How To Recognize The Symptoms Of Scabies

Symptoms of scabies include a scabies rash, which looks like tiny red bumps or blisters, and severe itching. You may also see tiny red threads between the bumps, but these are so small that they can be difficult to see. The itching is by far the worst of the symptoms of scabies. It is relentless and can keep you up at night.

Scabies is a condition in which one becomes infested with mites called Sarcoptes scabeie. These eight-legged mites are about 1/3 of a millimeter long. They cannot be seen with the naked eye but can be viewed with a magnifying glass or microscope. The mites burrow into the skin and cause a scabies rash.

How do you get scabies?

You can get scabies through close physical contact with someone who has scabies. Close physical contact is required. For instance, scabies is often transmitted during sexual contact. It can also be spread from a parent to a child or from a child to a parent when the parent is holding the child. It is unlikely to be spread during casual contact like shaking hands with someone who has scabies, though.

The mites can only live outside the body for a very short time, so you are unlikely to get scabies from bed linens, clothing, towels, etc. that have been used by a person with scabies, though it is possible. You cannot get scabies by drinking from the same cup as someone who has it or by using the same bathroom. You should avoid close contact with anyone who has symptoms of scabies or a scabies rash, however.

Scabies cannot be spread from animals to humans. Dogs can get a form of mites that is often called the mange which has symptoms of scabies similar to those humans get, but it is not the same thing. People cannot get the same form of scabies that dogs get, and dogs cannot get the same form of scabies that people get.

How do you get rid of scabies?

If you have symptoms of scabies, you will want to get scabies treatment right away. Untreated, symptoms of scabies will just get worse and the itching will grow more and more severe.

Scabies treatment may include a topical cream and/or an oral medication. Generally only one or the other is prescribed. Both are about equally effective. The topical treatment has fewer side effects, but is messier and less convenient than the oral medication. The topical cream is usually applied to the skin from the neck down, left on for about eight hours or overnight, and then washed off. This should be repeated in seven days. Oral medication is taken as soon as symptoms of scabies are diagnosed, and then a second dose is taken two weeks later. You will need to see a doctor to make sure that you have a scabies rash and not some other skin condition. Then your doctor will prescribe the appropriate treatment for you. Family members or any other persons who may have been ex posed should also be treated, even if they do not show symptoms of scabies, but to be on the safe side.

It is usually recommended that you wash bed linens and clothing in hot water to kill any mites there. Scabies can live for about 24-36 hours outside of the body, so wash any clothing, towels, or other items you have used during that length of time prior to treatment. You do not need to worry about cleaning any other items because any mites left on them will die on their own.

Scabies is easy to diagnose and treat, so make sure you see your doctor at the first sign of a scabies rash so that you can begin scabies treatment right away.

This article was written by Scott Mogul, editor for http://www.healthy-skin-guide.com/. This website provides information on recognizing and treating the scabies rash.

The Leo Wanta Saga, Pt. 8: Wanta Explains Details Of Massive 4.5 Trillion Dollar Recovery In Monies Allegedly Stolen By Bush And

In one of the major stories of the century, former Ambassador Leo Wanta provided details of a massive 4.5 trillion dollar settlement reached as a way to get back into U.S. coffers at least part of the 27.5 trillion stolen by the Bush and Clinton crime families in the biggest bank heist in world history.

The vast sum of money, used illegally by corrupt insiders inside the U.S. government, was amassed by Wanta as part of a plan he and several other financial whizzes devised on behalf of President Ronald Reagan to destabilize the Soviet currency, bringing a quick end to the Cold War.

Wanta, jailed illegally for over a decade, began trying to recover the money when released on house arrest more than a year ago.

Although working with limited resources and trying to recover the 27.5 trillion which more than doubled over the years, Wanta on June 12 entered into an agreement to stop his search, obtaining 4.5 trillion as 1.575 trillion will be placed into the U.S. Treasury after taxes and other expenses are paid.

Further, Wanta said based on private interest investments based on the original money made at the end of the Cold War more that 192 billion a day can be generated for American taxpayers on a daily basis, money he said that could wipe away America's 8 trillion dollar debt in rapid fashion.

"It is a done deal. For any disbelievers, I am ready with all the paperwork," said Wanta Wednesday on Greg Szymanski's radio show, The Investigative Journal, this interview and its archived broadcast available at www.gcnlive.com "Right now the only thing holding up the money being placed into the U.S. Treasury is a hold put on by the Dederal Reserve.

"I really don't understand why but all the proper parties and top government officials are aware of the settlement papers. The American people need to contact their Senators, the White House and Attorney Gen. Alberto Gonzalez to make sure the money is spent properly and not hidden like it was before."

Although Wanta wanted to get all the money back, he felt under the circumstances and due to the amount of corruption over the years, the benefit outweighed the risk if a settlement wasn't reached now.

Asked what he thought happened to the rest of the money, he said it was misused, put in private accounts and essentially stolen from the American people by corrupt officials, including Daddy Bush, Clinton and others.

What happens to the massive settlement now is essentially out of Wanta's hands, but he said the American people must get behind him and make sure the corrupt powers that be in Washington don't rip off the money again.

He said if it were up to him the money should be used to improve the American infrastructure, as well as improving roads, schools and other important aspects of the American economy literally left to rot by the corrupt New World Order and neo con controllers.

With the Wanta settlement staring officials in the face, he said it was imperative people do not take this story lightly. Wanta's words can be justified since the mainstream media has purposely ignored the importance of this story, not only from a financial angle but from the angle that the story reveals criminal actions on the part of America's highest leaders, including Bush and Clinton.

To better understand the story, it is important to remember that Wanta was named legal trustor of vast sum of money by President Reagan after he was assigned the task of destablizing the Soviet monetary system, his efforts amassing a large war chest of dollars, which was to be returned to the U.S. Treasury

However, according to Wanta, after Reagan left office, he was back stabbed by the Bush I administration, leading to a long and unwarranted jail term to "get him out of the way," including more than 200 days in a Swiss jail and years behind bars on a bogus Wisconsin state income tax charge.

Released more than a year ago, Wanta has been trying with limited resources and no cooperation from the government and the media to return the money to the American people.

During his many years in jail, much of the money has been diverted to numerous private overseas accounts and, according to Wanta, essentially looted by the corrupt Bush and Clinton crime families.

But in an unexpected move in 2003 Wanta filed a federal court case to recover the money. Although the case was dismissed under sovereign immunity, he received verification from the court that his legal trustor status was valid, the judge telling him to use the federal collections courts as a recovery process.

During the last year, Wanta has been trying to retrace his financial tracks and Monday emailed the Arctic Beacon for being one of the only news outlets to follow the story, saying 1.2 trillion is a good first step at lowering the national debt.

"Thank you and your staff for their kind assistance to recover said corporate/repatriation funds with full disclosure to the United States Department of the Treasury, et al," said Wanta Monday in an email to the Arctic Beacon.

Greg Szymanski