Clinical characteristics of scabies and treatment of Chinese and Western medicine

  Scabies is a contact infectious skin disease caused by the scabies mite in the epidermis of human skin. It can spread epidemically in families and among contacts. Clinical manifestations are characterized by papules, blisters and tunnels in the tender skin, pruritic nodules in the scrotum, and increased itching at night.  Clinical features of scabies 1. History of contact with infectious agents such as shared bedding and clothing. There are often the same patients in the same family or group.  2.The rash occurs in thin and tender skin or folds such as finger crevices and their sides, wrist flexion, lower abdomen and pubic femur, and generally does not involve the head and face.  3.The basic damage is pinhead-sized light red papules, papules, and the grayish or light black tunnels sometimes seen near the scabies in the epidermis, which are about several millimeters long, and this is a symptom unique to scabies.  4.Self-perceived severe itching, especially at night.  5, the male patient’s scrotum, penis and other places can be seen mung bean to soybean large inflammatory nodules, called scabies nodules.  Scabies treatment of Chinese and Western medicine 1, Chinese medicine treatment methods: Chinese medicine believes that the disease is mostly due to the warp contains poison, the day after the fire, and by the wind and wet chemistry, or insects stained. This disease generally does not require internal use of tonics. Local external use of sulfur itch cream and compound BaiBu lotion.  2, Western medicine treatment methods: external use of 10% sulfur ointment (infants and children with 5% concentration), or 10% ~ 25% benzyl benzoate emulsion, must do before treatment with hot water soap bath, rubbing medicine in addition to the head and face must be rubbed all over the body, once a day in the morning and evening, for 3 to 5 days. Do not bathe and change clothes during the rubbing period, and bathe and change clothes after the course of treatment is completed, and boil and disinfect or sun-dry the clothes that are changed. Scabies nodules can be topical glucocorticosteroid preparations such as hydrocortisone cream, etc.  The family or group living members of the scabies patient are treated at the same time. It is necessary to observe 1~2 weeks after treatment, and it is considered cured if no new rash occurs.