scabies

April 24, 2003

Thanks for the info. I am going to get some of that tree oil stuff.

My daughter called this afternoon and said she had taken my 6 year

old grandson to the doctor and he has scabies. We get him everyother

weekend and he sleeps with us, so I bet it's a pretty sure thing that

is what we have. I have another daughter that is 7 months preg. and

her family stays here 3 or 4 nights a week. I told her to be sure and

tell the doctor that she is preg. when she calls I don't want her to

use anything that will hurt the baby. I don't know what the doctor

gave Caleb but when I talked to her tonight she had already put it on

him . He will sleep with it on and then take a shower in the

morning. sandra

April 26, 2003

Hello Sandra,

My thoughts are with you these pesky little mites

are a real pain to get rid of. I was given Lindane to

rub all over me when I had it and you know how nasty

that is. The insecticide of choice is generally

permethrin but the mites can become resistant to it.

You will find that the spots will keep popping up

every now and then when you think you have got rid of

them because they hide in the fibres of clothes etc

and sometimes they survive washing. I have to admit to

having used gallons of Ti tree but I found that it

killed the mite and soothed the itching far better

than the insecticide. I tried neat Lavendar oil too

when I ran out of ti tree and that works but not quite

as well.When we first had it we blamed the dogs,

thought they had mega fleas , and then thought we had

an allergy to our washing powder.

Best wishes

Chris

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