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Scabies

(Science: dermatology)1) A contagious dermatitis of humans and various wild and domestic animals caused by the itch mite, sarcoptes scabiei, transmitted by close contact and characterised by a papular eruption over tiny, raised sinuous burrows (cuniculi) produced by digging into the upper layer of the epidermis by the egg laying female mite, which is accompanied by intense pruritus and sometimes associated with eczema from scratching and secondary bacterial infection. 2) transmitted by close contact with someone with scabis or mites, and also transmitted sexually.


Synonym: the itch, seven year itch.

Origin: L., from scabere = scratch


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PLEASE IDENTIFY THIS ORGANISIM

This organism has been found proliferate on the skin and lesions of an individual with an extremely itchy rash first thought to be scabies. We think the greenish organisims are demodex but not sure. The magnification is 150x.

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by KOMBUCHABABY
Sat Jan 14, 2012 3:08 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: PLEASE IDENTIFY THIS ORGANISIM
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Human Collembola Infestations

... me stress the word, "was"! Although, I have no way of knowing exactly what I had, you can be assured that it was not black spider mites (scabies) or Morgellons (delusions). Which is how 3 seperate doctors and a Vet diagnosed my symptoms, scabies or yeah, I was crazy. Tell that to the ...

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by GrayGhost
Fri Oct 21, 2011 10:30 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Human Collembola Infestations
Replies: 32
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Need identification of possible collembolan species

... were any common factors in skin scrapings collected from this population. These individuals, whose symptoms were originally attributed to lice or scabies, were part of a larger group reporting symptoms of stinging/biting and/or crawling to the NPA. Multiple skin scrapings from each person were ...

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by tommyjackets
Thu Jun 02, 2011 4:25 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Need identification of possible collembolan species
Replies: 7
Views: 2994

Re: fiber/hair moving thru water

... but that doesn't explain why I feel the crawling, why it gets worse when I am about to fall asleep, or why I'm getting bites on my body. I tried scabies treatment and a few days later I broke out in a rash only on my stomach -- I guess it was an allergic reaction. I tried lice shampoo -- did ...

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by Maragoldie
Wed May 04, 2011 5:20 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: fiber/hair moving thru water
Replies: 17
Views: 7284

Re: Human Collembola Infestations

... want to curl up and die: ask your doctor to prescribe Doxycline for you and see if that doesn't help your situation. I don't think you ever had scabies although it probably looked just like it initially and you may find relief from certain antibiotics, particularly those usesd to treat Lyme ...

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by morgsufferer
Thu Dec 11, 2008 7:37 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Human Collembola Infestations
Replies: 32
Views: 70663
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