2023-05-10 19:19:20
Cases of scabies discovered in the Biel region
After Geneva, it is the region of Bienne which records cases of scabies. If this disease has bad press, it is easily treated.
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Scabies presents as eczema. The mites (parasites responsible for the affection) dig their tunnel in the skin to lay their eggs there.
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The Delc clinic in Biel, specializing in dermatology, estimates that it receives five patients with scabies per week, reports the “Journal du Jura”. For its part, the Biel Hospital Center (CHB) recorded only one this year. “Since last year, there has nevertheless been a slight increase,” assesses Cristel Ruini, deputy head physician in dermatology at the Biel clinic. One of the reasons for this boom is that diagnostic methods have improved. In Geneva, a scabies outbreak had been recorded between 2021 and 2022.
Once diagnosed, the disease is easily treated, as long as the care protocol is followed to the letter. To the antiparasitic ointment is added a tablet of Ivermectin, twice in two weeks. “At the same time, all linens and clothes should be washed at 60 degrees. Anything that cannot stand such heat will be quarantined for at least five days. There is also a spray for sofas and carpets,” explains Cristel Ruini.
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