Thread: Scabies!

Okay so scabies are absolutely terrible. I would not wish them upon my worst enemy. But for some reason or another, I've gotten them 3 times in like 6 months. Each time I've used permethrin cream, washed everything like a mad women, done everything i was told to do. BUT THEY COME BACK.

I'm just wondering if anyone knows of any other ways to cull scabies. permethrin cream is a carcinogenic so i really don't want to ever use it again.. but i can't stand scabies either...

if they keep coming back they might be laying eggs on all your shit. you need to decontaminate everything you own and if that is not working THROW THE SHIT OUT!!!!

i have heard of people making pastes with neem oil and tree tea oil. i'm not exactly sure how it works. i'm sure a quick google search will be beneficial. sorry i'm not much help but that's all i know about treating scabies. thankfully i have never gotten them.

what are YOU talking about? i love scabies. something about scratching till i bleed and being able to contaminate other people... <-sarcasm

Can you tell us all the steps you've taken? That way we can figure out if you're missing something. Also, do you know if this is happening to any of your friends? People might just be infecting each other in a cycle. Also, you don't have to wash everything if you can heat it enough to kill anything living inside.

Well once I get the permethrin, I strip my bed, all my clothes, jackets, everything... wash them in hot water, dry them. then i even put them in plastic bags and left it outside since the cold kills scabies (I live in vermont). then i put the permethrin on, sleep on clean sheets, wear clean clothes... wake up shower, and two weeks later put another application on.

I know a couple of my friends had it to, which is where i got it the first time, but we all treated it around the same time.. it may be like vicious sharing of scabies.. which sucks hhaha.

I don't know. I just don't want scabies anymore. I think the house i'm living in is a breeding ground for them and i can't wait to move out. i'm just looking for a natural remedy, and was hoping someone here had one that they personally tried out and had work.

Originally Posted by eatmonksus

what are YOU talking about? i love scabies. something about scratching till i bleed and being able to contaminate other people... <-sarcasm

The best is laying in bed all night scratching, not being able to sleep.


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syke.

Originally Posted by Seldom Seen Smith

if they keep coming back they might be laying eggs on all your shit. you need to decontaminate everything you own and if that is not working THROW THE SHIT OUT!!!!

i have heard of people making pastes with neem oil and tree tea oil. i'm not exactly sure how it works. i'm sure a quick google search will be beneficial. sorry i'm not much help but that's all i know about treating scabies. thankfully i have never gotten them.

I wish i could afford to throw everything i own out. hahah

The reality is you MAY HAVE TO! Obviously, the multiple regimines are not working. Subjectively speaking this could be due to: a) the percentage is too low in your topical ointment; you are around others who are NOT diligently pursuing a course of treatment; c) as it appears you're in a rural, farming community, the structure, accoutrements, beds, etc. are dilapidated thus allowing for infestation.

Seldom is DEAD ON here! The reality is this: you must eradicate, COMPLETELY, the scabies! Additionally, in re: 'a)' you may need to get a prescription strength medication. Let's keep this real here, too. Mother Nature is real neat and all, but sooner or later you'll come to the realization that you will either bleed to death, slip into psychosis from lack of sleep or kill the motherfuckers with a VENGENCE!

Drop into Burlington's Free Clinic. Been there a lot myself, good folks! And remember, if you don't clean ur shit and get the fuck outta the breeding ground where they are at, the script means shit!

Originally Posted by IBRRHOBO

The reality is you MAY HAVE TO! Obviously, the multiple regimines are not working. Subjectively speaking this could be due to: a) the percentage is too low in your topical ointment; you are around others who are NOT diligently pursuing a course of treatment; c) as it appears you're in a rural, farming community, the structure, accoutrements, beds, etc. are dilapidated thus allowing for infestation.

Seldom is DEAD ON here! The reality is this: you must eradicate, COMPLETELY, the scabies! Additionally, in re: 'a)' you may need to get a prescription strength medication. Let's keep this real here, too. Mother Nature is real neat and all, but sooner or later you'll come to the realization that you will either bleed to death, slip into psychosis from lack of sleep or kill the motherfuckers with a VENGENCE!

Drop into Burlington's Free Clinic. Been there a lot myself, good folks! And remember, if you don't clean ur shit and get the fuck outta the breeding ground where they are at, the script means shit!

bahh,thanks. scabies are terrible little fuckers. I'm definitely going to just get rid of everything then, lather up in permethrin, and pray to the hobo gods that scabies will be out of my life soon.

My friend in Portland had scabies, and I helped to get rid of them. And I didn't get 'em!

We threw all the clothes and bed sheets into a dryer to roast the bugs, then garbage-bagged the clothes and left 'em sealed for a couple weeks. We also used Dr. Bronner's peppermint castille soap to wash with, while drinking a tincture (a few drops of black walnut extract and a few drops of dragonseal in a glass of water - terrible) a few times daily.
My friend also got covered in the aforementioned cream, which we created just by mixing some neem oil (liquid) into a store-supplied body lotion/moisturizer.
I shared the room, but never got any itchin' going on, and within a few days everything was okay all-around.

I was just about to suggest the Dr B's stuff. Man that stuff rocks. I have never used it for scabies recovery, but for other stuff. woowoo.
I had scabies when I was preg the first time, OMG. You can't use anything,. Thank the dirty kid gods I had gotten the scabies about 2 weeks before I gave birth. So I only had to endure it for a few days. Mostly, thank the gods again, it was mostly my hands and elbows. I rubbed down with a brillo, between my fingers and all over my elbows, then rubbed down the areas with rubbing alcohol. Cooling to the touch, and soothes the need to scratch really fast. Course, with out the regular prescription stuff, till after the birth, I was doing the scrub and rub every few hours. I had bought and used so much Isoprpyl those two three weeks, the guy at the mini mart asked If I was drinking it or making moonshine in my hotel room, LOL.... You are going ot have to get a prescription for the industrial stuff. And keep away for the other buggy kids till EVERYONE is clean again. It's lik Mormons and little kids, if you keep hanging with them, they well never go away,...And good luck...

immolation is the solution, now seriously, i just got sensible when i saw a picture in wikipedia regarding scabies in a pacient without immune system (he had aids)

thanks for the visual, yee-ikes

From my experience, Permethrin for Scabies and for Head Lice both suck.. I used %1 for head lice twice in one week, and they still were found in my hair. After that I just started using the nit comb to get all the big bugs out, which turned out to be a fun game, this was just to keep the breading and activity down, but finally I shaved my head and I havent noticed anything yet. As for scabies, I couldnt ever tell whether they went away or not.. I seemed to itch ever since I first got them 2 years ago.

Originally Posted by rememberusername

As for scabies, I couldnt ever tell whether they went away or not.. I seemed to itch ever since I first got them 2 years ago.

uhhuh...., thanks for warning us. Remind us to keep a safe distance from you if you go to the gathering in April. Just kidding, I tend to have really dry/itchy skin also but it's not scabies thankfully.

haha, I'll be there with big naked hugs for everyone.

Ewwwww my eyes, please god my eyesss. You people scare me, I'm sticking to pots and pans, thanks...(make note...take antibiotic soap and BLEACH)

weird, i have a band called scabies!

Originally Posted by arice

...since the cold kills scabies (I live in vermont)....

The cold may kill scabies, but it might not kill the eggs, the eggs are what you have to kill using heat. I don't think just hot water is enough unless it is scalding hot, which most washing machines will not be able to do. Eggs are tricky business.

i heard diesel fuel works but i dont know you can try it if you want me i have the same problem they keep coming back i had them for 4 months close to half a year i used lindane and they still came back put all the shit you wear in a big black bag tie it shut leave em in that bag for a couple weeeks at the most and they should die and if the sun is out leave the bag in the sun and never sleep in a hippies bed

HAS HIT AUBURN CA..............ahhhhhh
TOWNIES are spreading it as we speak!!!
i know 6 people who have already gotten it!
Im scratching like a mofo as well. IM PISSED

i never ever want to relive scabies.

i dont wish those bastards upon my worst enemy. it took two treatments, bagging all my clothes, bed stuff, and etc in garbage bags for like a week. sleeping with everything covered in plastic. it was fucking awful. i still have scars from the scratching.

Hello.
Here is some pretty extensive information that I came up for you.
(If you have not gotten ride of your Scabies yet, that is)......

If your getting reinfested, you may not even have Scabies at all, but another parasite called "Collembola"!
It's another borrowing mite and is almost as contagious as the Scabie mite, but is treated a bit different.
Also, are you still hanging with friends that have been near you since your first infestation??? If so, you'll "ALL" have to complete treatment!!! (Scabies is sooooooo freeking contagious that "EVERYTHING" has to be decontaminated)!!! Bedrolls, clothing, mattresses, entire pillows, and even in some bad cases, the carpeting!!!
You have to sterilize everything that you have come in contact with, in other words!!!
(I believe you when you said how you'd not wish them even on your worse enemies)! They "ARE" bad!!!

"Mitactin" is a non-toxic treatment that you can get without a prescription, and can be bought, (or stolen) at most pharmacies.
(It's fairly expensive is the reason I stated that all-too-farmilliar word, "Steal"). lol!
From the research I have done on Scabies, this "Mitactin" would be your best bet at getting them from your body, at least start here first, then you can work on the other infested items once you feel better first, this way you'll be able to think straight!
When you go into the pharmacy, just remember the name "MITE", for the "MITACTIN", this way you'll have a better chance at remembering the name.......(If you're bad like me with keeping lists).

This is a photo of the "Scabie" mite. (Whew, this is a bad ass looking beeeeotch)!!!

As well as "Mitactin" working on "Scabies", it too can work at ridding "Crabs"!
"ANY" mite can be attacked with this Mitactin, but works best on the Scabie mite.
(VERY GOOD LUCK at getting these under control "arice")!!!!!!!

--"Shoestring"------------

Neem oil is good to use when you first start noticing the bumps.

ahh i just re-lived my experience with them from reading all this. like everyone else has said, seal up all your clothes and bedding for a couple weeks. so that when the eggs hatch the bugs will die. the cream worked alright for me i ended up using it like 3 times. and if you have friends that have them be careful around them because these things are very contagious.

also- it helps to vacuum really well and then empty it outside afterwards. or else the buggers will crawl right back out.

the most trecherous, torture known to man kind. sarcoptous scabei. it is not funny, or cute. you arn't apart of the crustus quo just because choking victim wrote a song about it. it's so danm contagious, i caught it from sharing a 40 with some one. ugh, so rediculous and un-called for. don't even go within a ten foot radius of them. so if you do get it, as soon as you start to notice little itchy red bumps on your butt or inner theighs - where i got the pleasure of scratching raw for 3 days, cover it in tea tree if you have it and then hit the emergency room for permetherin. i got lucky, my old man had a former perscription for it and i didn't have to go threw that shit. but... did have to come up with 45$ for it. weak sauce.

wait.. you dont got them no more right? cause you said you got them from sharing a 40, we kept sharing beer most of the night on saturday, lol. this worries me a tad

I had scabies once when I was 15, and it SUCKS. Hope I never get it again.

If you go to the doctor, they give you a cream that has sparkles in it (or at least it looks like it). I lived in a house with 6 other people and one girl got the scabies and we all ended up with it...she had insurance though and got us all the shiny cream we needed!

Never had it and never want it. But if i do get it ill remember this thread thanks. haha

ive had scabies 3 times...the first time i got the cream and it went away...the next 2 times it just went away aftre a week...true story...same with staph infections my body kicks its ass

I got it once and didn't have insurance or money, So I went and got shitfaced and caused a public disturbance on a weekend and got arrested so the cops had the privelage of getting rid of them for me!

Originally Posted by Hottboxx

ive had scabies 3 times...the first time i got the cream and it went away...the next 2 times it just went away aftre a week...true story...same with staph infections my body kicks its ass

Sounds more like you got mange- when critters get that small, they can get awfully particular about what they need from their hosts- which is why you have different kinds of lice that can only attach to certain kinds of hair. But maybe you're odd enough so that they can't make babies with your blood and blood.

Thanks for the post ...

There has been a scabies post, posted previously, its 5am and I havent slept yet so Im not going to search for it. Some one else may give it a go and link it here.. compile the two.

in eugene we crashed in a dumpster with this kid who was living in it i member himn sayin something about scabies but i was drunk i dident care then like a week later my gf gets scabies and get this cream shit for it and im like i dont have no fucking scabies but she fucking says i do but i dont have any itchie red spots or anything dubya tee eff

You should throw your sleeping bag away. I got scabies from a sleeping bag that had been put up and maybe used once outside. My doctor told me sleeping bags are usually where you pick them up, but you can get them anywhere. Look in the webs of your fingers. They usually nest there. They look like black dots under the skin.

Another thought would be to take neem oil orally as well as mixing it with a lotion and some tea-tree oil to use topically. My scabies have just come back after three (FUCKING THREE) cycles of permetherin and some heavy duty washing.

i think i got it from one of you over the internet, this is a seriously dirty site...

then again, it was probably the old sleeping bag that guy gave me last week. No fun either way

Wikipedia suggests using Sulfur soap. ANybody have any experience with this?

I've never had scabies, but I've known people who got them from housing this kid who had them and he slept on their stuff.

Shingles are the worst though, and I had them for a couple weeks on my upper body at the beginning of last summer. I have scars from the water blistering. Pretty sure shingles comes from exposure to chicken pox at an older age in combination with stress and not having had the chicken pox vaccine, though.

Richmond is having a fucking crazy scabies outbreak. Brought to us by 3 different people, I'm pretty sure all of us at RVA Food Not Bombs and the Wingnut are contaminated. Fucking sucks, I really don't want to deal with it. ugh. So much fabric to wash. Blows. I'll let you know how it goes. I think like 20 or so of us are contaminated, at least.

You need to check for birds in your crib. Birds carry scabies, so if they build a nest above you, the little bastards are constantly dropping into your stuff.

Originally Posted by Shoestring

(Scabies is sooooooo freeking contagious that "EVERYTHING" has to be decontaminated)!!! Bedrolls, clothing, mattresses, entire pillows, and even in some bad cases, the carpeting!!![/I][/B]
[B][I]You have to sterilize everything that you have come in contact with, in other words!!! --"Shoestring"------------

How the fuck do sterilize a mattress?! I can't throw that in a washer/dryer!

Wrap the mattress in airtight plastic for a few weeks.

A friend made a really important point- people shouldn't use each others sleeping bags,
don't even grab one to use as a comforter.

Would bleach help in laundering? You can keep the bleach from burning your cloths
by putting it -maybe half a cup? in a two liter pop bottle, then topping off the bottle
with water, shaking it (lid On) then adding it to a FULL washer. Just call me Martha.

scabies are fucking EVERYWHERE it seems. my roomie just got them but i suppose you could call it okay timing because i was moving my shit out anyway. BUT YES. used his permitherin cream as a procaution, super hot shower with tons of antibacterial soap. no rash yet so i'm hoping that the little itch i got goin is just dry skin [damn winter]. washed all my shit with TONS of soap in hot water and damn near fried the stuff in the dryer. threw out my bedding. now wheres my damn neem oil. WISH ME LUCK!

my brother had them hes a gutter punk he dug them out yeah i know SKETCHY

Benedryl will help with the itchiness and sleeplessness, of course it won't do anything for the infection.

Fuck man hope your alright on the scabies two of my friends moms got them one was from bird mites which i guess are a type of scabies the burrow and lay eggs all the same... the worst I've gotten bug wise if fleas and ticks.... I grew my hair out long and nappy and no showers.. you know... and when i cut it all off there was a whole nest of those fucks..."What the fuck is that shit" my bro said "Hahaha they did'nt bug me so more power to em i guess".... same thing with rats if they don't keep me up ill leave them out table scraps

It seems like they have been all over Richmond. Im sure i've been around people who have them. I had an extra tube of cream lying around, so disinfected myself and washed everything just to be sure. Those things really suck.

haha arice i didn't know you were on stp.i just got fucking scabies and it's pissing me the fuck off. i don't want to go to the ER so i'm gonna try sulfur cream. i hope i can get rid of this shit before these kids kick me out of their van.