You Have What ?!

By rebel_woman06

@SIMPLYD (90722)

Philippines

June 28, 2016 12:31am CST

When our daughter arrived last March for a week vacation , she said she has atopic dermatitis and was even applying the ointment for it . But before the day she went back to Manila , she told us that she discovered that it’s after all , scabies , which she probably have gotten from a public hospital in Metro Manila , where she had one of her internship assignments .

She said it’s easy to treat which she did by just buying that lotion also good for killing lice and applied it all over her body after taking a bath that night . In the morning she took a bath . The itching stopped and the scabies was gone after that day .

She requested me to have all the beddings she used , soaked in a big pail with boiled water, overnight , which I did . I sprayed the mattress and the pillowcases with disinfectant and had them dried under the sun . Good thing , we didn’t get inflicted with it .

Have you been scared of being inflicted with a certain disease ?

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@hereandthere (45651)

• Philippines

28 Jun 16

i guess it's not really surprising what she can catch since they deal with all kinds of medical conditions, but it's also great that since she's a doctor, she can diagnose and treat herself. even if it's not scabies, i think anytime someone gets sick, changing, laundering, disinfecting bedsheets, pillowcases, blankets, mattresses and general cleaning of the room should be done.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

28 Jun 16

Indeed , it is a good thing now that she can diagnose and treat herself and even us .

But you know , i seldom disinfect our mattress and beddings . I would just always have them dried under the sun .

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@hereandthere (45651)

• Philippines

28 Jun 16

@SIMPLYD i think sunlight is also a way of disinfecting.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

28 Jun 16

@hereandthere Yes, it is .

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@irishidid (8687)

• United States

28 Jun 16

Well yuck! Good thing you didn't get it too!

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

28 Jun 16

Yes, we were so happy knowing we didn't have it because she said we will get to know if we have it after about how many days . She was worried that we would get it too because she hugged us and sometimes she lies on our bed .

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@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

28 Jun 16

Good her scabies disappeared very soon and you were not inflicted either. I am very careful not to catch or be inflicted with those contagious skin diseases.

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@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

29 Jun 16

@SIMPLYD Would you care to share the name of that lotion my friend so if and when we get into this kind of skin problem we know already what to apply?

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

29 Jun 16

@salonga She used one with a brand name i forgot to memorize .

But , usually we use the KWELL brand which is really for lice and that kind of infection too . I will get back to you when i have asked her .

@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

29 Jun 16

Yes, we were amazed that it was just overnight . She just slept with her full body in that lotion , after taking a warm bath and the next day took a bath again . She didn't itch anymore .

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@Shavkat (137238)

• Philippines

28 Jun 16

I am totally going to freak out. It is a good thing to refrain from having scabies.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

28 Jun 16

Indeed . But she can't do anything because perhaps she got it from sleeping in one of those with no bedsheet matrresses in the hospital when she was one time already very very sleepy from a 12 hour overnight duty , she said .

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@sofssu (23662)

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28 Jun 16

My son's dermat posting comes in a few months. I hope he doesn't bring any of this stuff home.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

28 Jun 16

Please tell him to be careful not to sleep in those mattresses with no newly washed sheets and were slept on by different persons .

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

28 Jun 16

Allergic already to the clinic .

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@sofssu (23662)

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28 Jun 16

@SIMPLYD Yup but there are other means as well.. especially when you are examining them and treating them. He just doesn't like dermatology .. he says he starts to itch when he gets to the department itself.

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@ridingbet (66857)

• Philippines

28 Jun 16

psoriasis, a skin disease, is what my sister thought of having, but it was not. she has lotions and oral medications to stop or control the itchiness she feels in her palms.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

29 Jun 16

My father had psoriasis before . Until now there are brown marks on his legs . So what was it that inflicted your sister ?

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

30 Jun 16

@ridingbet And it didn't have scars once it got well ?

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@ridingbet (66857)

• Philippines

29 Jun 16

@SIMPLYD it is atopic dermatitis. she consulted many dermatologists now. i even accompanied her to a doctor of infectious diseases. my sister was given anti-inflammatory lotions and gel to apply on her palms

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@skysnap (20154)

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28 Jun 16

I have been scared in the past due to H1N1.. turned out it is scary thing.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

28 Jun 16

What is H1N1 ?

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

29 Jun 16

@skysnap That one is scary because it could be fatal .

@skysnap (20154)

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28 Jun 16

@SIMPLYD Swine Flu. It's scary.

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@epiffanie (11326)

• Australia

28 Jun 16

There are so many diseases that I am scared of getting from other people or public transports.. I was so paranoid , that my boys didn't get to enjoy playing in the dirt like other kids did so their immune system is weak.. We all have very sensitive skin. I used to scrub my skin too hard to get rid of the germs I imagined were attacking my whole body that I was actually doing a lot of damage without realising .. My doctor told me not to wash too much .. build up my immune system ..let the natural body oil protect the outer layer of the skin ..

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

28 Jun 16

Learn to relax my friend .

Here , kids leaving in slum areas have a stronger immune system than those rich people who gets sick easily when exposed to dirt .

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

29 Jun 16

@epiffanie Good that finally you have passed that .

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@epiffanie (11326)

• Australia

28 Jun 16

@SIMPLYD LOL, it's too late for me now even though I am no longer paranoid.. My husband keeps reminding me to relax and stop being paranoid .. So I am a lot better now .. I even go out there gardening without using gloves ..

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@LadyDuck (459514)

• Switzerland

28 Jun 16

Oh my, I would have been scared, I am glad that you have not been infected.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

29 Jun 16

Thank you for your concern, my friend . I was also scared that we might be infected just as she is for us . So we followed her instructions of what to do with her beddings .

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

29 Jun 16

@LadyDuck Really . Me, no . As long as i see them in a healthy form i don't get scared at all .

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@LadyDuck (459514)

• Switzerland

29 Jun 16

@SIMPLYD I am always concerned when I receive people at home. I am so scared by diseases.

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crazyhorseladycx

@crazyhorseladycx (39515)

• United States

28 Jun 16

phew! y'all got lucky! i try not to think'f such. i've 'nough troubles that're real :)

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

29 Jun 16

Good you haven't experienced something like this.

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Nanette Piotrowski

@nanette64 (20364)

• Fairfield, Texas

28 Jun 16

When I had the animal shelter here at my place, one of the dogs had the Mange, which for humans IS scabies. It took 2 weeks for it to go away @SIMPLYD . I was covered with sores from my scalp to my feet.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

29 Jun 16

Really ! Oh my that is distressing to have sores from scalp to feet. Was it so itchy ?

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

30 Jun 16

@nanette64 Oh poor you . Did it left scars after it was treated already ?

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Nanette Piotrowski

@nanette64 (20364)

• Fairfield, Texas

29 Jun 16

@SIMPLYD It was horrible. I had to wear a T-shirt and wrap the rest of my body to keep from clawing at it; especially at night when I slept; although it didn't stop me from clawing at my exposed face.

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@DianneN (247219)

• United States

28 Jun 16

Working in the field of medicine must be scary to pick up viruses, bacteria, and germs. I'm glad she knew how to treat herself and told you what to do.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

29 Jun 16

She knows because she's a doctor now , reviewing for the board exams on September .

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@JudyEv (326249)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Jun 16

When I was at school lots of the kids got scabies which we called 'school sores'. Mostly we would skin our elbows or knees by falling over then the sores would get infected.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

29 Jun 16

I guess a lot of kids got that too in their school days . Luckily , i didn't .

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

29 Jun 16

@JudyEv Yes, as children we don't know that .

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@JudyEv (326249)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Jun 16

@SIMPLYD I don't think we realised it was infectious.

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@Genipher (5405)

• United States

28 Jun 16

Not a disease, per say. But when our friends were going through a bout of lice, I was too paranoid to see them. It was a reoccurring problem for them, so we didn't see each other for mooonths. But I wasn't about to risk our kids catching it. It would have been SUCH a hassle to deal with!

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

28 Jun 16

Yes, that one too is a bit scary because it is contagious specially that we don't know if they used our combs . But that one is also easy to deal with the shampoo /lotion intended for that .

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

28 Jun 16

@Genipher Yes, we have to avoid mingling already with those children known to have those .

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@Genipher (5405)

• United States

28 Jun 16

@SIMPLYD True. Lice is more of a hassle than a danger. We've managed to evade an incident with lice for, well, ever since we've had kids. So over 11 years. I would hate to purposely expose ourselves to it. *shudder*

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@Letranknight2015 (51537)

• Philippines

28 Jun 16

wow that was fast Im glad it was dealt with.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

28 Jun 16

Yes, it was fast indeed , just overnight .

And to think she first treated it with that ointment which she initially thought it to be atopic dermatitis . But since the itchiness persisted , she decided to research further thus she found out its scabies and treated it accordingly .

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@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

28 Jun 16

I suppose that's the danger of working in the medical profession - you are likely to pick up infectious diseases. I'm glad that your daughter was able to get rid of the scabies, and that you took the necessary precautions so that you didn't get it.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

29 Jun 16

Yes, it comes with the medical profession indeed . However , sometimes like her case sleep is what is foremost in her mind at that time . Thankfully , she finally treated it . We don't like to have it so we really have to take the necessary precautions .

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@Marilynda1225 (79998)

• United States

28 Jun 16

You were lucky that you didn't catch it too and was able to remedy it right away

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

29 Jun 16

Indeed we were so relieved we weren't inflicted . Good thing she is a doctor already , so she knew the remedy for this particular skin disorder .

@Shiva49 (26228)

• Singapore

28 Jun 16

In my childhood, I had few times. Now thankfully not. Good that you took the precaution. Doctors do not have it easy! siva

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

29 Jun 16

I gues i had mine also in my childhood days . Who wouldn't , when as children we would go to those grasses and just simple lie down there .

We really have to take the precaution , because we don't want it .

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@acelawrites (19273)

• Philippines

28 Jun 16

Thanks, she knows what to do to prevent the infection.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

29 Jun 16

Yes, she knows because she's already a doctor .

@JustBhem (70555)

• Davao, Philippines

28 Jun 16

Well in my condition itchyness is unavoidable. We used to have this every now and then. And scabies is really not a good thing. I think you can get that to animals like dogs.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

28 Jun 16

Why , what's your condition , that you have itchiness ? She got it from that mattress with no bedsheet , wherein a lot of diseased persons have slept there and who knows someone had scabies too .

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