How Can Scabies In A Child That Has Spread To The Child's Mother Be Treated?

Posted on Thu, 29 Dec 2016

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Question : My sister child is suffering from scabies from last 1 week. His age is around 4 months and because of handling him whole day my sister also get infected and still the problem is at same stage. Could you please let her know how to get the things fixed and which treatment or medicine and precautions she need to take?

Answered by Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (34 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Management of scabies

Detailed Answer:

Hi,

If I was your treating doctor I would recommend your sister to apply Permethrin Lotion on her body from neck downwards on the entire body, keep it for 8-10 hours and then take a bath in the morning. The same has to be repeated after 1 week.

Similarly the same Permethrin Lotion can be applied on the child's entire body from neck downwards, kept for 8 hours and then washed off in the morning and repeated again after 1 week.
After bathing in the morning all the clothes that they have worn recently need to be washed and ironed.

Also ask your sister to take antihistamine like tablet Levocetirizine 5 mg twice daily for 2-3 weeks.

For the baby ask her to apply cream containing combination of hydrocortisone and crotamiton on the affected areas of the body twice daily and give him antihistaminic like cyproheptadine drops 3 drops thrice daily for 2-3 weeks.

All these are prescription drugs and she needs to see the doctor in person to get them.

Hope I have answered your query.

Regards,
Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney
Dermatologist

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