Scabicides and Pediculicides

Scabicides and Pediculicides used to combat lice, bed bug, and scabie mite infestations. Scabies are a transmissible skin infestation with Sarcoptes scabieivar. bominis (itch mite). These mites burrow into the skin on contact, progressing 2 to 3 mm per day. Females live about 4 to 6 weeks and lay about 40 to 50 eggs, which hatch in 3 to 4 days. Pruritus (severe itching) occurs only after sensitization to the mite develops. With initial infestation, sensitization requires several weeks, With reinfestation, sensitization develops within 24 hours. Dead mites, eggs, larvae, and their excrement trigger and inflammatory eruption of the skin in infested