Natural Cures For Scabies
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If you thought chicken pox was bad, the uncontrollably urge to scratch, especially during the night is one of the unfortunate symptoms associated with the itchy skin condition called scabies. A high degree of discomfort is brought about when the rather small burrowing mite known as Sarcoptes scabiei settles on the skin, creating an intense reaction wherever it chooses to hide. The worst part – scabies is contagious and quickly spreads through close physical contact.
Symptoms
One of the most prominent signs and symptoms dealing with scabies include the itching that often becomes worse during the night. Thin marks consisting of many tiny blisters or bumps form. Typically, the line-like marks are seen within the folds of the skin. While almost every part of the body is not safe from the infestation of scabies, the most common body parts include: the armpits, between fingers, around the waist, along the insides of the wrist, soles of the feet, on the inner elbow, around the male genitals, on the buttocks, on the knees, around the breasts, and on the shoulder blades [1].
Typically, small children and the elderly have the most difficult time dealing with scabies, as they tend to experience the worst bouts of itching. An individual suffering from their first scabies infestation may not encounter itching or skin sores for a couple of weeks. The symptoms associated with a re-infestation of scabies usually surface within a few days [2].
Causes of Scabies
A microscopic mite causes the type of scabies that develops in humans. Without the help of a magnifying glass, sighting these pests is impossible. It is the female mite that burrows into the skin and creates a tunnel where she may lay eggs, which take 21 days to mature. After the eggs hatch, the mites continue to spread about the surface of the skin, where people respond to their presence, additional eggs, and waste through allergic reactions. Close physical contact helps spread scabies from one person to another. Sharing clothes and bedding with an infected person is also another way scabies is contracted.
Diagnosis
The diagnosis of scabies comes when a doctor takes a look at the skin and scans for signs of mites. He or she will seatch for the characteristic burrows that come with the condition. If a mite burrow is found, the doctor may scrape the region for further analysis under a microscope. This type of examination will alert a patient as to whether or not they are plagued with the presence of mites or their eggs.
Risk Factors
While scabies is a common skin condition that affects people of all shapes, sizes, and social classes, there are some environmental factors that increase the risk of development. For starters, the spread of scabies quickly passes from one to another in crowded conditions where skin-to-skin contact is frequent.
People working at hospitals, child-care centers, and nursing homes become prime candidates. In a household, family members and sex partners easily contract scabies from one another. Although pets are known to contract a mite infection known as mange, humans cannot become infected with scabies from their companions [3].
Natural Cures for Scabies
Seeking attention for a scabies problem is important because aggressive scratching can lead to more serious problems. This especially occurs when a break in the skin develops, causing a secondary bacterial infection to arise. One possibility involves impetigo, a superficial infection of the skin that may include staph (staphylococci) bacteria or strep (streptococci) bacteria [4]. To combat further complications associated with scabies, you may consider the following natural scabies cures:
a) Witch Hazel and Tea Tree Oil:
Combining 10 ml of tea tree oil and 90 ml of distilled witch hazel can be used as an effective lotion to use after taking a bath or shower [5].
b) Pure Lavender Oil:
Mixing pure lavender oil with alcohol creates a nice natural remedy for scabies when applied to affected areas. It is important to make sure you apply enough of the mixture to penetrate and saturate the skin. Some individuals have found success through killing the mites and their eggs with this method.
c) Neem Oil:
Neem oil is a botanical pesticide fashioned from the extract of a plant called Azadirachta indica. There are many different ways that neem oil is presented as a cure for scabies. 100 ml of pure neem oil can be used for bathing purposes and direct application. Some people have used 150 ml of neem oil to create a bubble bath. 50 grams of neem oil may create an antiseptic cream when paired with turmeric that offers treatment and relief from discomfort. There are also manufacturers that offer a neem oil stick that is applied to sections of the body where broken skin is affected.
d) Cool Water Soaks:
The itching associated with scabies is minimized when soaking in a bath of cool water or applying a cool, wet washcloth to sections of irritated skin.
Scabies Prevention
To prevent the spread of mites from one person to another or avoid a re-infestation, there are a few measures to take into consideration. It is important to clean all clothes and linen associated with an infected person. This process should occur before treatment using hot, soapy water on all clothing, towels, sheets, comforters, and pillowcases. When drying, high heat is recommended. The clothes you cannot wash at home, you should dry-clean offsite.
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Is this true that madre cacao can cure this disese?
A bottle of Jergens Lotion will clear this condition overnight. I know for a fact!!!
This condition has become rampant. I suspect that the insects are being bred on dead animal. I suspect that since Freddie Halbrook posted his remedy, the original Jergens Lotion has been removed from the shelves. I am posting this on the chance that he can reveal what the ingredient was in the lotion that he used. There are now many many versions of the Jergens Lotion, it seems. Bobby Meade meaderobe@gmail.com
It’s gotten a lot worse. Now I suspect that breast cancer cases may be fabricated from infection of the nipples by scabies. These mites are attracted to the high temperature areas of the body. I have found that sulfur cream, which I mixed in high concentration with oil worked on my arms and hands well. Lemon juice works somewhat too. Infections of the breast are another matter however, for it takes an unreal amout of effor to draw the infection out, and there is not sign of entry by the insect like on the hands and arms. I also have swollen elbows that may be infected by scabies too, but it may be from all the lotions that I have been using on my sulphur treated arms. Permethrin is out, for it causes liver damage; plus the recommended 5% solution is available only by prescription. They say 1% cures head lice, and all the stores carry .5 or .33%. Go figure. Bobby Meade meaderobe@gmail.com
Sulfer Soap works great. also mixing Olive and Cocunut oil does the trick because the olive oil kills it and the cocunut oil allows the olive oil under the skin.
I will tell you right now that Jergens doesn’t work PERIOD. prescriptions don’t work(most scabies are now resistant to permethrin)and they mess up your skin. I ended up using THREE TUBES of peremthrin and it still didnt go aways.
I had scabies a few months ago, and I got rid of it with Neem Oil. You can buy it at Whole Foods. Take that jergens lotion you have there, and mix it with TONS of neem and apply it throughout the day. And in between take Neem baths. The Neem oil is a natural contraceptive, in other words the scabies cannot reproduce. So eventually they just die off. It will take about a month for them to finally die off, but it works. And for your house i recommend Rid spray (make sure it has permethrin .50%) and spray it on EVERYTHING. You can also take neem oil put a few drops in a spray bottle and spray it on rugs couches ect.
I have gotten rid of this by eating relatively large quantities of raw organic cacao nibs. I was eating cacao because it gives you energy and for me it’s a very effective appetite suppressant, as well as being extremely healthy. I had scabies and was not trying too hard to get rid of it, since I was living alone and the rash didn’t bother me much. Within a few weeks, and not quite a pound of raw organic cacao nibs later, it just cleared up entirely.
To be more specific, if it helps, I would usually eat a couple small handfuls on an empty stomach. It’s a fatty food, so after that you don’t really even feel hungry.
I tried natural remedies (tea tree, turmeric, lavender), OTC lice meds for topical application, but nothing helped. After several weeks I went to the doc and got the permethrin. It worked overnight, but 4 days later I had the creepy crawly sensations again. I used my follow up treatment immediately. I was supposed to only need it a week later, but my gut told me “Use now!”. I will use one more treatment for good measure. (Oh, and BTW, you have to wash all of your bedding and clothing and dry on high heat every night. This is so exhausting.) The permethrin has caused no negative symptoms. It’s very gentle, non-irritating to my sensitive skin, and has no odor. I am usually against drug companies, so I’m not saying use Rx first; but come on! Do not torture yourself out of paranoia. The Rx is less expensive than all the stuff I’ve bought put together. Just do it and don’t risk spreading this nasty little beastie to your family and friends and the general public. You deserve to have relief.
Parasitic or poisonous insects have been used as bioterror weapons since Biblical times in the same way anthrax has. Even though there is no other substance that can duplicate the effects of exposure to anthrax spores, the spores are being thrown again to promote the current Swine Flu hysteria. I believe that all scabies outbreaks outside of the ranching profession have been intentional. Regarding the aforementioned breast infections, I believe that clogged mammary ducts are what makes it so difficult to drain an infected breast; thus it took @ 40 hours of soaking, sqeezing, and manipulating the breast to force the poison out. Keep in mind that the skin of the nipple is some of the toughest skin in the body. Regarding parasitic mites, the mites that I am dealing with are only 1 or 2 microns long, and I find that there is very little written on any mites other than that which produces scabies in sheep. There are probably many species of parasitic mites, especially from Asia and S. America. I bought an AMA Family Medical Guide ‘82 for $1 at a book sale. It showed a picture of a scabies infestation with a large circular sore along with numerous mite bites. I am quite sure that the large sore is a scorpion sting or a spider bite, for those toxins kill flesh and leave such sores; thus one of the favorite modes of attack seems to be to throw a combination of cutaneous anthrax, baby scorpions or spiders, and mites; hoping that the resulting skin inflamation will send you running to the doctor. That is probably why I saw a guy’s scorpion collection in Ithaca in the 70s; they were raising them for the baby scorpions. The mites and other small insects are thrown on me wherever I go apparently in clumps containing several hundred mites; thus I can feel it when the clumps hit me. These mites seek out sores that have previously been infested by mites or scorpion sting or spider bite sores. Via soaking or lubricating the infested areas with aloe, sulphur cream, lemon juice, or epsom, the mites are forced out of the skin where they can be scraped off with the fingernails or they are restricted to the scar tissue that forms around the sores. With sores on the back, arms, or legs, it is easy to scrape the scar tissue off as it grows on the perimeter of circular sores, but the skin of the fingers and the neck require special attention. Regarding the skin of the fingers, especially between the fingers, the scar tissue should not be scraped, for it leaves deep wounds. Mites attempting to migrate from the scar tissue leave visible tracks; thus treating them with suphur etc. results in the new track detaching from the skin and becoming like an appendage of the original scar tissue. The skin of the neck is very tough and open sores do not seem to form from any of the mentioned insects. As you should know, the lymphatic system is the body’s poison elimination process, and bacterial infection as well as poisons cause swollen nodes. When the lymph nodes under my left arm swelled up to the size of golf balls as a result of numerous insect bites on my back, I looked into lymphatic massage and the flow of lymph throughout the body. By massaging the lymph vessels and forcing the lymph in the direction of its next destination, the spleen; I was able to jumpstart my lymph system to handle toxins on an unprecedented level. I have determined that there are no lymph nodes on the back; thus the poisons affect the ones in the armpits, and can even cause bursitus to develop in the elbows. From dealing with several severe scorpions stings, I have determined that the toxins can cripple you like tetanus or blood poisoning just as a bacterial infection does. Squeezing and manipulating sting sites had to be done slowly and repeatedly to restrict the release of toxins. For example to heal a sore from a scorpion sting (Killer of Man?) in my calf that caused it to swell up to the size of a football, I had to kick in the pool, for if I used my arms, lockjaw would develop. I kicked @ 500 miles in 5 months to heal that sore. Their throwing insects en masse at me also seems to be promoting a condition called scleroderma which is characterized by the excessive formation of scar tissue. This is a progressive disease that eventually causes death, and I suspect that the incidence of it is being suppressed. Acne is a form of scleroderma. How often is acne listed as the cause of death? Found 100,000 in US in ‘95 up to 300,000 now, mostly in blacks, Indians, and women. Current texts make no mention of insects promoting it, but they do mention the cytotoxicity of organic solvents causing it. (Gasoline!?) I am sure that older texts mentioned the sensation of insects on the skin being a symptom of scleroderma. I’ve found that creams containing lavender or aloe are somewhat successful in repelling the mites, and creams containing Vitimin E are helpful in healing the sores. Since these insects are extremely small and hard to detect, it is likely that you would be told that you had delusions if you insisted that there were insects.
Jergens lotion does NOT cure scabies. If it worked for your skin condition, you probably just had dry skin.