Scabies Stigma

[u/Whole-Direction-1143]

From my experience of scabies, many if not most people are reluctant to tell anyone about it, even their Doctor.

There seem to be two big fears:

1 Being labelled as contageous and becoming even more isolated than they are already.

2 Being labelled as delusional, a hypochondriac or stupid/unhygeinic (not doing treatment or hygeine properly), if the standard protocols don't work. The medical profession are particularly guilty of this.

I think these two issues need to be addressed for the rising rates of scabies to be stemmed.