The Incidence of Scabies among Patients in Mental Institutions - 0 views

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  #1 Massey Fogh on 29 Nov 13

   

  Scabies is just a very contagious skin dis-ease brought on by infestation with a sort of microscopic mite named Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis. The parasite insects responsible for creating scabies may be easily contracted by entering in contact with infested persons. Scabies can also be acquired indirectly, by entering touching contaminated objects. Although scabies mites can live for some days with no human host, recent studies have unveiled that scabies is rarely received indirectly.
  
  Scabies mites quickly populate the skin, hiding in less exposed elements of your body, once they find a human host. Female mites usually lay their eggs under the fingernails, in the skin folds between the toes or fingers, in the pubic region, in the places of the buttocks or the upper-back, in armpits and the region of the elbows. The initial symptoms developed by scabies are skin rash, itch and infection. In later phases of the mite infestation, people can also develop skin ulcerations, wounds, lesions, pustules, crust and painful nodules. All the symptoms caused by scabies occur because of allergic reactions towards the pests toxic secretions. Prolonged skin infection and the event of open lesions establish people afflicted with scabies very vulnerable to bacterial or fungal infections. In the lack of a proper medical treatment, scabies can result in serious skin disorders such as impetigo.
  
  Although scabies can be had by anyone, the situation is extremely popular among hospitalized patients, particularly those that suffer from mental disorders including dementia. Scabies is very contagious and it could cause serious endemics in assisted living facilities, overcrowded hospitals and asylums. To get one more standpoint, consider checking out: life without scabies. Due to their limited mobility and their poor self-awareness, debilitating patients in mental institutions are very exposed to obtaining scabies all through episodes. Malpraxis, neglect and delayed medical help during scabies endemics in mental institutions enable the infection to spread among inpatients and medical staff.
  
  Oftentimes, individuals with mental impairment are identified with scabies long once they develop serious complications, making the duty of eliminating the condition even more difficult. Medical neglect and poor patient monitoring are nowadays thought to be primary factors in producing scabies outbreaks in mental institutions and nursing homes.
  
  Within the last decades, scientists have conducted numerous studies to be able to determine the precise triggers for the increased incidence of scabies in hospitalized patients with dementia and other mental disorders. Research results have revealed the high incidence of scabies in mental institutions is caused solely by environmental facets. The done studies havent proposed any physiological relations between mentally impaired patients and the high incidence of scabies among this group of people. Researchers have concluded that individuals with intellectual problems don't present any increased physiological risks in scabies.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Scabies is just a very contagious skin dis-ease brought on by infestation with a sort of microscopic mite named Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis. The parasite insects responsible for creating scabies may be easily contracted by entering in contact with infested persons. Scabies can also be acquired indirectly, by entering touching contaminated objects. Although scabies mites can live for some days with no human host, recent studies have unveiled that scabies is rarely received indirectly. <br /> <br /> Scabies mites quickly populate the skin, hiding in less exposed elements of your body, once they find a human host. Female mites usually lay their eggs under the fingernails, in the skin folds between the toes or fingers, in the pubic region, in the places of the buttocks or the upper-back, in armpits and the region of the elbows. The initial symptoms developed by scabies are skin rash, itch and infection. In later phases of the mite infestation, people can also develop skin ulcerations, wounds, lesions, pustules, crust and painful nodules. All the symptoms caused by scabies occur because of allergic reactions towards the pests toxic secretions. Prolonged skin infection and the event of open lesions establish people afflicted with scabies very vulnerable to bacterial or fungal infections. In the lack of a proper medical treatment, scabies can result in serious skin disorders such as impetigo. <br /> <br /> Although scabies can be had by anyone, the situation is extremely popular among hospitalized patients, particularly those that suffer from mental disorders including dementia. Scabies is very contagious and it could cause serious endemics in assisted living facilities, overcrowded hospitals and asylums. To get one more standpoint, consider checking out: <a href="http://www.toomeyforsenate.com/content/skin-scabies" rel="nofollow">life without scabies</a>. Due to their limited mobility and their poor self-awareness, debilitating patients in mental institutions are very exposed to obtaining scabies all through episodes. Malpraxis, neglect and delayed medical help during scabies endemics in mental institutions enable the infection to spread among inpatients and medical staff. <br /> <br /> Oftentimes, individuals with mental impairment are identified with scabies long once they develop serious complications, making the duty of eliminating the condition even more difficult. Medical neglect and poor patient monitoring are nowadays thought to be primary factors in producing scabies outbreaks in mental institutions and nursing homes. <br /> <br /> Within the last decades, scientists have conducted numerous studies to be able to determine the precise triggers for the increased incidence of scabies in hospitalized patients with dementia and other mental disorders. Research results have revealed the high incidence of scabies in mental institutions is caused solely by environmental facets. The done studies havent proposed any physiological relations between mentally impaired patients and the high incidence of scabies among this group of people. Researchers have concluded that individuals with intellectual problems don't present any increased physiological risks in scabies.</div>

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