Scabies is a contagious skin infestation by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei. The most common symptoms are severe itchiness and a pimple-like rash. These symptoms can be present across most of the body or just certain areas such as the wrists, between fingers, or along the waistline.
Scabies yisimo sesikhumba esithathelwanayo esibangelwa izimbuzane ezincane. Le mite ibhoboza esikhunjeni, okuholela ekulumeni okukhulu, ikakhulukazi ebusuku. Indlela eyinhloko esisakazeka ngayo iwukuthintana kwesikhumba nesikhumba, ngakho amalungu omndeni nabasondelene nabo basengozini enkulu. Ngonyaka wezi-2009, iWorld Health Organisation (WHO) yabhala scabies njengesifo sesikhumba esinganakiwe, igqamisa ukubaluleka kwaso njengendaba yezempilo, ikakhulukazi emazweni asathuthuka. Scabies is a contagious skin condition resulting from the infestation of a mite. The Sarcoptes scabiei mite burrows within the skin and causes severe itching. This itch is relentless, especially at night. Skin-to-skin contact transmits the infectious organism therefore, family members and skin contact relationships create the highest risk. Scabies was declared a neglected skin disease by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2009 and is a significant health concern in many developing countries.
Permethrin umuthi osetshenziswa ukwelapha utwayi nezintwala. Iyingxenye yeqembu lamakhemikhali okwenziwa abizwa ngokuthi ama-pyrethroids, athinta isimiso sezinzwa. Permethrin isebenza ngokuphazamisa ukuhamba kwe-sodium kumaseli ezinzwa ezinambuzane ezinjengezintwala nezibungu, okuholela ekukhubazekeni futhi ekugcineni kumise ukuphefumula kwazo. Permethrin is a medication used in the management and treatment of scabies and pediculosis. It is in the synthetic neurotoxic pyrethroid class of medicine. It targets eggs, lice, and mites via working on sodium transport across neuronal membranes in arthropods, causing depolarization. This results in respiratory paralysis of the affected arthropod.
Kunemithi eminingi etholakalayo yokwelapha labo abangenwe yileli gciwane, okuhlanganisa i-permethrin, i-crotamiton, nokhilimu be-lindane kanye ne-ivermectin. Othintana nabo ngokocansi phakathi nenyanga edlule kanye nabantu abahlala endlini eyodwa nabo kufanele belashwe ngesikhathi esifanayo. Izingubo zokulala nezingubo ezisetshenziswe ezinsukwini ezintathu zokugcina kufanele ziwashwe ngamanzi ashisayo futhi zomiswe endaweni yokomisa eshisayo. Izimpawu zingase ziqhubeke amasonto amabili kuya kwamane ngemva kokwelashwa. Uma ngemuva kwalesi sikhathi izimpawu ziqhubeka, ukwelashwa kungase kudingeke.
I- utwayi (scabies) ingenye yezifo ezintathu zesikhumba ezivame kakhulu ezinganeni, kanye nezikelemu kanye nezifo zesikhumba ezibangelwa amagciwane. Kusukela ngo-2015, kuthinta abantu ababalelwa ezigidini ezingama-204 (2.8% wabantu bomhlaba). Kuvamile ngokulinganayo kubo bobabili ubulili. Abancane nabadala bavame ukuthinteka. Kwenzeka kakhulu emazweni asathuthuka nasezindaweni ezishisayo.
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