The only way to get rid of scabies in 24 hours is to use a prescription cream or oral ivermectin. Known as scabicides because they kill scabies, these creams contain: Scabies is highly contagious.

You won’t get by with anti-itch cream to treat scabies because scabies is very contagious. “Most scabies treatments are ...

Human scabies is a debilitating skin disease caused by Sarcoptes scabei, known by several names such as "itch mite." At any given time, the worldwide burden of disease is about 300,000,000 people.

Scabies occurs when tiny parasitic mites called Sarcoptes scabiei burrow into the upper layer of skin, triggering an intense allergic reaction that causes severe itching and a distinctive rash.

A new tool to test for scabies is being trialled by doctors in the Northern Territory, with researchers hoping early ...

Symptoms can take four to eight weeks to develop after infestation; however, people can still spread scabies during this time. Treatment includes a lotion or cream applied to all areas of the body ...