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Disease Report on Scabies
The causal agent of the scabies is sarcoptes scabiei var.hominis. The human itch mite is in the class arachnidan family Sarcoptidae, subclass Acari. The mites burrow under the epidermis of the skin, and never go below the stratum corneum. Other races of scabies may cause infestations in other animals of which humans may contact with a temporary itching due to dermatitis; but they do not multiply in the human host. (http://www.cdc.gov/scabies/)
The history of scabies was written in a letter written by Dr.Giovan Cosimo Bonomo to Francesco Redi2 on July 18, 1687, is the first accurate description of the mite with a very accurate drawing of its appearance. In this letter, Bonomo stated that the sarcoptes scabiei could be transmitted by direct contact, and it stuck to almost everything, including fomites. This marked the first time that a microscopic organism could be the cause of the disease.
(http://www.dermato.med.br/hds/bibliography/1998giovan-cosimo-bonomo.htm)
The life cycle of the scabies undergoes four stages. Females deposit three to four eggs per day under the skin. These eggs will hatch in three to four days. These larvae move to the skin surface and burrow into the stratum corneum to construct molting pouches. The larval stage emerges from the eggs and has three pair of legs. After the larval molt, the resulting nymphs have four pair of legs. This form molts into slightly larger nymphs before molting into adults.
Identification of the scabies is a skin rash with severe itching, especially at night, is the most common symptom. Visually, the skin will have papules. Itching and rash may affect much of body, or be limited to more common sites such as between the fingers, on the wrists, waist...
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... very interesting project for me, and now my curiosity is satisfied about the scabies. Up until now, all I knew was that it was a skin infection with intense itching.
Works Cited
http://www.cdc.gov/scabies/
CDC’s Parasitic Diseases A-Z.
Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne,
Parasites and Health
Scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei)
http://www.dermato.med.br/hds/bibliography/1998giovan-cosimo-bonomo.htm
International Journal of Dermatology 1998; 37(8):625-630
Duke, James A. The Green Pharmacy Herbal Handbook
Rodale Books, 2000: 100-106.
http://www.cdc.gov/scabies/
CDC’s Parasitic Diseases A-Z.
Division of Parasitic Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne,
Parasites and Health
Scabies (Sarcoptes scabiei)
http://www.dermato.med.br/hds/bibliography/1998giovan-cosimo-bonomo.htm
In reproduction, the female produces clusters of eggs that she carries in one or two egg sacs that are attached to her abdomen. Once hatched, The T. Californium’ life cycle has quite a few stages. The first being six naupliar (young) stages lasting 4 – 10 days. Next come the 6-copepodite stages (7-14 days for the first 5 stages) ending in the last stage where T.californicus is a sexually mature adult. Adults then live from 40 – 90 days after the stages are complete (Rickets and Calvin 1985).
Barone, Eugene J., Judson C. Jones, and Joann E. Schaefer. "Hidradenitis Suppurativa." Skin Disorders. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000. 21-25. Print.
...may have the same symptoms. The symptoms are red bumps that may bleed if the sores are picked over.
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Unknown, Discover Staff. 1996. "The origin of Syphilis." Discover. October. Vol. 17, n10, pg23 (3)
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Even though S. aureus is mainly associated with food poisoning, the bacterium can penetrate the skin or other mucous membranes to invade a range of tissues which will cause a variety of infections. Superficial infection of the skin can cause boils, impetigo, styes (infection of the glands or hair follicles of the eyelids), folliculitis, and furnacles. All of these infections are charac...
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Hochadel, M. (2014). Mosby's Drug Reference for Health Care Professionals (fourth edition ed.). : Elsevier.
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The symptoms of psoriasis differ from type to type, although inflamed, scaly lesions are present in all five types. The most common form of the disease, plaque psoriasis, is identified by small bumps that begin to grow and become scaly. These lesions flake easily, but removing these patches can cause the tender skin below to bleed. In the Guttate type, small, individual, red drops form. This type does not have as much scaling as plaque psoriasis. The drops usually clear up on their own, but may also reappear as a different form of psoriasis, usually plaque. Inverse psoriasis usually occurs in places where the skin folds, such as the genitals, breasts, armpits or the backs of knees. This type will appear red, yet it will be smooth and dry. Also, no scaling will occur. Pustular psoriasis is a type that's significantly more rare. It is also more painful. In this type, blisters filled with non-infectious pus appear within a few hours and then dry up and peel within another two days. Severe medical risks exist for those who have this particular form of psoriasis, due to its side effects; exhaustion, anemia, weight loss, fever, chills, rapid pulse rate, severe itching and muscle weakness. Even less common than pustular psoriasis is erythrodermic psoriasis. This type is...
Pubic lice is caused by being transmitted through sex, and can be caught with dirty sheets or towels or clothes, etc. http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pubic-lice-crabs/symptoms-causes/dxc-20165548 It is spread through sexual activity and using other peoples things like blankets and towels before they are washed.
Scabies is an “ancient disease that has been around for nearly 2,500 years”. Many people struggle with this disease and the complications that follow. Scabies is caused by a “bacterial infection leading to the development of skin sores and other more serious complications”. “There are currently very few treatments available for this disease” as the article states. This article state that in Australia it “affects about 6 in 10 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children at any given time, more than six times the rate seen in the rest of the developed world”. The scabies infestation has a “negative impact of the life of the infected and has similar features of psoriasis”. The article state “It is hard to diagnose scabies in a clinical setting”,
Elephantiasis disease results in much psychological distress and suffering to both the person with the disease and family. It also causes embarrassment, shame, sadness, depression, fear and social isolation. This embarrassment is due to the visibility of the swollen parts of the body. A common embarrassing name used to describe the disease is elephant leg. This disease can cause disability and poverty to people due to the enlargement of different body parts. It can enable people to work, and this effects the individual and the society economy, as people from the endemic countries with the disease suffer from poverty because lots of people are affected by elephantiasis and are unable to bring income to their families. This disease affects an