Parasite Drug Shows Early Promise Against COVID-19 in Vitro Parasite Drug Shows Early Promise Against COVID-19 in Vitro
In a lab setting, the anthelmintic ivermectin, a drug used for decades to treat head lice, scabies, and other parasitic infections, killed the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 in less than 48 hours.WebMD Health News (Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines - April 8, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Parasite Drug Shows Early Promise Against COVID-19
Doctors also prescribe it to treat head lice, scabies, and other infections caused by parasites. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - April 7, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Chiggers vs Scabies
Chiggers vs. Scabies (Source: eMedicineHealth.com)
Source: eMedicineHealth.com - April 6, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Medicine prescribed for SCABIES stops the coronavirus replicating in cells within 48 hours
Ivermectin is used on the NHS and in the US for parasitic infections - but researchers in Australia believe it could be useful against COVID-19. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 4, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
I ’ve Seen Wars and Epidemics Unfold. But Now That I Have an Immunocompromised Partner, the Coronavirus Makes Me Truly Scared
At midnight on Thursday March 26, all of South Africa went into lockdown. For the next 21 days, no one is to leave their homes unless they are going to the grocery store, the pharmacy or to seek medical help. No dog walking, no jogging, no food delivery services. Only essential workers are exempt, and that list is small. When President Cyril Ramaphosa made the announcement on March 23, a week after shutting the nation’s schools, there were only 402 confirmed COVID-19 cases. But it was essential, he said, to “flatten the curve” before widespread outbreaks overwhelmed the country’s fragile medical sys...
Source: TIME: Health - March 27, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Aryn Baker Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 feature Londontime Source Type: news
Scabies (Mites)
Title: Scabies (Mites)Category: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 12/4/1999 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/6/2019 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Skin General)
Source: MedicineNet Skin General - November 6, 2019 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
He Was Unbearably Itchy, but the Problem Wasn ’t in His Skin
An older man was tormented by a rash that no one could diagnose — until he found a doctor who was known for unlocking difficult cases. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - October 16, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lisa Sanders, M.D. Tags: Itching Parasites Scabies Eczema common toxocariasis covert toxocariasis Albendazole Tests (Medical) Allergies Medicine and Health Source Type: news
What is This Itchy Rash?
Discussion
Atopic dermatitis (AD) has a prevalence of 3-5% in the overall U.S. population but is increasing with an estimated 10-15% lifetime risk in childhood. It is even more common in children of color with a prevalence in African-American/black children of 17% and Hispanic children of 14%. Health care utilization data also appears to support more severe disease in children of color also.
Atopic dermatitis or eczema is a common dermatological skin problem which characteristically is a pruritic, papular eruption with erythema. Like most papulosquamous eruptions it often occurs in intertrigenous areas in people with alle...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - July 1, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Mass Ivermectin Therapy Dramatically Cuts Scabies Cases at 2 Years - Updated Study Mass Ivermectin Therapy Dramatically Cuts Scabies Cases at 2 Years - Updated Study
Two doses of oral ivermectin administered throughout the population is more effective at dealing with outbreaks of scabies than mass treatment with topical permethrin or administering permethrin cream to affected people and their contacts, according to a new two-year report published online by The New England Journal of Medicine.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - June 27, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Dermatology News Source Type: news
Scabies Means Misery. This Pill Can End It.
Burrowing skin mites drive victims mad with itching, but distribution of a few pills can drive the infestation from entire communities. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - June 27, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald G. McNeil Jr. Tags: Scabies Impetigo Pesticides New England Journal of Medicine World Health Organization Fiji Medicine and Health Source Type: news
New Australian-Pacific scabies treatment has lasting results, study finds
(Murdoch Childrens Research Institute) Results of a two-year update of the world's first comparative trial of mass drug administration against scabies, show that the infection rate is still significantly down. The latest findings are published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.In 2012, the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, the Kirby Institute and the Fiji Ministry for Health, treated almost everyone on a remote Fijian island (716 people) with the oral anti-parasitic drug ivermectin. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - June 26, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news
International experts call for action for world's 450 million scabies sufferers
(Murdoch Childrens Research Institute) An alignment of researchers, health ministries and the World Health Organization has outlined the steps to develop a global program to control scabies -- the parasitic disease affecting 450 million people annually in mainly low-income countries. The paper published in The Lancet journal was led by Murdoch Children's Research Institute, in collaboration with the International Alliance for the Control of Scabies, the World Health Organization, researchers and the Ethiopian, Solomon Islands and Fijian Health Ministries. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - June 14, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
The public health control of scabies: priorities for research and action
This paper reviews major advances in the science of control of human scabies from the past 5 years and highlights key operational research questions that need to be addressed to develop a global scabies control programme. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - June 11, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Angola: Health Sector Steps Up Epidemiological Prevention in Hu íla
[ANGOP] Caluquembe -Awareness campaign on the importance of personal and collective hygiene has been launched in the communities of the southern Huila province aimed to prevent outbreaks of scabies, malaria and meningitis in the region. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 6, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Lice and Scabies: Treatment Update Lice and Scabies: Treatment Update
Get up-to-date on the latest developments in the treatment of lice and scabies.American Family Physician (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - May 31, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Journal Article Source Type: news
