Scabies is a parasitic infection on your skin caused by microscopic mites called Sarcoptes scabiei. They take up residence just beneath your skin’s surface, laying eggs that cause an itchy skin rash.

Treatment for scabies includes a medication called a scabicide to kill the mites. Washing all worn clothes and bedding in hot water prevents reinfection. Scratching the rash too much increases the ...

Scabies is an itchy rash caused by the human itch mite. Adults, children and babies can all get scabies. Many people believe scabies is about cleanliness, but that is not true. It is easily passed ...

Scabies and bed bugs are parasitic insects that cause itching and other skin symptoms. While bed bugs only sit on top of the skin and bite it to feed, scabies mites burrow into the skin to live, feed, ...

Crusted scabies is a severe infestation of scabies mites and eggs in the skin. The scabies mite, Sarcoptes scabiei var hominis, is a microscopic mite also known as the human itch mite. Scabies mites ...

Andrew Steer receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia and the National Heart Foundation of Australia. Mites living in your skin are just the start of the ...

Scabies is a red rash with small bumps, itching, blistering, and scaling. Scabies mites create burrows under the skin that ...

Peta-Anne Zimmerman is affiliated with the Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control, the Global Outbreak alert and Response Network, and the Collaborative for the Advancement of ...

A woman who had scabies has described the experience as a "nightmare" as figures show a rise in reported cases of the parasitic infestation. Jane Grandon, from Caerphilly, said scabies - caused by ...

If you have red, itchy rashes on your skin, you may wonder if you have eczema or scabies. They can look similar, but they are different conditions. Scabies happens to about 200 to 300 million people ...