Scabies? Maybe yes, maybe no

[DJ]

Since my last post we've treated for scabies a total of four times (three
times with Permethrin cream, once with Ivermictin pills) with only marginal
improvement. Dad's primary doctors says it doesn't look like scabies and
started treatment as if it were a yeast/fungus infection. Three weeks on
things are improving, albeit slowly. Dad isn't itching nearly so badly and
the red rash is slowly disappearing. I suspect that Dad and I had both
scabies plus a secondary infection though we may never know for certain.

If you or your loved ones go to the hospital or nursing home do what you can
to insist the staff take precautions as they migrating from patient to
patient. It's so easy to trasmit some critters or infection and the results
are not pleasant or easy to treat.

David

[Evelyn]

Post by DJ
Since my last post we've treated for scabies a total of four times (three
times with Permethrin cream, once with Ivermictin pills) with only
marginal improvement. Dad's primary doctors says it doesn't look like
scabies and started treatment as if it were a yeast/fungus infection.
Three weeks on things are improving, albeit slowly. Dad isn't itching
nearly so badly and the red rash is slowly disappearing. I suspect that
Dad and I had both scabies plus a secondary infection though we may never
know for certain.
If you or your loved ones go to the hospital or nursing home do what you
can to insist the staff take precautions as they migrating from patient to
patient. It's so easy to trasmit some critters or infection and the
results are not pleasant or easy to treat.
David

Hi David,

I was wondering how you fared, and I am glad you posted.

It sounds like a really scary thing to have, and I am happy you are finally
getting some good treatment.

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Best Regards,
Evelyn

"Be wise, treat yourself, your mind, sympathetically, with loving kindness.
If you are gentle with yourself, you will become gentle with
hers." --Lama Thubten Yeshe

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Post by DJ
Since my last post we've treated for scabies a total of four times (three
times with Permethrin cream, once with Ivermictin pills) with only marginal
improvement. Dad's primary doctors says it doesn't look like scabies and
started treatment as if it were a yeast/fungus infection. Three weeks on
things are improving, albeit slowly. Dad isn't itching nearly so badly and
the red rash is slowly disappearing. I suspect that Dad and I had both
scabies plus a secondary infection though we may never know for certain.
If you or your loved ones go to the hospital or nursing home do what you can
to insist the staff take precautions as they migrating from patient to
patient. It's so easy to trasmit some critters or infection and the results
are not pleasant or easy to treat.
David

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