Scabies I

能治愈性传播疾病-害虫群袭
Curable STDs - Infestations

疥疮

引起疥疮的螨/The mite causing scabies
(lat. sarcoptes scabiei)

1. 它是什么?
一种由螨所引起皮肤持续瘙痒的微小虫害侵扰。

2. 它由什么所引起?
一只小小的螨是裸眼不可见的。其雌虫为了产卵在皮肤内打洞,由此导致皮肤瘙痒等刺激症状。

3. 它如何传播?
导致疥疮的螨能够通过性接触和其他密切接触从一个人传播到另一个人;其次通过污染的衣服或床单,它也能传播。疥疮是一种拥挤环境居住的人的主要疾病。因而,传播并不必定是性接触这一种途径。

Scabies I

1. What is it?
A mite infestation which causes persistent itching of the skin.

2. What causes it?
A tiny mite not visible to the naked eye. The female burrows through the skin to lay her eggs, thus causing skin irritation.

3. How is it transmitted?
The mite causing scabies can be transferred from one person to another by sexual and other close physical contact, less likely through infested clothing or bed linen. Scabies is mainly a disease of people living together in cramped quarters.Thus, the transmission is not necessarily a sexual one.

 

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