows in the skin and lay eggs along the way. After three to eight days, the eggs hatch and the young mites travel up the burrows to the skin surface. There they grow to adulthood and mate, after which the females become pregnant and continue the skin infestation. Once a female...
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Scabies
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Scabies is an easily spread skin disease caused by a very small species of mite.Alternative NamesSarcoptes scabieiCauses, incidence, and risk... Read more »
Scabies
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
Scabies is an infestation of the skin with the Sarcoptes scabiei mite. It is characterized by intense itching, usually at night.Scabies is a... Read more »
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