Scabies is a common skin condition caused by microscopic mites that burrow into the skin to live and lay eggs. The condition spreads primarily through prolonged, direct skin-to-skin contact with an ...
Human scabies is a debilitating skin disease caused by Sarcoptes scabei, known by several names such as "itch mite." At any given time, the worldwide burden of disease is about 300,000,000 people. It ...
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What is scabies?

My son who attends a boarding school came home with severe skin rashes which was diagnosed as Scabies. Kindly let me know what this is and how to stop it from spreading in my family. Imole (by ...