Scabies is a skin disease that needs proper treatment in order for it not to re appear. However, scabies can not be treated without medication that must be prescribed to you by your doctor. There are, though, some things to do at home in order to prevent you and your family from being infected with scabies again.

The very thing you should to prevent scabies is to wash all the clothes, bed linens and towels in very hot water. Another trick is to use a dryer for the, if you want to prevent scabies. Furthermore, the scabies medication that you have from your doctor should be used according to his/ her specification. Do not use other scabies products, because you may suffer from a chemical reaction.

Scabies is mostly known for itching. You can use antihistamines to reduce the itching sensation that scabies gives. You also have to cut the nails very short and clean them well, in order to remove the scabies mites or eggs. Remember not to scratch when suffering from scabies. You might cause an infection of the skin.

The best thing to do when having scabies is to go to the doctor for treatment. If you do not treat scabies properly for the first time, you might suffer from this condition for many months. Also is scabies is not properly treated at first, the risk of having scabies again is more considerable.

The proper scabies treatment is with creams, lotions and medication to relief you from the itching sensation that accompanies scabies. The most common scabies medication is permethrin cream. This cream kills scabies mites. It must be applied on all the body parts that are affected by scabies and left on for more than 12 hours. The best time to apply the scabies cream is at night, just before going to bed.

This cream treatment lasts about one week and it is safe both in adults and in children as well. Pregnant women may also use this scabies cream treatment.

Antihistamines are also prescribed to a patient if suffering from scabies. They help relief the itch that is a trade mark for scabies. When you have a scabies infected person around it is best to treat all people who have had contact with the scabies patient. There are times when the rash surface of the scabies patient may become infected. This is another problem that has no connection with scabies and it usually is a bacterial infection.