lots of info on scabies well written,
Scabies is highly contagious and is usually transmitted by direct personal contact. It typically presents as an intensely pruritic eruption. The symptoms may resemble numerous other disorders, especially atopic dermatitis or dermatitis herpetiformis and other insect infestations. Atypical presentations are common in Norwegian scabies and in childhood scabies. Norwegian scabies occurs in institutionalized patients and in those with immune system deficiency. The female scabies mite burrows into the skin, depositing eggs and fecal pellets, called scybal…
