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Results 1 - 9 of 9 for scabies
  1. Scabies 
    Scabies is an easily-spread skin disease caused by a very small mite. ... Scabies is found among people of all groups and ages around the world. Scabies spread by skin- ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000830.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  2. Scabies mite - photomicrograph (image) 
    This is a photomicrograph of the scabies mite. This animal burrows in the skin, depositing both eggs and feces. Scabies infestation causes intense itching (pruritus) which leads to scratching ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/1364.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Scabies mite - photomicrograph of the stool (image) 
    This is a photomicrograph of scabies feces in skin scrapings. This material is thought to cause an allergic-type reaction which may be responsible for the intense ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/1365.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Scabies mite, eggs, and stool photomicrograph (image) 
    ... photomicrograph of a skin scraping that contains a scabies mite, eggs, and feces. This animal burrows into the skin, depositing both eggs and feces. A scabies infestation causes intense itching (pruritus) which leads to ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/2471.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Scabies mite - photomicrograph (image) 
    This is a photomicrograph of the scabies mite. They burrows into the skin, depositing both eggs and feces. A scabies infestation causes intense itching (pruritus) which leads to scratching ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/2470.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Scabies rash and excoriation on the hand (image) 
    Rash and open scratches from a scabies infection. (Image courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.)
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/1298.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Scabies mite - photomicrograph (image) 
    ... highly-magnified photograph of the mite that causes scabies.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/2058.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Day care health risks 
    ... vaccine. Bug infections, such as head lice and scabies , are other common health problems that occur in ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001974.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Skin lesion KOH exam 
    Babel DE. Fungal studies (and scabies): collection procedures and tests. In: Fowler GC, ed. Pfenninger and Fowler's Procedures for Primary Care . 4th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2020: ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003761.htm - Medical Encyclopedia