The mite lives under the skin, causing a pimple-like bump. Scabies is a fairly common skin infection. The most common sign that a person has scabies is severe itching, especially at night. The skin area s most often infected are, around the wrists, elbows, armpits, thighs, nipples, waist, lower buttocks, genitals, and the webs between the fingers. The mites that cause scabies are spread directly by touching the skin of someone who is infected.
Sexual contact is also a means of catching scabies.
Scabies mites can also be spread from towels or bedding if the person with the infection used them immediately beforehand. A person who has scabies can give the infection to another person as long as they have symptoms. Scabies infestation does not necessarily mean a person is not clean. For someone who has never had scabies, the symptoms can begin anywhere from two to six weeks after being exposed. If the person has had scabies before, the irritation and itching can happen in just one to four days.