The skin of the finger webs and the folds under the arms, breasts, elbows, genitals, and buttocks are involved. Physician's monitoring of general condition and medications. The blisters break easily when scratched.
Broken blisters leave scratch marks and thickened skin, crisscrossed by grooves and scaling.
A mite that burrows into deep skin layers, where the female mite deposits eggs. Eggs mature into adult mites in 3 weeks. Mites are 0.1mm in diameter and can be seen only under a microscope. Scratching collects mites and eggs under the fingernails, so they spread to other parts of the child's body. Your child should avoid contact with persons or linen and clothing that may have been infected with scabies.