A Rome is scabies alarmas if the wide spread of streptococcus and the dark years of the pandemic that we have just put behind us weren’t enough, even if Covid continues to claim victims in Italy despite the end of the emergency: 125 deaths in the last week against 150 of the previous one.
In the last few days, cases of scabieswith ASL Roma 1 which explained how “it is becoming a disease that can affect everyone”, even if the situation is currently absolutely under control.
In the last few days alone, five cases have been recorded, all in the I am naturalbut in the city”episodes also occurred between adultsin RSA and hospital wards” as pointed out by ad beraking latest news Salute Henry DiRosadirector of the Sisp-Hygiene and Public Health Service of the ASL Roma 1.
“In recent years there is the tendency to an increase in cases of scabies, the reason we do not know – added Di Rosa -. The various cases recorded in Rome concern nursery schools, a setting that favors the spread of the mite”.
But what are the symptoms of scabies? What to do in case of infection? Given the alarm raised in Rome, the health authorities wanted to reiterate a whole series of guidelines regarding this disease.
Scabies in Rome: what are the symptoms
The scabies is a skin disease caused bySarcoptes scabiei mite, a very small parasite that creeps under the skin affecting both humans and animals. It is a very ancient disease, so much so that there is already news of it among the ancient Egyptians.
The most common symptoms of scabies – which can occur even after a few weeks – are itching and the formation of skin burrowsof the thin streaks that characterize this disease: in fact, few are enough for the diagnosis.
As found in Rome, Scabies usually strikes i children but also the adults they are not immune to it. Among elderly people instead crusted scabies, which is the most serious form of the disease, can occur.
“It is not just an Italian phenomenon – he always explained toberaking latest news Di Rosa from ASL Roma 1 – also in Europe there is a trend towards an increase in cases of scabies. But we see that he is characterizing himself as a disease that can affect everyone. It is no longer a disease linked to conditions of poverty, today it can affect everyone”.
Scabies: what to do in case of infection
Come a Roma have wanted to emphasize the health authorities, scabies can be transmitted not only with the prolonged contact with an already infected person – it takes 15-20 minutes and of course sexual intercourse is also at risk – but also through objects.
Di Rosa thus explained that in the event of contagion “you have to accept the situation with serenity, people are shocked when they find out they have the scabies but instead you have to stay calm and face the situation”.
It is in fact one disease that can be easily overcome completely within several weeks to a few months but, if left untreated, it can persist in the infected individual for years.
“The most important thing is that everyone who has been close to an infected person must do the treatment at the same time – added director of the Sisp-Hygiene and Public Health Service of the ASL Roma 1 – they are used acaricidal ointments which must be prescribed by the doctor”.
Finally, the last recommendation in case of scabies infection is that of “pay attention to the family nucleus and to the procedures laundry hygiene with a machine wash at 50 degrees for 10 minutes, a procedure that kills the mite; 48 hours after the treatment the person is healed, he may continue to itch but he shouldn’t worry”.