Scabies Treatment Options And Management

Wash Clothing And Bedding

Once a patient's scabies is being treated, they must learn how to protect themselves from another infestation. Their home needs a thorough cleaning to remove any mites that might be lingering on beds or clothing. Patients must wash clothing, bedsheets, pillows, towels, furniture, and even car seats if they have cloth seats in their vehicle. Mites die on the body when patients take medication, but they don’t die when they are in the patient's home. It’s not as common to catch scabies on anything other than the body, but it’s not impossible. Patients should treat this like they would a lice situation and wash everything they touched. If patients have carpet at home, it doesn’t hurt to shampoo the carpet to get rid of these mites from burrowing in there until they can find a human host on which to live.

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