skin : scabies 1


For ordinary people, the term zoonoses is still a foreign thing. But basically, have a sense as zoonotic animal diseases that can be transmitted to humans. One of them who is still an issue in the scabies skin health. Scabies is not a disease in animals, but a disease affecting humans caused by animal parasites. Scabies in humans is an infestation of disease is very itchy skin caused by parasitic infection, in this case of mites (committee).
Scabies cases spread throughout the world is estimated at 300 million cases per year. Scabies can appear in men or women, at all ages, all ethnicities, and also at all levels of socio-economic life (Chosidow, 2006). More than 2500 years ago, has become scabies skin problems in humans. At first, the Romans used to indicate the limits scabies the itchy skin disease. Aristotle discussed the "lice in the flesh" contained in a vesicle. In the 17th century, precisely in 1687, Giovanni Cosimo Bonomo explain the disease caused by mites (Committee) is. This is a disease in humans for the first time unknown causes due to the typical (Binder, 2006).
Currently, scabies restriction leads to skin lesions caused by mites (committee) this. Enforcement scabies early diagnosis is still difficult, inadequate treatment of the patient, and the environment suspected as the main cause of this disease developing. Clinical scabies closely resembles the other skin diseases, so often associated with other skin diseases it. This often led to late diagnosis.

Scabies is widespread health problems, can strike all ages, and socioeconomic groups. Delay in diagnosis and treatment and low education about a very important role to scabies prevalence of these scabies. Worldwide prevalence estimated 300 million cases per year. Average - the average prevalence was higher in children - children and individuals with an active sexual activity than other groups. According Chosidow (2006), from a study in the UK, scabies show a high prevalence in the population of these cities and are women and children - children. Scabies This is more common in the rainy season than the summer. Patients with such a weak condition in leprosy, and patients with immune low condition (immunocompromissed) as in the case of post-transplant, HIV disease, and elderly patients are at high risk of this disease.

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