POV: This is scabies • Caused by mites living in the skin • Very itchy, especially at night • Small red bumps in clusters or lines • Can spread through close skin contact • Requires prescription treatment from a doctor | Dr Lim Ing Kien

Scabies is caused by one of the itch mites, which is called scientifically as sacroptis scabiei. It is common among people who stay in crowded conditions like in hotels, PG accomodations, more than 2 people staying together. It is classically a very itchy trash which is more at night. it predominantly appears as small eruptions, small pimple like eruptions on the fingers, the wrist, the thighs, around the genital area, the lower abdomen, in the umbilical area, in the arm pit area.one of the clas