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Scabies at playschool

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KellyCO · 23/10/2023 07:04

Hey everyone
My kids playschool have informed us of 2 confirmed cases of scabies
And I am freaking out over it..do I send him in . It's a very small playschool . Or do I keep.him out, and for how long
Today I'm going to go brilliant pharmacist and ask for cream and treat family as a precaution
The playschool only said keep.an eye out. I would have thought it best all attendees and families to just do the treatment ..as it can take weeks to actually get symptoms.

Help I've never heard of scabies been a thing at all. Im. I being ignorant or this a newish thing.

Thoughts on what you do ?

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AdultingIncorrectly · 23/10/2023 07:08

It’s not new, and it’s pretty contagious. I had them as a child in the 70’s and the whole family had to be treated. Poor DM was washing bedding, hoovering top to bottom and scrubbing skirting boards daily!
Theres always a risk of getting something, you can’t keep them off for every ‘what if’ so I’d probably still send them in tbh.

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KellyCO · 23/10/2023 07:41

Good Morning

Thank for replying . My son did get worms last year and that it exactly its thw amount of cleaning we had to do. I'm just dreading it .

Thank you though your right I can't keep them off for everything .

I'm just a complete worrier

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LemonySippet · 23/10/2023 07:54

I'm not sure if you can buy the cream otc or it's prescription only but you'll need a shedload of it and that'll be expensive, just something to bear in mind.

DS had it when he was in nursery and we had to treat the whole family, we needed about 8 tubes of the cream and you need to apply to literally every centimeter of the whole body. I was breastfeeding a newborn at the time do multiple times during the night I had to wipe it off my nips and reapply. Then you have to do it all again a certain number of days later.

I'm not sure I would bother if you don't have a confirmed case. Just be vigilant for symptoms and then you can get the cream on prescription and not have to treat unnecessarily or spend £££ on it.

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KellyCO · 23/10/2023 11:40

Thank you so much for this reply and I'm so sorry you all went through that especially with a newborn too .

That must have been extra worry and 😩

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