Is this scabies? Or what?

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my husband had a small scratch from work. & now its this. He works around welding & metals. He has super sensitive skin. The walk in dr said hes probably having an allergic reaction. Then my husbands mom said "it kinda looks like scabies?"

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    hi, have you ever heard of "Erysipelas" it can cause streaking and lines. it is a bacterial infection that enter through the skin when it is punctured scraped or opened... if he was injured on metal at work this would be more likely than scabies. best of luck

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