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How do you treat skin parasites?

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There are two medications that can be used to treat the infection and manage the symptoms. The treatment of choice is diethylcarbamazine (DEC), which kills the microfilariae and adult worms. Albendazole is sometimes used in patients who are not cured with multiple DEC treatments.


How do you get rid of parasites in your skin?

Most forms of parasitic skin infections are treated primarily with topical medications to get rid of the parasites. In the case of swimmer's itch, which is a rash that affects people who swim in lakes and ponds that are infected with parasites, corticosteroid creams help clear up the infection.

How do you know if you have a skin parasite?

Signs & Symptoms A female worm ready to release larvae produces stinging elevated spots (papules), causing redness and itching of the skin. These symptoms may be an allergic reaction to the parasite. The spots form blisters and later rupture, developing into painful ulcers.

What does a parasitic skin infection look like?

Scabies infection appears as a red, bumpy, itchy rash on the skin. It is caused by infection by the human itch mite, Sarcoptes scabiei. The mites burrow deep into the skin leaving tell-tale red lines (burrows) that are visible with a magnifying glass.

What are two common parasites that can infest the skin?

The six major EPSD are scabies, pediculosis (capitis, corporis and pubis), tungiasis and hookworm-related cutaneous larva migrans.

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