Should i be treated for scabies if i work in a place...

[heavensoricle]

...with them but have no symptoms??? Working with people who have them, i am concerned that i might get them and bring them home to family. Should i get treate for them even though i have no syptoms??

[sammy c]

ye if u wnt to b catefully about everything!! u may wnt to, just 4 u nd ur family!! good luck.

[jackie]

you can get really obsessed about these things i know i have been working in a hospital 20 odd years in the heart dept and often see this on elderly patients most times they dont knoww they have it if you are working in a good enviroment they should provide gloves and apron and you can get some pretty cool gloves on the nhs now o know i order for the dept powdered ones non allergic latex freegood hygiene by way of barrier protection should be adhered to at all times for the sake of your family and your own well being best of luck

[woodlands127]

It wouldn't hurt to go to the doctor and get checked, then go ahead and get the medication just in case. Scabies are most easily spread by close physical contact, or by sleeping on sheets that an infected people have slept on or by washing your clothes in with theirs and not using hot water. (Voice of experience here...) Scabies are miserable and itch like you wouldn't believe, but taking the basic precautions should keep you free of them.

[goobygum]

Oh YES definately. Its just a lotion that you apply all over your body and even your hair. Your employers should be paying for the lotion and you should also treat your family too. I know its a pain but its alot worse if you get scabies and infect your family. You need to remove all your bedding and wash it as hot as it can take. THis goes for your place of work also. Good luck

[SnapDragon73]

If you are observing proper Standard and Contact precautions your chances of contracting Scabies is quite minimial... the lotion that is used for treatment is actually a pesticide, so you don't want to put that on your skin unless directed to do so by a doctor... if you are worried the test is very simple, they take a skin scraping usually from the hands since the mites tend to concentrate there and look for eggs, feces or adult mites or they can do the dye test to see if you have burrows in your skin.