{"id":57684,"date":"2023-12-08T04:18:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T04:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homeobook.com\/?p=57684"},"modified":"2023-12-08T04:18:46","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T04:18:46","slug":"scabies-spread-and-control-concept-of-psora-and-homeopathic-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeobook.com\/scabies-spread-and-control-concept-of-psora-and-homeopathic-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"Scabies-spread and control concept of psora and homeopathic approach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr Srinivas Babu Kathi <\/strong><\/p>\n

ABSTRACT:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Over the past decade scabies has been recognized as \u201cneglected tropical disease\u201d by World Health Organization. Human scabies a common infestation, has a worldwide distribution with a variable impact and presentation depending on the clinical situation.<\/p>\n

KEYWORDS: <\/u><\/strong>Scabies, Diagnostic criteria, Control of Scabies, Psora,Homeopathic approach<\/p>\n

INTRODUCTION:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

REVIEW OF LITERATURE: <\/u><\/strong>The discovery in 1687 of the itch mite marks scabies as the first disease of man with known cause.1 <\/sup>The itch mite Sarcoptes scabiei or Acarus scabiei is an extremely small, globular arthropod just visible to the naked eye.The female parasite borrows into the epidermis where it breeds and causes the condition known as scabies or itch.1<\/sup><\/p>\n

INCIDENCE: <\/u><\/strong>It is common cause of itching dermatosis infesting ~ 300 million persons worldwide3.<\/sup> It is common in children , highest prevalence below 5 years of age but can occur at any age. No sex preponderance.3 <\/sup>The human acarus is morphologically indistinguishable from the animal variety but it is quite distinct physiologically. Therefore, animal scabies cannot flourish on the human skin3<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

RISK FACTORS: <\/u><\/strong>Overcrowding, Poor hygiene, Low socio economic status are predisposing factors.4<\/sup><\/p>\n

MODE OF TRANSMISSION: <\/u><\/strong>Close contact with infested person.This is often due to sleeping in the same bed or by children playing with each other or nursing an infested person.Contaminated clothes an bedlinen.1<\/sup><\/p>\n

War, natural calamities , social or religious congregations provide good opportunities for the mite to spread and cause epidemics.<\/p>\n

LIFE CYCLE OF SARCOPTES SCABIEI : <\/u><\/strong>The itch mite is just visible to the naked eye, measuring 0.4mm in size .1<\/sup>Gravid female mites, measuring ~ 0.3 mm in length, burrow superficially beneath the stratum corneum, depositing 3 or fewer eggs per day. Nymphs mature in ~2 weeks and then emerge as adults to the surface of the skin , where they mate and re-invade the skin of the same or another host.Transfer of newly fertilized female mites from person to person occurs mainly by intimate contact. Generally, these mites die with in a day or so in the absence of host contact.3<\/sup><\/p>\n

SITE OF LESIONS: <\/u><\/strong>Sites involved are inter-digital webs, flexor aspect of wrist, ulnar border of forearm, elbows , anterior axillary folds, umbilicus and periumbilical area, medial aspect of thighs, genitalia , lower part of the buttocks , knees and ankles.In infants , palms , soles, face and scalp are common sites.4<\/sup><\/p>\n

Burrows are pathognomic lesions of scabies which appears as S thread like greyish to darkline, few millimeters long with a vesicle at one end where mite is present.4<\/sup><\/p>\n

The disease also affects the breasts in women and genitals in men.<\/p>\n

CLINICAL FEATURES:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n