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Scabies can occur for a number of reasons, without a doctor’s examination it is unlikely that you will be able to make an accurate diagnosis, however, you can identify the most common causes of the disease. One of the first is increased attention to hygiene issues – it would seem that what could be wrong with maintaining cleanliness? However, the more often a person washes, the more the protective layer is washed away.
In this case, especially clean people can use shower gel – scabies is unlikely to occur with it. Frequent bathing is undesirable, but the constant washing of bed linen and clothes is even mandatory. To date, there are a lot of ointments and sprays that fight scabies – with complex treatment, taking baths with tea tree oil will not hurt either. Let’s find out what are the best scabies remedies on the market. Are they really as effective as we are told?
10 Vishnevsky ointment
Price: from 35 rubles.
Despite the very low cost, Vishnevsky ointment is for many a lifesaver for skin diseases and inflammations. This remedy was invented in 1927 and was very popular in the Soviet Union. It is still sold throughout the CIS, and in neighboring countries.
Vishnevsky’s ointment is certainly the leader among remedies for skin diseases, but does it cure scabies? Reviews of people who are faced with an illness make it clear that it is useless for scabies, and it is better to replace it with Spregal spray. It costs around 700 rubles, but it helps after the first application. Since Vishnevsky’s ointment contains tar, it can be considered in the fight against the disease, however, you should not place high hopes on it.
9. Butadione
Price: from 160 rubles.
Pills butadione prescribed to the patient at the first sign of scabies. This anti-inflammatory agent has an anti-mite effect. It is worth noting that tablets are used in the most extreme cases, since they give a weak effect, eliminating only the symptoms. Secondly, all drugs have a negative effect on the body.
Very often, patients with scabies find salvation in butadione, because this remedy really helps with itching and eliminates skin rashes. Butadion destroys ticks, but only if the patient complies with all the prescriptions of the attending physician. The drug has a number of contraindications, and before use, you should definitely familiarize yourself with them.
8. Zinc ointment
Price: from 60 rubles.
They say: “Onion from seven ailments”, the same can be said about zinc ointment. It is effective in treating acne, dry skin, inflammation, and can also cure scabies. Most often, with this ailment, doctors prescribe ointments – unlike the toxic effects of systemic drugs, it acts locally and is considered safe.
In order for the ointment to work, a number of measures must be observed:
- before starting the treatment of the skin, take a hot shower;
- the ointment should be used at least again on the 5th day;
- apply ointment (in case of scabies mite) at night;
- do not wash the skin after treatment;
- linen and clothes are always boiled.
Zinc ointment helps with scabies more slowly than benzyl benzoate or a sulfur-based compound, but you can try. She is safe.
7. Medifox
Price: from 143 rubles.
Often, when a person has a scabies mite, he is prescribed medifox. Parasites that find their home on the human body multiply at a breakneck pace, so the process should be stopped so that new places of itching do not appear.
Medifox is available in several versions, and for each case you can choose the best one. With scabies, as sick people note, it is convenient to use the gel. It is sold as an emulsion. The main active ingredient of Medifox is permethrin. It is effective and non-toxic to humans. It quickly destroys skin pests.
6. Permethrin ointment
Price: from 134 rubles.
Doctors in the treatment of scabies may prescribe permethrin ointment. This tool is one of the safest – it causes a healing effect and is non-toxic. In order for the remedy to help in the fight against scabies, it is once rubbed into the body before going to bed for 12 hours. After this time, the linen is washed and washed.
Permethrin ointment also has contraindications: it cannot be used by pregnant women and children under three years of age. Doctors recommend using the ointment again after 10 days. After application, itching or allergies may occur – this period should be waited out.
5. Crotamiton
Price: from 1 980 rubles.
One of the good remedies in the fight against scabies – crotamiton. It has proven its effectiveness, and at the moment this drug is one of the most popular scabies medications for external use.
Crotamiton has a combined effect – it leads to the death of the scabies mite and eliminates the main symptoms. The drug is available in different forms: in the form of lotion or cream. The lotion is easier to use – it is well absorbed into the skin and distributed over the entire surface. Already 30 minutes after application, the itching subsides and the treatment is carried out in a milder form.
4. Benzyl benzoate
Price: from 19.99 rubles.
According to the manufacturer, benzyl benzoate eliminates parasites already on the 4th day. Shall we trust him? The product is used only externally, it is an oily liquid with a specific odor and a burning taste.
No one is safe from scabies, you can pick it up through clothes or a handshake. Treatment should begin with the first symptoms of scabies, so as not to start the disease. Treatment with benzyl benzoate is simple and very effective: a 20% ointment should be applied to the entire body at bedtime. From the first day of application, a person already becomes non-infectious. During treatment, you can not wash. On average, it will take 5 days for treatment, already on the 6th you can swim and you definitely need to change bed linen.
3. Sulfuric ointment
Price: from 85 rubles.
Black spots? Nail fungus? Lichen? Scabies? Helps with everything Sulfuric ointment! This remedy is deservedly recognized as the best, and often one application is enough to destroy scabies mites. The ointment has a powerful effect, so it is not used as a prophylactic.
When using sulfuric ointment for scabies, the treatment of the skin is carried out for 5-7 days. Before applying directly, take a hot shower (so the skin will steam out and the product will quickly penetrate inside). After the shower, the whole body is treated. After treatment, you can not wash the body (including hands), keep the product on the body until morning, and then take a bath.
2. Permethrin
Price: from 134 rubles.
The market offers a wide range of drugs for scabies. One of the most effective is permethrin – medicine for external use. Since it is available in different variations, it is convenient to use it for any localization of the disease.
It should be borne in mind that the composition varies from form, however, they are all natural insecticides, and contain permethrin. The most successful form is considered a spray – they treat the whole body. To get the maximum effect from the product, do not neglect the instructions.
1. Spray Spregal
Price: from 1 224 rubles.
Spregal, as sick people note, the best drug that effectively eliminates scabies the first time. The product has an oily consistency and an unpleasant odor, but do medicines have to be pleasant?
It is forbidden to inhale the spregal, as well as swallow it; after application, you need to walk around without washing off the product for about 12 hours. Best applied at night. Further actions are similar to those carried out with other external preparations – the patient must take a shower, thoroughly rinse off the product, and then put on clean clothes. After application, the skin becomes like tanned, but there is no need to be afraid. In a week the scabies will be gone.