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7 months of scabies? Or not?

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cikabutan
cikabutan

Please help to advice if this is scabies ?

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  • cikabutan
    cikabutan

    Posted

    more photo, this one is on my back... Please help!! sad Thanks
    • cikabutan
      cikabutan

      Posted

      Anyone? Please help to advice, too itchy that i barely can cope now..
  • kayla1865
    kayla1865 cikabutan

    Posted

    It looks like it... But I'd go to the hospital to see for sure.
  • cikabutan
    cikabutan

    Posted

    just went to skin specialist, she said this is not scabies (did not perform test on me).

    normally scabies bites are not itchy during day time but extremely itchy during night time, is that so?

    • MarieHorn
      MarieHorn cikabutan

      Posted

      It does look like scabies.  Looks like the rash my cousin had.  The doctors told him it wasn't scabies and after seeing 4 doctors for another opinion, the last one decided to go ahead and treat with permethrin cream to see.  Dr said if it's scabies, it will start healing immediately and if not, then it's something else.  His rash went away immediately, each day got better.  However, he treated a second time a week later and the rash is completely gone.  He did continue to itch a couple of weeks, but the doctor prescribed a steroid cream for the itchiness.  And mind you, all his skin biopsies came back negative too, these doctors have no clue because they don't see this everyday.  It would not hurt to try the cream and see.  Have you traveled recently, stayed in hotels or work with children or the elderly within the last 1 - 3 months.  If so, you may have gotten it from that.  
    • MarieHorn
      MarieHorn

      Posted

      Sorry, I mean have you traveled prior to your rash?  I see you had this for 7 months now.  You can get this from hotels, that is how my cousin got it.  You can also pick it up from daycares, hospitals or nursing homes.
    • cikabutan
      cikabutan MarieHorn

      Posted

      Thanks for your inputs Mariehorn,

      Actually my wife got it first (yes we suspect she got it from hotel almost 1 year ago in Folsom, US).. we slept on the same bed (she back to Asia, we are from South East Asia) & i got it too. we did applied multiple bottles of pemethrin 5% & the symptom came back for me but not my wife. 

      I am currently on Steroids, will try salt bath as well... will keep you guys posted

  • cikabutan
    cikabutan

    Posted

    Tonight i just started 2 lbs iodized salt soak for 45 mins (followed by Triceria moisturizer).. stopped Steroids, let's see how it goes..
  • cikabutan
    cikabutan

    Posted

    OK, did many rounds of salt bath, it still come & goes.... now i am no longer using soap to bath, using QV wash & lotion... it somehow under control but still not fully recover.. it's almost 10 months since i have this symptom now... My wife continue not to have new symptom...  i started to believe this not really scabies... but still looking for new clues what it could be, maybe allergy ...  any inputs are welcomed.. Thanks
  • m76685
    m76685 cikabutan

    Posted

    i currently have scabbies and am recovering from them. i can take 1 look at your bumps and tell you 100% NO those are not scabbies bites. Scabbies burrow inside your skin and leave a red trail conecting from 1 pimple looking red dot to the next
  • m76685
    m76685 cikabutan

    Posted

    also the areas that are affected on your body are not places that scabies like to attack, they are picky about where on the human body they like to make their home.
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