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Scabies - Management
How should I manage someone presenting with scabies?
- Simultaneously (within 24 hours) treat all members of the household, close contacts, and sexual contacts with a topical insecticide (even in the absence of symptoms).
- Apply the insecticide twice, with applications one week apart.
- Consider symptomatic treatment for itching.
- Machine wash (at 50°C or above) clothes, towels, and bed linen, on the day of application of the first treatment.
- Advise to avoid close body contact with others until their partners and close contacts have been treated.
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