Sarcoptes Scabiei Research Paper
The Seven Year Itch: Life and Times of Sarcoptes scabiei var. Hominis
Scabies is a skin disease caused by the parasite Sarcoptes scabiei. There are several sub-species of Sarcoptes scabiei, this paper addresses Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis, which is specific to humans. Biological classification of Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis is as follows: domain Eukaryota, kingdom Animalia, phylum Arthropoda, class Arachnida (subclass Acari), order Astigmata, family Sarcoptidae, Genus Sarcoptes, Species Sarcoptes scabiei. Scabies decease has been around for at least 2,500 years and is believed to originate in the Middle East area (Burkhart, 2009). Today it is a global health problem. According to the World Health Organization, there are 300 million people living with scabies worldwide at any given time, 1 million of those are in the United States (WHO, 2015). Anyone can …show more content…
Bacteria Staphylococcus Aureus and Streptococcus Pyogenes can enter through broken skin and cause skin lessons known as impetigo (NCBI, 2010). A form of scabies called Norwegian scabies or “crusted scabies,” is extremely severe (CDC, 2010). It primarily affects elderly, immunecompromised patients and patients who left scabies infestation untreated for a long time. A patient with “crusted scabies” is infected with thousands and even million mites. Scabies will be usually diagnosed by visually examining the patient’s skin and observing presence of characteristic expressions of the disease. If possible, doctor will take skin scrapings to extract contents of the burrows and examine them under the microscope. Under the microscope the doctor can confirm the scabies diagnosis by identifying scabies mites, mite feces or eggs. Scabies sometimes is misdiagnosed as dermatitis, eczema, papular urticaria, syphilis and types of psoriasis (Burkhart,
Scabies is a skin disease caused by the parasite Sarcoptes scabiei. There are several sub-species of Sarcoptes scabiei, this paper addresses Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis, which is specific to humans. Biological classification of Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis is as follows: domain Eukaryota, kingdom Animalia, phylum Arthropoda, class Arachnida (subclass Acari), order Astigmata, family Sarcoptidae, Genus Sarcoptes, Species Sarcoptes scabiei. Scabies decease has been around for at least 2,500 years and is believed to originate in the Middle East area (Burkhart, 2009). Today it is a global health problem. According to the World Health Organization, there are 300 million people living with scabies worldwide at any given time, 1 million of those are in the United States (WHO, 2015). Anyone can …show more content…
Bacteria Staphylococcus Aureus and Streptococcus Pyogenes can enter through broken skin and cause skin lessons known as impetigo (NCBI, 2010). A form of scabies called Norwegian scabies or “crusted scabies,” is extremely severe (CDC, 2010). It primarily affects elderly, immunecompromised patients and patients who left scabies infestation untreated for a long time. A patient with “crusted scabies” is infected with thousands and even million mites. Scabies will be usually diagnosed by visually examining the patient’s skin and observing presence of characteristic expressions of the disease. If possible, doctor will take skin scrapings to extract contents of the burrows and examine them under the microscope. Under the microscope the doctor can confirm the scabies diagnosis by identifying scabies mites, mite feces or eggs. Scabies sometimes is misdiagnosed as dermatitis, eczema, papular urticaria, syphilis and types of psoriasis (Burkhart,