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The symptoms of scabies are due to an allergic reaction to the mites. [2] Often, only between 10 and 15 mites are involved in an infection. [2] Scabies most often spreads during a relatively long period of direct skin contact with an infected person (at least 10 minutes) such as that which may occur during sexual activity or living together.
The differential diagnoses are: acrodermatitis enteropathica, erythema infectiosum, erythema multiforme, hand-foot-and-mouth disease, Henoch–Schönlein purpura, Kawasaki disease, lichen planus, papular urticaria, papular purpuric gloves and socks syndrome, and scabies. [citation needed]
Children often have scabies worse than adults. “Scabies can affect the entire body, including the palms, soles, and scalp. Infants and children who have scabies may be tired and irritable from ...
Symptoms: Itchiness, red skin, rash [1] Complications: Skin infection [2] Causes: Atopic dermatitis, allergic contact dermatitis, irritant contact dermatitis, seborrhoeic dermatitis, stasis dermatitis [1] [2] Diagnostic method: Based on symptom [1] Differential diagnosis: Scabies, psoriasis, dermatitis herpetiformis, lichen simplex chronicus [3 ...
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The Great Imitator (also the Great Masquerader) is a phrase used for medical conditions that feature nonspecific symptoms and may be confused with a number of other diseases. [1] The term connotes especially difficult differential diagnosis (DDx), increased potential for misdiagnosis, and the protean nature of some diseases.
Symptoms: Itchy blisters on the palms of the hands, sides of fingers, or bottoms of the feet [7] Complications: skin thickening [7] Usual onset: Often recurrent [8] Duration: Heal over 3 weeks [7] [8] Causes: Unknown [8] Diagnostic method: Based on symptoms [8] Differential diagnosis: Pustular psoriasis, scabies [7] Treatment
Scabies and lice are at epidemic proportions, he said, but other fungal, bacterial and viral infections and parasites are also running wild. With the flood of patients, even simple cases can ...