Gene technology to help healthy skin in Aboriginal Australians
(Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) Australian researchers have used cutting-edge genome technologies to reveal the genetic makeup of a widespread skin parasite causing serious health problems in Aboriginal communities.The research team identified the genetic 'map' of the human parasitic scabies mite, accelerating research that could lead to new ways of preventing and treating scabies infestations and prevent lifelong complications for people in remote Aboriginal communities. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - February 12, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Mass Treatment With Ivermectin Decreases Scabies PrevalenceMass Treatment With Ivermectin Decreases Scabies Prevalence
A new study has found that mass administration of ivermectin in an at-risk population significantly reduced prevalence of scabies and impetigo compared with other treatment protocols. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Dermatology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Dermatology Headlines - December 23, 2015 Category: Dermatology Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
Mass drug administration controls scabies in endemic areas
Mass drug administration, particularly with ivermectin, controls scabies and its burdensome complications in endemic regions of the world, according to a report published online Dec. 10 in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Scabies, a skin condition caused by a microscopic mite and transmitted... (Source: Skin and Allergy News)
Source: Skin and Allergy News - December 9, 2015 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
Treating Whole Communities for Scabies Feasible, Effective
(MedPage Today) -- Trial in Fiji finds that ivermectin helped control endemic infection (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - December 9, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Super head lice warning as scientists discover almost all species are resistant to treatments
As the new school term looms, parents will be alarmed to know that nits are increasingly resistant to the most popular treatments (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - August 18, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: hair full marks headlice scabies treatment combing infestation fleas nits mousse Source Type: news
What Are Common Drug Eruptions in Children?
Discussion
Drug reactions unfortunately are common in children and adults. These reactions have different but often overlapping appearances. Viral exanthams also often cloud the picture as these rashes can be because of the drug, the virus or both.
Patients with urticaria multiforme present with an acute rash that appears as urticaria plaques that have a hemorrhagic or dusky discoloration. It occurs 1-3 days after viral symptoms (including cough, rhinorrhea, diarrhea) and may also present with fever.
Morbilliform drug eruptions one of the most common drug reactions in children and usually occur 7-14 days after the onset ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - July 27, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
WHO agency says insecticides lindane and DDT linked to cancer
LONDON (Reuters) - The insecticide lindane, once widely used in agriculture and to treat human lice and scabies, causes cancer and has been specifically linked to non-Hodgkin lymphoma, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 23, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
What is Jacquet Diaper Dermatitis?
Discussion
The differential diagnosis of diaper dermatitis is usually fairly easy with irritant, fungal and bacterial causes being the most common. These are usually easily treated with resolution. When it is not improving then the differential must be expanded and other disease processes must be considered. These again usually include problems that are relatively easily treated such as scabies, lice or tinea. Other much less likely conditions in this age group would be syphilis or granuloma inguinale. Other signs or symptoms need to also be considered as Crohn’s disease, histocytosis or acrodermatitis enteropathica ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - April 27, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
What Causes Vesicular Exanthams?
Discussion
Vesicles are circumscribed, elevated, fluid-filled lesions < 1 cm on the skin. They contain serious exudates or a mixture of blood and serum. They last for a short time and either break spontaneously or evolve into bullae. They can be discrete (e.g. varicella or rickettsial disease), grouped (e.g. herpes), linear (e.g. rhus dermatitis) or irregular (e.g. coxsackie) in distribution.
Associated symptoms such as pruritus, fever, myalgias, coryza and cough, along with a history of potential contact can be helpful. Vesicular rashes that are associated with systemic findings such as fever are usually due to infe...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - March 2, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Pyrethroid Pesticide Exposure, Learning Disability, and ADHDPyrethroid Pesticide Exposure, Learning Disability, and ADHD
Pyrethroid insecticides are increasingly being used residentially, from products to treat head lice and scabies to flea products on pets. Could they be affecting children's neurodevelopment? Environmental Health Perspectives (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 9, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Public Health & Prevention Journal Article Source Type: news
Picture of Scabies 1
Title: Picture of Scabies 1Category: ImagesCreated: 12/7/2010 5:15:00 PMLast Editorial Review: 12/10/2014 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Skin General)
Source: MedicineNet Skin General - December 10, 2014 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
What Is Norwegian Scabies?
Title: What Is Norwegian Scabies?Category: Doctor's ViewsCreated: 1/11/2008 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 12/1/2014 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Hepatitis C General)
Source: MedicineNet Hepatitis C General - December 1, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Long-Term Impact Factor of Dr. Scabies in Overall Treatment Success...
Dr. Scabies® successfully re-created the treatment approach for scabies in ways that pharmaceutical products cannot attain. In the first quarter of fiscal 2014, Dr. Scabies® contributed 8%...(PRWeb October 09, 2014)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/natural-scabies-treatment/10/prweb12233071.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - October 9, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Scabies Exposure at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical CenterScabies Exposure at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
New Hampshire clinicians should be aware of a patient with crusted (Norwegian) scabies in Lebanon, New Hampshire. State Health Alerts (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 3, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News Source Type: news
New Breakthrough Formula - Dr. Scabies® : The New Industry...
The development of Dr. Scabies® Products is a meaningful and unprecedented breakthrough in healing scabies through homeopathic approach, defying many pharmaceutical scabicides in the health...(PRWeb September 02, 2014)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Treatment-For-Scabies/Dr-Scabies-Cream/prweb12136240.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - September 2, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
