Baby Scabies Symptoms

January 29, 2018   articles   Comment  

Scabies in babies
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Core tip: Scabies is caused by mite (scabies mites) infected skin dermatosis, acute phlegm itching, infectious large, can be in the family and contacts between the spread, popular. The adult scabies can be diagnosed according to clinical symptoms, good location and rash form, but the infant is not well developed, immune function is low, skin infection and resistance

Scabies is a skin disease caused by the infection of mite (scabies mites). Phlegm is acute, contagious, can be spread between the family and contact, popular. The adult scabies can be diagnosed according to clinical symptoms, good location and skin rash, but the infant is not well developed, immune function is low, the skin is resistant to infection and the ability of resisting mite invasion is poor, In addition, the skin of the whole body is thin and tender, is the mite invasion and parasitic favorable factors, so it is very easy to infect. And the rash of many pan-onset eczema-like changes and accompanied by the wind group-like papules, nodules, symptoms more atypical, to the diagnosis has brought certain difficulties. Therefore, it should be associated with Shi, eczema, itching rash, drug eruption, scar rash like dermatitis, Identification of phlegm-itching disease and papules-oriented measles.

Symptoms:

Simple type: mainly papules and mound scar rash. Head and face rash scattered in the trunk of the skin rash dense, often with the wind group papules, finger between the toes have rash like damage.

Eczema-like variant: Papular, papular pleomorphic densely popularized, trunk, armpit, groin, buttocks showed wind-like papules and nodular lesions with erosion erosion or pus-like papules, palpable see Pimples and pus scar, male scrotum, scabies often exist in the skin of the penis.

Infection type: In addition to see the above rash, still concurrent with hair follicle inflammation, pus scar and pus-mad, individual disease children occur lymphatic inflammation or lymphadenitis.

Clinical manifestations:

1. Fever, body temperature between 38-39 ℃ (anus).
2. Breastfeeding and/or eating decreased in varying degrees.
3. Complicated with acute nephritis.
4. Rash: All cases head face, torso, limbs and external genitalia all see rash.

Skin sores: 

• With pimples, mounds of rash mainly.
• With eczema-like changes in the face, abdomen, buttocks and limbs.
• Bacterial infection.
• Candida infection.

The main clinical feature of infantile scabies is that the rash is easy to eczema and secondary infection. Fever, loss of appetite, and other systemic symptoms also increased, and sometimes can be accompanied by serious complications such as nephritis.

Scabies is caused by mite parasitic skin angle layer, without treatment difficult easy self-healing, because the baby more clothes and sleep, at ordinary times to children observation is not fine, to the child health habit is bad, at the same time because of children in addition to crying irritability, can not express the conscious symptoms of speech, grassroots and non-professional doctors on the disease and lack of clinical experience, And most of the children have been allergic treatment and application of hormone-containing cream outside the skin, it is easy to lead to rash pan-hair protracted. So popularize the knowledge of scabies prevention, it is important to emphasize the early treatment of infantile scabies.