5.6K views · 71 reactions | Get the quick facts about scabies. Watch this video to learn about the signs, symptoms, causes, and treatment and learn more here: https://msdmnls.co/2XXSrvA | MSD Manual Consumer | Facebook

61 reactions · 15 shares | Symptoms of scabies first begin to appear around 4 to 6 weeks after initial exposure. The hallmark of scabies is intense itching, which is usually worse at night. The burrows of the mites are often visible as very thin lines up to a ½ inch (about 1 centimeter) long, sometimes with a tiny reddish and very itchy bump—the mite—at one end. Learn more: https://mrkmnls.co/4oavuBN | Merck Manual Consumer | Facebook

Scabies is caused by one of the itch mites, which is called scientifically as sacroptis scabiei. It is common among people who stay in crowded conditions like in hotels, PG accomodations, more than 2 people staying together. It is classically a very itchy trash which is more at night. it predominantly appears as small eruptions, small pimple like eruptions on the fingers, the wrist, the thighs, around the genital area, the lower abdomen, in the umbilical area, in the arm pit area.one of the clas