The human itch mite is to blame for scabies, an irritating skin condition. These tiny little buggers will find a home buried just under you upper skin layer. From here, these parasites will churn out piles of eggs like a factory puts out parts. This will turn your skin into a bit more than just an uncomfortable itch. Worse than that, scabies infections are very contagious to people.

There is no mistaking a scabies infection, and symptoms can manifest themselves as early as a day, and as long as six weeks after setting up their new digs under your skin. Another thing you can’t avoid is noticing when the symptoms kick in. This little problem just won’t be going away through ignoring them. The most common problem areas on the body are the skin between the fingers, in the armpits, along the wrists, elbows and penis, and the waist. The nipple area can also be troubled.

You’ll feel no end to the itching. You’ll start getting little blisters and your skin will scale and flake. Scratching your sore spots will do nothing to relieve the irritation, but it will bring on more sores on the infected areas. These sores will bring with them harmful, and even dangerous bacteria. Does this sound like something you can simply ignore?

The tunneling done by female scabies are highly visible as welts with a crooked shape, and a gray, white or skin-toned pallor. You’ll find these along folds of skin and between your extremities. Children will see rashes on their heads, faces and under feet and hands.

So, how to take care of this problem? Easy, if you have a scabicide that you can apply to all the sore spots. You put this on, leave it on for a while, wash it off. But you don’t want to look over the counter for this solution, as topical creams, pills and the like are not really good treatments for scabies, and none of them certainly have the good seal of approval from the FDA. And if you fall short on a proper treatment, you run the risk of those awful sores making an encore performance on your skin. This will also happen if you come across another infected person, like a family member. Never forget that humans are contagious when infected. If you continue to feel itchy after an initial treatment, by all means, keep treating your infection, or start the treatment over again. Most people have to do this the first time.