Can Dettol Antiseptic Solution, Cream Or Soap Kill Scabies

Scabies is a skin infections. Because of that, many people turn to the use of dettol in the treatment of scabies. They add it to their bath water or even massage it into their skin with the hope of killing the mite and it's eggs.

Scabies

The active ingredient in Dettol that confers its antiseptic property is chloroxylenol (C8H9ClO), an aromatic chemical compound. Chloroxylenol comprises 4.8% of Dettol’s total admixture, with the rest made up of pine oil, isopropanol, castor oil, soap and water.”

Scabies infection is a contagious, intensely itchy skin condition caused by a tiny, burrowing mite. The mite is called Sarcoptes scabiei. There are many treatments for scabies. The active ingredient in Dettol cannot kill the mite and it's eggs.

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Can Dettol Kill Scabies

Using Dettol to bath may even aggravate allergic reaction in the skin. This is because scabies break the skin. Applying Dettol to the skin can trigger allergic reaction.

Using Dettol to wash clothes will not kill the mite and is egg. Use hot water and soap. After drying the clothes, apply hot pressing iron.

How Can One Get Scabies

Scabies usually is spread by direct, prolonged, skin-to-skin contact with a person who has scabies. Contact generally must be prolonged; a quick handshake or hug usually will not spread scabies. Scabies is spread easily to sexual partners and household members. Scabies in adults frequently is sexually acquired.

Symptoms Of Scabies

The most common symptom of scabies is intense itching in the area where the mites burrow. People may experience rashes, bumps, or redness along with itching or skin burrow.

Scabies affects an estimated 150 million people at any given time with an estimated 300 million cases a year, making it a very prevalent condition. It can affect anyone irrespective of age, gender, or race.

Prevention Of Scabies

Prevention is the work of both those who have it and healthy persons around. Those who have it should keep their distance and avoid using or sharing personal properties like clothes, bedsheets and towels. They should always bathe with warm water and wash their clothes with hot water and iron them.

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Healthy persons should always avoid touching personal belongings of those with scabies like clothes, bedsheets and towels.

Treatment Of Scabies

The most common drug for scabies are special creams. They are applied from the neck to the toe of an infected person for at least 12 hours. They are highly effective in killing the mite and the eggs. An example is Permethrin cream. Another is benzyl benzoate lotion, calamine lotion and Crotamiton (Eurax). Ivermectin (Stromectol) is the only oral drug recommended for scabies.

Is Scabies Contagious?

The answer is yes. That is why prevention is staying off the personal belongings of those who have it.

How Long Does scabies Last

Medicines work quickly to kill the mites, but the itchy rash may last for several weeks after treatment. Marks on the skin from scabies usually go away in 1 to 2 weeks, but sometimes take a few months to go away.

What Happens When scabies Is Left Untreated

Scabies infestation may be complicated by bacterial infection, leading to the development of skin sores that, in turn, may lead to the development of more serious consequences such as septicaemia, heart disease and chronic kidney disease.

What Soap Is Best For scabies

There is so much soap around the world. They contain one of the active ingredients of the creams recommended for treating scabies. For example, Tetmosol soap is a local treatment for scabies in Nigeria. Tetmosol contains benzyl benzoate which is a very effective scabicide. But a word of caution is that it should not be used too frequently.

What Kills Scabies Eggs

All the treatments above are capable of killing the mite and the egg.

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Why Itching Worse At Night

The kite moves more at night because the skin is warmer. There is another theory that says that is when they move to a location where they will lay their eggs.

WIll scabies Go Away Without Treatment

No. It must be treated.

How Long Does A Person With scabies Contagious

Scabies is contagious, even before you notice symptoms. Mites can live on a person for as long as one to two months, and scabies is contagious until treated.