Hi, My Son (4 Years Old) Is Diagnosed With Scabies

Posted on Fri, 17 Jan 2020

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Question : Hi, My son (4 years old) is diagnosed with scabies and on doctors advice we have used permethrin cream 7 days before once and now we are using dermaden lotion and momate lotion twice a day and atarax syrup once during night. We still have small rashes appearing. Is it advisable to use permethrin cream once more?

Answered by Dr. Dr.Raju.A.T (5 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Yes, you can repeat

Detailed Answer:
Hi,'

Thanks for your query.

Yes you an repeat once more but do maintain a gap of 1 week between repeat application.

Hope,I answered your query.

Please ask if any doubts

Regards,

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Raju A.T