Guest guest Posted December 29, 2006 Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 How to Treat Scabies http://www.mercola.com/2005/oct/6/how_to_treat_scabies.htm A clinical review in the British Medical Journal looks at an embarrassing problem some of your children may be facing: Head lice. Head lice -- also going by the moniker scabies -- is highly contagious and spreads through direct skin-to-skin contact. A patient with an "ordinary case" of head lice has an average of 12 mites on their bodies, but those suffering from crusted scabies may have millions of them. Outbreaks of head lice rise and fall cyclically, according to the report, peaking for unknown reasons every 15-25 years. British Medical Journal September 17, 2005; 331 (7517): 619-622 Dr. Mercola's Comment: Scabies is an infection of your skin with the microscopic mite Sarcoptes scabei. This infection is relatively common, found all over the world, and affects people of all races and social classes. Scabies spreads rapidly under crowded conditions where there is frequent skin-to-skin contact between people, such as in hospitals, institutions, child-care facilities, and nursing homes. You can suspect you have scabies when you have intense itching, especially at night. You might also see pimple-like irritations, which are the burrows these parasites build. They are typically on the webbing between your fingers but can be on other areas. The conventional treatments as described in this recent British Medical Journal article review aren't safe solutions, as those creams, lotions, and shampoos, which may not even work, contain toxic insecticides like permethrin and malathion, and combing them out isn't an option at all. You are better off avoiding them. It would seem far wiser, and certainly safer, to consider an alternative strategy. Lice are another common parasite infection of your skin that is also typically treated with the above toxic chemicals. However, essential oils like anise and ylang ylang applied on the infected areas seem to work quite well for this infection and should be as effective for scabies. Related Articles: How to Treat Head Lice http://www.mercola.com/2003/jun/21/head_lice.htm Going Organic Means Avoiding Deadly Pesticides http://www.mercola.com/blog/2005/sep/8/going_organic_means_avoiding_deadly_pesticides Head Lice Overdiagnosed http://www.mercola.com/2000/sep/10/lice.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2007 Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 Scabies is mange (same mite)...I rescued a poor dog off the side of the Interstate 20 and he had mange (early mange so we didn't know it) and before it became apparent, he'd shared it with my dog and myself.... only on ME it was called "scabies". I went to the doctor and got the treatment for myself, the same day I took the rescue and my dog to the vet for their treatment, and we all recovered together (we also adopted the rescued dog). To my knowledge, head lice is a whole different bug than the mite that causes mange/scabies. And I know a foolproof treatment for head lice is TEA TREE OIL.....a drop in your hand along with your regular shampoo...and they are gone. And the eggs are dead too. Quick, easy, non-toxic treatment. Works just as well on fleas on dogs but you have to be very careful to rinse it all off the dog because TTO is toxic to animals if they ingest it. And don't even think of using it on cats since they bathe themselves. I have no idea if TEA TREE OIL works on scabies... it may well do so though!! I wasn't yet aware of TTO back 10 years ago when my dogs and I got it!!!!! Tricia Animals leave pawprints on your heart :-) - Eagle . ; . MedicalConspiracies@google ; . MedicalConspiracies@ Friday, December 29, 2006 1:21 PM How to Treat Scabies How to Treat Scabies http://www.mercola.com/2005/oct/6/how_to_treat_scabies.htm A clinical review in the British Medical Journal looks at an embarrassing problem some of your children may be facing: Head lice. Head lice -- also going by the moniker scabies -- is highly contagious and spreads through direct skin-to-skin contact. A patient with an "ordinary case" of head lice has an average of 12 mites on their bodies, but those suffering from crusted scabies may have millions of them. Outbreaks of head lice rise and fall cyclically, according to the report, peaking for unknown reasons every 15-25 years. British Medical Journal September 17, 2005; 331 (7517): 619-622 Dr. Mercola's Comment: Scabies is an infection of your skin with the microscopic mite Sarcoptes scabei. This infection is relatively common, found all over the world, and affects people of all races and social classes. Scabies spreads rapidly under crowded conditions where there is frequent skin-to-skin contact between people, such as in hospitals, institutions, child-care facilities, and nursing homes. You can suspect you have scabies when you have intense itching, especially at night. You might also see pimple-like irritations, which are the burrows these parasites build. They are typically on the webbing between your fingers but can be on other areas. The conventional treatments as described in this recent British Medical Journal article review aren't safe solutions, as those creams, lotions, and shampoos, which may not even work, contain toxic insecticides like permethrin and malathion, and combing them out isn't an option at all. You are better off avoiding them. It would seem far wiser, and certainly safer, to consider an alternative strategy. Lice are another common parasite infection of your skin that is also typically treated with the above toxic chemicals. However, essential oils like anise and ylang ylang applied on the infected areas seem to work quite well for this infection and should be as effective for scabies. Related Articles: How to Treat Head Lice http://www.mercola.com/2003/jun/21/head_lice.htm Going Organic Means Avoiding Deadly Pesticides http://www.mercola.com/blog/2005/sep/8/going_organic_means_avoiding_deadly_pesticides Head Lice Overdiagnosed http://www.mercola.com/2000/sep/10/lice.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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