Scabies infection is an allergic reaction in the skin, to the presence of mites, saliva and their eggs inside the skin. Read on to know about the effects that scratching may have on the infection.
Once a person contracts the infection, the first symptoms appear only after four to six weeks. So, you may continue to go about your daily activities for several days at a stretch while mites have begun burrowing under your skin at a slow pace. You may even be passing on the mites to all others around you. Yes, it sounds awful but it is true.
People, who have contracted the... more