What should I do if scabies grow on my hands? Is it contagious?

What should I do if scabies grow on my hands?

Scabies is a skin disease caused by scabies infecting the skin (mechanical damage caused by tunnels and stimulating the secretion of poison). The sign of scabies is severe itching of the skin (especially at night), and rashes often appear in the folds of the skin, especially in the genitals. Scabies is a disease spread through close contact.

Can scabies be contagious?

According to the dermatologist of Chongqing Guoen Chinese Medicine Hospital, scabies is contagious, and this disease is very contagious. If you stay in a hotel or sit in the toilet for a long time, you will get infected in the bathroom. It often infects each other in a family or dormitory. Because the sarcophagus can survive for 2~3 days without human body, it can also spread indirectly through clothes, bedding, shoes and socks, hats, pillow towels and so on used by patients.

The initial symptoms of scabies

When infected with scabies, patients will feel itchy skin, and at the same time, small rashes, blisters or scabs will appear in the itchy area. Its itching is very intense, usually slightly lighter during the day and aggravated at night. Patients often find it difficult to sleep because of scratching, scratching all over their bodies and even blood stains. After scabies penetrate the epidermis, it usually takes 20-30 days before the symptoms of rash and itching appear. The initial rash is more common in wet and soft skin, such as the skin between fingers and wrists, which is easy to wear and parasitize, and then spreads to other parts of the body, such as elbows, waist, armpits, abdomen and genitals.

The onset of scabies has a latent period, and the symptoms of the latent period are not obvious. The most obvious symptom at this time is severe itching, especially at night. Removal is the key, and it is very good to recommend Jielening herbal cream for improvement. But patients don't have to worry too much, as long as they cooperate with treatment, pay attention to personal hygiene and take precautions.

What should I do if scabies grow on my hands?

1, experts from Guo 'en Hospital said that in order to remove scabies, it is necessary to completely remove scabies and eggs under the skin. Scabies are mainly smeared with sulfur ointment. Patients with severe symptoms can increase the dose and take medicine under the guidance of a doctor. During the treatment, the sheets used by patients should be thoroughly disinfected without interruption.

2. During the treatment of scabies, it is also important for patients to pay attention to personal hygiene, take a bath frequently, change underwear frequently and wash bedding frequently. Patients who find scabies around them should be isolated in time and treated thoroughly. After the patient is cured, it should be observed for one week, and no new disease appears to be cured, because it takes one week for scabies eggs to develop into adults. Once scabies patients appear at home and dormitory, they should be treated at the same time to avoid mutual infection. Contaminated clothes, bedding, sheets, etc. You should scald it with boiling water to kill insects. If you can't burn yourself, you must be exposed to the sun for more than 1 week before use, and you must be separated from your family's daily necessities to prevent infection to your family.

3. Dietary conditioning of patients with scabies is also very important. Patients should have a light diet. Eat more vegetables, fruits and other foods containing vitamins and water every day, and also eat more foods that clear away heat and promote diuresis, such as watermelon, loofah and wax gourd.

4, patients should not eat mutton, goose and other hair, so as not to stimulate skin lesions and aggravate itching, and do not eat too spicy food during treatment, so as not to aggravate itching symptoms.

5. Chinese patent medicine with the effects of expelling wind and relieving itching, promoting digestion and removing stagnation and dredging qi and blood can be completely cured from the inside out. In order to avoid excessive scratching, nails should be cut in time to prevent scratching from infecting abscesses.

6. Avoid some irritating foods in the diet, and don't touch alcohol and tobacco to get better quickly.

Finally, after finding scabies on your hands, you should go to the hospital or a nearby dermatological clinic for examination at the first time. You can't delay. The longer the delay, the more serious the illness, which will affect the treatment. Find out what kind of skin disease it is before making the next plan.

Dr. Guo En is familiar with this kind of skin disease, because many patients with various skin diseases come to see a doctor every day, so you can judge what kind of skin disease you are according to your living habits by a little inspection, and then prescribe the right medicine and give a reasonable and useful formula.

Some of these skin diseases are cured quickly, while others are cured slowly. We should have a good attitude and not worry. After returning home, you must use drugs reasonably in strict accordance with the doctor's requirements. If you don't get better, you should stop taking the medicine and follow the doctor's arrangement to avoid recurrence and other problems.

Precautions:

Patients with this skin disease must pay attention to personal hygiene, pay attention to the cleanliness of their hands, avoid contact with some cold water, especially in places with blisters, avoid contact with irritating liquids, and prevent infection from aggravating the condition.