Viewer Comments: Scabies - Symptoms and SignsViewer Comments & ReviewsScabies - Symptoms and SignsThe eMedicineHealth physician editors ask:What symptoms and signs did you experience with your scabies?
Comment from: newme, Female (Patient)
Published: March 12
Scabies was the most embarrassing and horrible thing I've EVER EXPERIENCED! I was diagnosed with psoriasis a few years before and I itched all the time. Then my boyfriend at the time started getting bumps and getting itchy bad all over his genitals and freaked out. He went to the doctor and he found out it was scabies and he got it from me. Related Reading: psoriasis
Comment from: karthikeyan, 19-24 Male (Patient)
Published: December 16
I personally suffered from this scabies for more than a month without even knowing what it is. It puts you in a highly embarrassing situation in front of your friends and colleagues. Then a doctor gave me treatment. I started using Scaboma. It's a lotion that should be applied all over the body before your sleep. I got rid of that notorious, irritating and embarrassing itching disease within one week. Now I am free from scabies. Please do use this lotion. I wanted to pass this information onto others.
Comment from: frustratingly itchy, 25-34 Female (Patient)
Published: December 02
I have them for the second time in a year. I want to know is what causes them where they come from we haven't been anywhere or done anything different. I finally used a tea tree oil nit shampoo ALL over my body and left it on for a bit and my itching overnight has decreased by 99%. You can get this stuff from supermarket.
Comment from: Judy, 45-54 Female (Patient)
Published: November 21
I was diagnosed about a year or so ago with scabies, I did the treatment the doctor ordered which was Kwellda body cream left on the body overnight and shower in the morning, change bedding and clothing every day for seven to 10 days. My symptoms were the most insane itching I have ever known on my arms not in the crease of my elbows or to my fingers but from my shoulders down to my wrists. I have gotten it a second time, a year later the same time of year with no real answer as to where I got it from in the first place, so treat again and hope like crazy it's gone for good with no return to my body, this itch is unbelievable and yes will definitely wake you and keep you awake in the nights. Hope I never hear the word scabies again. Good luck.
Comment from: hatepests, 35-44 Female (Patient)
Published: September 15
We stayed in a hotel because of anther bug problem we had and the second night we were there I realized a scratchy, red, pimply rash broke out on my behind. I went to the doctor and he gave me permethrin cream. I used it and it spread over the next two days. Related Reading: rash
Comment from: Janet, 55-64 Female (Patient)
Published: September 08
I experienced irritated, scaly itching eyelids, as well as pinching and itching all over my body and scalp.
Comment from: violet,
Published: July 22
For the second time in 6 months, myself, my 4 kids, and my husband (also some of my other family) have caught scabies from my husband's daughter, who we only visit every few months. The first time was insane. I never heard of scabies before then, and it drove me insane. I was like a mad person... visiting multiple doctors, and all the cleaning and paranoia. It was very hard on my entire family, but after about 1-2.5 weeks, it was all over, and so amazingly behind us!!!! Now about 6 months later we went to visit my stepdaughter again, and here we are again!!! We're on our second treatment of cream, and with 4 small children, and a billon things to clean, I really hope it will be gone.
Comment from: babeso, 65-74 Female (Patient)
Published: April 21
I itched and scratched like crazy. The next day I had a red rash and what looked like welts. Then my daughter could see like little pimples. I got the cream and it is helping. I have to do it a second time. My doctor told me yo put all my bed clothes in a plastic bag sealed good and leave it in the bag for three days and then wash in hot water. I am also taking Benadryl tablets. This is a terrible thing to have.
Comment from: ElizabethT, 13-18 Female (Patient)
Published: March 24
At first I started getting little red bumps on my arms, stomach, and legs. Then they started to itch like crazy. And after awhile I got little clear bumps on my hands. So I finally went to the doctor, and the first one said it wasn't scabies, and said it was eczema. So he gave me some cream to help the itching. Well after two weeks nothing changed I still itched and I still had the bumps. So I went to a different doctor and she said it was scabies. So she gave me a cream I had to rub all over myself and leave it on for 24 hours then wash it off in the morning. Related Reading: eczema Must Read Articles Related to Scabies
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I suffered scabies about a week without even knowing, all I knew is that I came home from swimming and all of a sudden i was real itchy, i thought it was me, so I took a shower but I was still itching and two weeks later I went to the doctor and was diagnosed with scabies and he gave me some cream to put on overnight and wash off in the morning, but there where bumps from my upper body and down and the itching was massive
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