DEAR DR. GOTT: My daughter and granddaughter contracted scabies about one and a half months ago. They have developed skin conditions due to the treatment. My daughter has covered everything in plastic, sprays with enzymes, soaked in sulfur baths (thus the skin reaction), and is at her wits’ end because she is still seeing red marks on her skin and is afraid to treat herself any further. What is your recommendation? Please help!
DEAR READER: Scabies is a condition caused by a mites that burrow into the skin, sometimes causing extreme itching and irregular red lines with tiny blisters or bumps above the burrow tracks. It is highly contagious but readily treatable.
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