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IMPETIGO and Scabies
IMPETIGO and Scabies
Advise adults, young people and children, and their parents or 5 carers if
appropriate, about good hygiene measures to reduce the 6 spread of
impetigo to other areas of the body and to other people (NICE, 2019).
(AAFP, 2019) ADVICE
TREATMENT (AAFP, 2014)
TREATMENT
NICE , 2019
MONITORING
https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/ss/slideshow-scabies-overview
EPIDEMIOLOGY
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
The female S scabiei var hominis mite lays 60-90 eggs in her 30-day lifespan.
LIFE CYCLE
Eggs incubate and hatch in 3-4 days (90% of the hatched mites die)
Larvae (3 pairs of legs) migrate to the skin surface and burrow into the intact stratum corneum to
make short burrows, called molting pouches (3-4 days)
Larvae molt into nymphs (4 pairs of legs), which molt once into larger nymphs before becoming
adults
Mating takes place once, and the female is fertile for the rest of her life; the male dies soon after
mating
The female makes a serpentine burrow using proteolytic enzymes to dissolve the stratum corneum
of the epidermis, laying eggs in the process; she continues to lengthen her burrow and lay eggs
for the rest of her life, surviving 1-2 months
Transmission of impregnated females from person-to-person occurs through direct or indirect skin
contact