Scabies

(curable with medication)

• Scabies is similar to pubic lice, but the bugs are too small to be seen.
• The bugs dig under the skin.
• Scabies causes very itchy small sores all over the body.
• Scabies rarely is found on the neck or face.
• A liquid medicine applied on the entire body treats scabies and is available by prescription only.
• Because scabies is highly contagious (able to be spread to another person), family members often must be treated, too.
• Clothes, bed sheets and towels must be washed after treatment since the bugs can live in them.