Infants and children who have scabies may be tired and irritable from lack of sleep, since scratching at night can keep them ...

Eczema and scabies can look similar, but they are two different skin conditions. Scabies is caused by a mite infestation, while eczema is a skin irritation that may be related to your immune system.

Human scabies is a debilitating skin disease caused by Sarcoptes scabei, known by several names such as "itch mite." At any given time, the worldwide burden of disease is about 300,000,000 people.

There has been a “significant” increase in scabies outbreaks in Ireland in recent years, with the number almost doubling last year compared with 2023, according to the infectious diseases ...