In the meantime, the resident visited her GP due to the growing number of bites. To her shock, she was diagnosed with scabies and is now using prescription permethrin cream.

In Germany, prescriptions for scabies treatment rose from 59,000 in 2007 to 142,000 in 2015, and the number of diagnoses increased ninefold between 2009 and 2018, particularly among adolescents ...

Scabies is not usually a serious condition, but it does need to be treated. “First-line treatment usually involves a permethrin-based cream, which effectively kills the mites,” says Godic.

“First-line treatment usually involves a permethrin-based cream, which effectively kills the mites,” says Godic. “But, if permethrin is ineffective, a lotion containing malathion may be used.

Scabies is not usually a serious condition, but it does need to be treated. “First-line treatment usually involves a permethrin-based cream, which effectively kills the mites,” says Dr Godic.

Scabies is not usually a serious condition, but it does need to be treated. “First-line treatment usually involves a permethrin-based cream, which effectively kills the mites,” says Godic.

Dr Grant said: “One of the most common symptoms of psoriasis is when the skin becomes inflamed with red patches of skin. This ...

Anyone can catch scabies. The scabies parasite is transmitted through direct, prolonged skin contact with someone who is already infected – someone you sleep in the same bed with, for example. The ...

Overview: Permethrin is applied to the skin as a cream or lotion. It is used to treat certain conditions caused by tiny insects, such as scabies and head lice. The most common side effect is a ...