Sweetie Sweetie Infection In Nigeria

Scabies infection is also called sweetie sweetie or sweety sweety or craw craw in Nigeria. It is a contagious, intensely itchy skin condition caused by a tiny, burrowing mite. The mite is called Sarcoptes scabiei.

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How Can One Get Sweetie Sweetie

Sweetie sweetie 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 Sweetie Sweetie

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.

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Sweetie sweetie 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 Sweetie Sweetie

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.

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

Sweetie Disease Treatment

The most common drug for sweetie sweetie 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 sweetie sweetie.

Is Sweetie Sweetie The Same As Sweet Syndrome?

Sweet syndrome is different from sweetie sweetie which is scabies. Sweet's syndrome, also called acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis, is an uncommon skin condition. It causes fever and a painful skin rash that appears mostly on the arms, face and neck. The cause of Sweet's syndrome isn't known, but it's sometimes triggered by an infection, illness or medication.

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Is Sweetie Sweetie Contagious?

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

How Long Does Sweetie Sweetie 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 Sweetie Sweetie Is Left Untreated?

Sweetie sweetie 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 Sweetie Sweetie?

There is so much soap around the world. They contain one of the active ingredients of the creams recommended for treating sweetie sweetie. 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.

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What Kills Scabies Eggs?

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

Can Dettol Be Use?

Avoid using antiseptics such as dettol and savlon.

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 Sweetie Sweetie Go Away Without Treatment?

No. It must be treated.

How Long Does A Person With Sweetie Sweetie 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.