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SCABIES IN CATS DOGS?
My grown son visited me a week ago and told me that he had gotten
scabies during the visit. My question is; where could he have gotten them? Do cats have scabies and are the transmitted to humans? My cat is both an inside and outside cat (outside at night) and no telling waht she gets into. Or could it be that he got them when he went down to the pond to fish? Thanks JAn |
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Scabies mites are transferred from one person to another by direct
skin-to-skin contact, including sexual contact. The mite does not jump from one person to another. At controlled temperatures and relative humidity in the laboratory, scabies mites have survived off a human for 10 or more days, but under ordinary household conditions, most mites live for only a few days at room temperature. Clothing and bedding can play a role in the spread of scabies when worn or used by a person with scabies immediately beforehand Gaqil "jan" wrote in message om... My grown son visited me a week ago and told me that he had gotten scabies during the visit. My question is; where could he have gotten them? Do cats have scabies and are the transmitted to humans? My cat is both an inside and outside cat (outside at night) and no telling waht she gets into. Or could it be that he got them when he went down to the pond to fish? Thanks JAn |
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Scabies mites are transferred from one person to another by direct
skin-to-skin contact, including sexual contact. The mite does not jump from one person to another. At controlled temperatures and relative humidity in the laboratory, scabies mites have survived off a human for 10 or more days, but under ordinary household conditions, most mites live for only a few days at room temperature. Clothing and bedding can play a role in the spread of scabies when worn or used by a person with scabies immediately beforehand Gaqil "jan" wrote in message om... My grown son visited me a week ago and told me that he had gotten scabies during the visit. My question is; where could he have gotten them? Do cats have scabies and are the transmitted to humans? My cat is both an inside and outside cat (outside at night) and no telling waht she gets into. Or could it be that he got them when he went down to the pond to fish? Thanks JAn |
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"jan" wrote in message om... My grown son visited me a week ago and told me that he had gotten scabies during the visit. My question is; where could he have gotten them? Do cats have scabies and are the transmitted to humans? My cat is both an inside and outside cat (outside at night) and no telling waht she gets into. Or could it be that he got them when he went down to the pond to fish? Thanks JAn Your cat may have passed this on. http://www.bobmckee.com/Client%20Inf...c%20mange.html Either that or your "grown up son" caught them on a fishing expedition. |
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"jan" wrote in message om... My grown son visited me a week ago and told me that he had gotten scabies during the visit. My question is; where could he have gotten them? Do cats have scabies and are the transmitted to humans? My cat is both an inside and outside cat (outside at night) and no telling waht she gets into. Or could it be that he got them when he went down to the pond to fish? Thanks JAn Your cat may have passed this on. http://www.bobmckee.com/Client%20Inf...c%20mange.html Either that or your "grown up son" caught them on a fishing expedition. |
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From a website http://home.earthlink.net/~webmedic4u/scabies.html:
"Scabies is transmitted by intimate personal contact, and is considered a STD. But casual contact may be adequate for transmission. Children are more likely than adults to get scabies because they play close to one another. Shaking hands, holding, or clasping hands as in children's games can be a method of transfer. Pets can't get Human scabies or spread the infection.". Your son therefore could;ve gottent them just by shaking hands with an accointance on the street, so he'll probably never find out the definite source of infection. He is just lucky he found out what it was. When I got scabies about 10 yrs ago, I went to 3 different GP's here in London, and they all told me it;s an Excema! It took about 6 weeks of serious scratching and useless creams before the 4th doctor with some brain (a specialist on a completely unrelated appointment) finnally said "it's scabies" and treated me accordingly! Of course i changed the practitioners and I should;ve sued their asses for causing me all the problems and embarassment of telling my friends and familly to check themselves! I even had to take my guinea pigs (I had at the time) to the vet for a check up as I wasn;t sure if I possibly transfered it to them as well! Gee |
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From a website http://home.earthlink.net/~webmedic4u/scabies.html:
"Scabies is transmitted by intimate personal contact, and is considered a STD. But casual contact may be adequate for transmission. Children are more likely than adults to get scabies because they play close to one another. Shaking hands, holding, or clasping hands as in children's games can be a method of transfer. Pets can't get Human scabies or spread the infection.". Your son therefore could;ve gottent them just by shaking hands with an accointance on the street, so he'll probably never find out the definite source of infection. He is just lucky he found out what it was. When I got scabies about 10 yrs ago, I went to 3 different GP's here in London, and they all told me it;s an Excema! It took about 6 weeks of serious scratching and useless creams before the 4th doctor with some brain (a specialist on a completely unrelated appointment) finnally said "it's scabies" and treated me accordingly! Of course i changed the practitioners and I should;ve sued their asses for causing me all the problems and embarassment of telling my friends and familly to check themselves! I even had to take my guinea pigs (I had at the time) to the vet for a check up as I wasn;t sure if I possibly transfered it to them as well! Gee |
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http://www.lbah.com/sarcoptic_mange.htm
very contagious, very itchy, very curable. Janet Boss http://bestfriendsdogobedience.com/ http://photos.yahoo.com/bestfriendsobedience |
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