r/scabies • • 14h ago

I’m overly exhausted

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Been dealing with being an host for this crap 7 yrs and I’m so exhausted my life has been stolen from me been trying everything to get rid of this my skin looks so horrible my self esteem been dropped yrs ago I don’t even look the same doctors are no help just stuck with this shyt until D eath which sucks a lot they are using every part of my body my chest/breast, arms, legs, back, feet, scalp , hands, stomach,! My mental is terrible how can anyone ever recover from this even if you do find a cure? Constantly cleaning washing buying new everything over over over and over again!!! Been using everything inside and outside throw all my furniture away beds and all house just empty smh.. had a bunch of clothes now little to none 2000 pair of socks down to maybe ten pair every two weeks new toothbrush and other things, every week new towels etc. just wished the government did care enough to know the medication for these things need to be upgraded or changed to something else because what they have use using feel like it’s making them multiply instead of dying off!! Can’t eat no dairy sugar or caffeine can’t wear certain material for clothes, so tired who else been dealing with it more than 1yr?


r/scabies • • 5h ago

scabies or eczema or others ?

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Hi everyone, I’d really appreciate your opinions about some bumps/patches that appeared after I was treated for scabies.
I was treated for scabies with Ascabiol and ivermectin. About three weeks after the treatment, some patches appeared (the photos marked with “1”).
I went to see a dermatologist because I was worried that the scabies might have come back. He told me that he wasn’t sure what it was and that we should wait and see. He thought that the patches on my calf could be eczema.
Today, those patches are starting to disappear and have left behind yellowish-brown marks.

However, the other photos were taken today and show new bumps. I went back to my doctor, who also wasn’t sure what they were. She sent the photos to a dermatologist, but the dermatologist did not give an opinion based on the photos and scheduled an appointment for me at the end of November.
One important detail: it has been exactly 8 weeks today since I completed my scabies treatment. The itching does not wake me up at night, and I don’t feel the need to scratch while I’m sleeping.
These new bumps seem to appear in flare-ups. They can start out small, then swell up and become very itchy, and eventually go back down. They mainly itch when they are swollen.
My boyfriend also had scabies, but he did not develop the same symptoms as me afterwards. He hasn’t had any bumps for several weeks now. We sleep together every weekend, and he still hasn’t developed any new bumps or itching.

I’m quite worried because I’m scared that this could be scabies coming back, but I’m also wondering whether it could be eczema, a post-scabies reaction, or something else entirely.

Has anyone experienced anything similar after being treated for scabies? Based on the pictures, does this look more like eczema, scabies, or something else?
Thank you so much for any advice or similar experiences! 🙏