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To go on holiday with scabies?

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melonhen · 24/02/2026 14:55

We have scabies and have been prescribed some cream to kill the scabies.
We have to treat everyone in the house at the same time and also have to clean all the sofas and bedding and towels and wash everything on a hot wash and hoover.
The mites die after 3 days of no human contact so I’m thinking rather than risk missing anything, we clean best we can and then we book into a holiday park, leaving the house and car for a week, doing the cream treatment while we are there and then come back to a quarantined home might be the most affective way.
We would be treated so not contagious while we were there.

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ImWearingPantaloons · 24/02/2026 18:45

Eeeeew.

No.

Skippinglightly · 24/02/2026 18:44

Maybe you could camp? Buy the cheapest tent and sleeping bags and literally set fire to them afterwards?

iamtryingtobecivil · 24/02/2026 18:43

Rotten

you even asks

urgh

DivorcedAndDelighted · 24/02/2026 18:42

ilovesooty · 24/02/2026 17:51

So you'd be happy to stay in accommodation after the OP had used it?

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Yes, and in fact I have shared accommodation with someone while they were treated for it. With a background in a relevant research, I was not concerned.

Happyjoe · 24/02/2026 18:42

I think this thread is amusing! WTF?!

OlderGlaswegianLivingInDevon · 24/02/2026 18:41

YUK !

CDTC · 24/02/2026 18:40

BunnyLake · 24/02/2026 17:37

Dry cleaned? I’d imagine they’re all just shoved in to a large washing machine along with all the other accommodations bedding.

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This is exactly what happens. I worked in a launderette and we used to do washing for hotels and a holiday park. I've seen a lot 🤢

DoneWithMIL · 24/02/2026 18:35

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IrradiatedHaggis · 24/02/2026 18:33

I actually think that's quite an evil thing to do..

ScreamingInfidelities · 24/02/2026 18:33

JESUS CHRIST

Arraminta · 24/02/2026 18:30

Reason no. 137 of why I would never, ever stay at a holiday park <shudders>

ilovesooty · 24/02/2026 18:23

ItsameLuigi · 24/02/2026 18:20

Probably the person who passed them scabies

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Well, a couple of people have posted claiming that if you find this unacceptable it's because you're unknowledgable. Neither has yet confirmed that they'd happily use the property after the OP had used it.

Cat1504 · 24/02/2026 18:21

Fucking hell…that’s disgusting ….the poor cleaner

ItsameLuigi · 24/02/2026 18:20

ilovesooty · 24/02/2026 15:05

Who on earth has voted that @melonhen is not BU?

Probably the person who passed them scabies

Frostynoman · 24/02/2026 18:16

Does this supreme selfishness extend into all aspects of your life?

OneBlueFinch · 24/02/2026 18:16

That’s pretty disgusting to want to do that. Seriously ?

Viviennemary · 24/02/2026 18:12

Oh yuck.

traveltraveltravel78 · 24/02/2026 18:10

That is so selfish

ilovesooty · 24/02/2026 18:05

TheIceBear · 24/02/2026 18:00

Actually if you look up the nhs or any other reputable healthcare website you can go back to work or school 24 hour after treatment. It’s the same in hospitals etc isolation is only required until 24 hours after treatment . Unwashable things can be put in a bag for 3 days so the mites die. Everything washable is good to go once laundry guidance is followed. So it’s not actually disgusting and selfish. So much hyperbole on this thread from people who don’t have an actual clue

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So you'd be happy to stay at the property after the OP had used it?

Frangardens · 24/02/2026 18:05

Either this @melonhen is winding us up just for the giggles or… she is a quite insane person who honestly thinks this is appropriate and, more besides, to start a thread about it asking for opinions.

MabelAnderson · 24/02/2026 18:03

cardibach · 24/02/2026 15:48

I was a teacher. I got scabies once - I had it for ages before it was diagnosed. Everyone in the house had to be treated - though nobody else has an infection as far as we could tell - but there was no washing of all the clothes and soft furnishings. It went in about 48 hours.

Scabies has become treatment resistant I think. My friends Mum caught it in the 80s, (she was helping with some homeless men) and and it was very swiftly dealt with. Now it is having a massive resurgence, along with bed bugs, and is much harder to get rid of. It’s a horrible infestation to have, absolutely dismal. Op please don’t risk passing it on.

TheIceBear · 24/02/2026 18:00

PurpleFairyLights · 24/02/2026 17:56

This. So disgusting and selfish.

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Actually if you look up the nhs or any other reputable healthcare website you can go back to work or school 24 hour after treatment. It’s the same in hospitals etc isolation is only required until 24 hours after treatment . Unwashable things can be put in a bag for 3 days so the mites die. Everything washable is good to go once laundry guidance is followed. So it’s not actually disgusting and selfish. So much hyperbole on this thread from people who don’t have an actual clue

Nocameltoeleggingsplease · 24/02/2026 17:59

We had scabies. It took 2 lots of cream and then 2 lots of tablets to get rid of. We certainly weren’t sorted after one lot of cream

Lyraloo · 24/02/2026 17:58

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PurpleFairyLights · 24/02/2026 17:56

LadyWiddiothethird · 24/02/2026 16:15

Revolting.This has put me off ever sleeping in a different bed …….ever!

This. So disgusting and selfish.