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2. Here’s How to Tell If You Have Chigger Bites or Scabies - AOL

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   “Scabies mites can survive off the host for up 36 hours and longer in some environmental conditions, so if we’ve been exposed, they will get on our skin and burrow into the epidermis, the ...

3. Scabies - Wikipedia

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   Scabies; Other names: Seven-year itch [1] Magnified view of a burrowing trail of the scabies mite. The scaly patch on the left was caused by scratching and marks the mite's entry point into the skin. The mite has burrowed to the top-right, where it can be seen as a dark spot at the end. Specialty: Infectious disease, dermatology: Symptoms

4. What Is Scabies? This Skin Infestation Causes an Itchy ... - AOL

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   The condition can be passed from person to person through sexual or close skin-to-skin contact. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ...

5. Sarcoptes scabiei - Wikipedia

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   The disease produces intense, itchy skin rashes when the impregnated female tunnels into the stratum corneum of the skin and deposits eggs in the burrow. The larvae, which hatch in three to 10 days, move about on the skin, moult into a nymphal stage, and then mature into adult mites. The adult mites live three to four weeks in the host's skin.

6. Rash - Wikipedia

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   A rash is a change of the skin that affects its color, appearance, or texture. A rash may be localized in one part of the body, or affect all the skin. Rashes may cause the skin to change color, itch, become warm, bumpy, chapped, dry, cracked or blistered, swell, and may be painful. The causes, and therefore treatments for rashes, vary widely.

7. Skin infection - Wikipedia

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   A skin infection is an infection of the skin in humans and other animals, that can also affect the associated soft tissues such as loose connective tissue and mucous membranes. [ citation needed ] They comprise a category of infections termed skin and skin structure infections (SSSIs), or skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs), [ 1 ] and acute ...