Scabies
Scabies (Latin name)By Bjarne Lühr Hansen PhD, MD and Philipp Skafte-Holm MD, Mentor Institute
Scabies is due to a mite that digs in under the skin. The disease is shown by a strong itchy rash, especiallybetween the fingersandaround the wrists. Since scabies infects, it often seen several cases in the family. The entire family must be treated, and the cure must be repeated after 1 week. Although all the mites have diedaftertreatment, it may well itch for up to 3 weeks after completion of treatment.
Af en eller anden grund er fnat igen blevet hyppig i Danmark, men man ved ikke hvorfor.For some reason, scabies has again become frequent, but you do not know why.Fnatkanses i alle aldremen er hyppigst hos børn og ældre.Scabiescanbe seen at all agesbut are most common in children and the elderly.
ScabiesFnat fremkaldes af en mide, der lever i huden. is induced by a mite that is in the skin.Den gravide hunmide er lige under ½ mm lang og kan derfor knapt ses med det blotte øje.The pregnant female mite is just under ½ mm long and can hardly be seen by the naked eye.Dengraver sigItdigsned under huden.in beneath the skin.Her borer den en tunnel– det kaldes enfnatgang-hvor den efterlader afføring og lægger sine æg.Here it drills a tunnelwhere it leaves stools and puts its eggs. The eggs are hatched within a few days and develop - over the next 3 to 4 weeks - to adult mites.De voksne mider kan leve på huden i 4-5 uger og i den tid bliver mange hunmider befrugtet.The adult mites can live on the skin for 4-5 weeks and during this time many female mites are fertilized.Og sådan fortsætter det, indtil der startes behandling.And so, it continues until treatment is started.
Fnatmiden overføres som regel ved tætkropskontakt.The scabies mite is usually transmitted by closebodycontact.Da fnatmiden kan overleve op til et døgn på tøj, møbler og gulve, kan fnat også overføres fra omgivelserne.Since the mite can survive for up to a day on clothes, furniture and floors, scabies can also be transferred from the surroundings.
Totilfire++uger efter at du har fået fnatmide på dig, begynder det at klø.Twotofour weeks after you have got a mite on you, it starts to itch.Kløen, der er værst om natten, bliver værre og værre for hver dag.The itch is worst at night, getting worse and worse for each day.Fnatmidenlevertypiskmellem fingrene, ved håndleddene og på kønsdelene.The mitetypicallylivesbetween the fingers, the wrists and the genitals.Der hvor fnatmiden lever, er huden rød med små blærer.Where the mites live, the skin is red with small blisters.Da det klør, kan der opstå sår der, hvor du har kradset dig.As it is itching, wounds may occur where you have scratched yourself.
Det kan væresværtat se om man har fnat.It can behardto see if you have scabies.Der hvor hunmiden har gravet sig ned i huden, kan man (med lup ogkraftigt lys) se fnatgange.Where the female has dug into the skin, one can see (with a magnifying glass andstrong light) mite passages.Det ser ud som om nogen har tegnet fine slyngede streger med en blyant på huden.It looks as if someone has drawn nice twisted lines with a pencil on the skin.Det er som regel ikke muligt at se selve fnatmiden, da den ligger helt nede i bunden af fnatgangen.It is usually not possible to see the actual mite as it lies at the bottom of the mite passage.