| We also recorded the presence and severity of scabies, abscesses, and fungal lesions. |
| Doctors treat scabies by prescribing a medicated cream or lotion to kill the mites. |
| Other typically much larger organisms, including parasites such as lice, worms and scabies can also spread from person to person. |
| They sometimes develop crusted scabies, with thickened skin and possibly thousands of mites. |
| When several members of the same household experience pruritic eruptions, scabies should be considered. |
| Those ailments included scabies, a parasitic skin infection, and impetigo, a bacterial infection linked to poor sanitation. |
