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SCAB SCABIES
~ SCAB id+ | SKIN CRUST | or
med> ESCHAR
AREAS OF ROUGH COARSE SKIN
relates to SCRAPE or SCRATCH
~ SCABIES id+ | SCRATCH |
or see> MANGE
eng SCAB or
med ESCHAR or in
sp ESCARA = CRUST
lat SCABERE SCRATCH
SCABIES ROUGH SKIN
gr SCAPEIN TO DIG
med> SCABIES IS A CONTAGIOUS DERMATITIS or
SKIN DISEASE MORE IN ANIMALS THAN HUMANS
CAUSED BY MITES or "ITCH MITE" or
SARCOPTES SCABEI
THE FEMALE "DIGS" UNDER THE SKIN or TEGUMENT
TO LAY EGGS which causes
INTENSE PRURITUS or ITCH
hx> MORE COMMON IN CHILDREN leading to
lit+ denomination of "SEVEN YEAR ITCH"
note THE "SEVENTEEN YEAR ITCH
IS RATHER HORMONAL "
see> PRURITUS see> ITCH
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