Not Medical Advice: According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, scabies usually is spread by direct, prolonged, skin-to-skin contact with a person who has scabies. It is spread easily to sex partners and household members. It is sometimes spread indirectly by sharing articles such as clothing, towels, or bedding used by an infested person; however, such indirect spread can occur much more easily when the infested person has crusted scabies.
Scabies is an infestation of the skin by the human itch mite (Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis). The microscopic scabies mite burrows into the upper layer of the skin where it lives and lays its eggs.
The most common signs and symptoms of scabies are intense itching (pruritus), especially at night, and a pimple-like (papular) itchy rash. The itching and rash each may affect much of the body or be limited to common sites such as the wrist, elbow, armpit, webbing between the fingers, waist, belt-line, and buttocks. The rash also can include tiny blisters (vesicles) and scales. Scratching the rash can cause skin sores; sometimes these sores become infected by bacteria.
Learn more important information about scabies at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Check out some tips shared by American Academy of Dermatology that can help you get rid of scabies and prevent another outbreak.