Is Scabies A Sign Of HIV?

Posted on Thu, 14 Aug 2014

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Question : is scabies a sign of HIV?

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (1 hour later)

No, not at all.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. T Chandrakant (6 minutes later)

can it be?

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (57 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Can NOT be.

Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Scabies can not be a sign of HIV .
Scabies is caused by a parasite and have no relation to the causes of HIV.

The most remote relation is - the person who has both the HIV and scabies, can transmit both the diseases to another person. Otherwise there is no other relation.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj