Scabies in displaced families: Health care problem that need urgent action

Alsamara, Abdulghani Mohamed; Alobaidi, Amina Hamed Ahmed

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“…The family income, number of family members, or mother’s education and occupation have a role in the prevalence of scabies and head pediculosis ( Hay et al 2013 ; Gharsan et al 2016 ; Moradiasl et al 2018 ). Both head pediculosis and Scabies are diseases of overcrowding and poverty rather than poor hygiene ( Zayyid et al 2010 ; Bhat et al 2017 ; Alsamarai et al 2017 ).…”

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The Incidence of Scabies and Head Lice and Their Associated Risk Factors among Displaced People in Cham Mishko Camp, Zakho City, Duhok Province, Iraq

Al-Berfkani

Mero

2020

Polish Journal of Microbiology

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This study was conducted to estimate the incidence and the effects of associated risk factors of scabies and head lice on displaced people in Cham Mishko camp, Zakho city, Duhok Province, Iraq. The study included 1300 internally displaced people (IDPs) who visited the dermatology clinic and health care center in Cham Mishko camp from January 2018 to December 2019. Participants’ bio-information was collected on special questionnaire form after receiving permission from the camp’s health authorities and verbal consent from the participants. Monthly weather data were collected from Duhok Directorate of Meteorology and Seismology. The total rate of ectoparasites was 81.2% (45% for scabies and 36.2% for head lice). Ages from 1–10, 21–30, and 31–40 years showed the highest rates with scabies (48.1%, 46.7% and 46.1%, respectively), while the highest rates of head pediculosis were at ages from 1–10 and 11–20 years (40% and 36.6%, respectively). Scabies rate was slightly higher in males than females (46.6% vs. 43.4%), while the rate of head pediculosis was significantly higher in females than males (58.2% vs. 13.9%). Families with more than ten people showed the highest rates of scabies and head pediculosis (49.5% and 74.5%). Scabies was more common in cold months than in summer while head pediculosis was more common in hot months. The number of scabies and head pediculosis cases increased by 123 and 85 cases, respectively, in 2019. It is inferred that the effects of scabies and head pediculosis in IDPs will be considerable, with a higher carriage rate than other studies in Iraq.

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The Incidence of Scabies and Head Lice and Their Associated Risk Factors among Displaced People in Cham Mishko Camp, Zakho City, Duhok Province, Iraq

Al-Berfkani

Mero

2020

Polish Journal of Microbiology

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“…5 Also, there is an increased risk of outbreaks in facilities with crowded living conditions in which large numbers of people live in close contact with each other, and the disease is one of the skin infections with health impact. 6,7 Although scabies had previously been considered as Methods a neglected disease, it was only added to the World Health Organization list of neglected tropical diseases in October 2013. [8][9][10] As scabies could not be eliminated, morbidity control is the only choice to reduce the burden of the disease.…”

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Quality of life in patients with scabies in Erbil, Iraq

2021

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Background and objective: Scabies, known as the seven-year itch, is a contagious skin infestation by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei that causes a pruritic skin eruption. Scabies is endemic in most of the communities of the developing world. This study aimed to assess the quality of life of scabies patients, taking into consideration the demographic profile and clinical presentation of patients in Erbil. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 107 scabies patients attending a private dermatology clinic were recruited. Dermatology Quality of Life Index questionnaire was used for data collection. Results: More than half (51.4%) of the patients were less than 30 years of age, including 58.9% males, 70.1% of them were married, and 67.3% were living in the urban area. More than 84% of the study sample’s quality of life was very large and extremely large affected. The overall mean of the quality of life scores was 14.95±4.5 with no significant association between the overall quality of life scores to disease severity and certain sociodemographic characteristics of the patients. The mean scores of the two domains of embarrassment and shopping were significantly associated with the male gender (P = 0.003 and 0.021, respectively). However, 40.2%, 35.5%, and 29% of the patients reported that the disease affected very much on their shopping, clothing, and working activities, respectively. Conclusion: The disease had caused a significant effect on patients' lives, with no significant association between the severity of the disease and overall quality of life scores. The disease in its mild, moderate, and severe forms adversely affected patient lives. The commonest quality of life scores were those in the range of 11-20. Keywords: Quality of life; Scabies; Erbil; Iraq.

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“…The etiology and peculiarities of the disease evolution have been quite competently systemized [5,7]. For the last two decades the cases of Norwegian scabies have been described in HIV-infected patients [8][9][10][11], in elderly and disabled people [12,13] and rarely observed in cases of brain astrozytoma [14], drug addiction [15], Down syndrome, diffuse fatty liver disease, anemia, parenchymatous dystrophy of visceral organs, cachexia [16], bullous pemphigoid treated with systemic c orticosteroids [17], congenital erythroderma [18], in patients taking novel immunosuppressive agents tozilisumab [19] and cyclosporine [20], in case of skin exposure to pesticides [21].…”

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“…One can assume that there must be far more similar cases. Besides, it is recognized that Norwegian scabies may have a localized form with crusts developing only in certain areas of the skin surface [7,41,42].…”

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Scabious erythroderma – a rare clinical variant of scabies

Sokolova¹,

Adaskevich²,

Malyarchuk³

et al. 2019

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Background: Erythroderma (exfoliative dermatitis) is an emergency condition in dermatology in which not less than 90% of skin surface is affected. The presenting features are erythema, skin scaling and itching, fever and lymphadenopathy. The most common cause of erythroderma is a preexisting dermatosis (psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, eczema, seborheic dermatitis, lichen rubra pilaris, lichen planus, pemphigus foliaceous), drug reactions, lymphoma, leukemia and visceral neoplasias. Erythroderma is a diagnostically relevant presenting feature of Norwegian scabies. The aim of investigation: Is to describe clinical peculiarities of scabious erythroderma as a special rare form of scabies, to assess the number of scabies mites on the patient and in his/her environment and to work out the criteria of differential diagnosis with Norwegian scabies. Material and methods: We examined 5 patients with scabies and erythroderma as the main presenting feature. All patients were women aged from 42 to 89 years. The disease duration was from 8 months to 1 year. The causes of erythroderma were variable. Clinical and paraclinical methods of investigation alongside with dermatoscopy and microscopy were used. Results This is the description of a rare clinical form of scabies, scabious erythroderma. It is based on the analysis of the 5 cases of scabies, whose main clinical manifestation is diffuse erythroderma. The diagnostic criterias of scabious erythroderma and differential diagnosis of Norwegian scabies are given. The invasive potential of this form of the disease on the patient and beyond is evaluated for the first time.

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Scabies in displaced families: Health care problem that need urgent action

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References 15 publications

The Incidence of Scabies and Head Lice and Their Associated Risk Factors among Displaced People in Cham Mishko Camp, Zakho City, Duhok Province, Iraq

The Incidence of Scabies and Head Lice and Their Associated Risk Factors among Displaced People in Cham Mishko Camp, Zakho City, Duhok Province, Iraq

Quality of life in patients with scabies in Erbil, Iraq

Scabious erythroderma – a rare clinical variant of scabies

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