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Could this be scabies??

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chenilleblanket · 26/10/2023 14:59

A couple of weeks ago I started having really intense forehead itchiness with some little bumps but nothing visible. Now my eyebrows, nose, eyes and ears all itch too. I'm also having random itches all over my body throughout the day. I have this patch of skin in between all my fingers to various degrees but it doesn't itch, and I often get dry skin in between fingers when the weather is cold. Really quite worried, I hadn't considered scabies until today! Don't know where I would have got it from and no one else in my household itches or has symptoms.

Could this be scabies??
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Kayte198999 · 26/10/2023 15:20

Scabies is red and looks like bumps or blisters, your photo looks more like eczema although that can be red too. I also get dryness between my fingers in winter but it isn't eczema – have you recently turned the heating on high? Started taking very hot showers? Changed a skincare product? Perhaps your skin is tight from the weather or something new that it has been subjected to

dancingorange · 26/10/2023 15:29

No, looks like dry skin due to the weather

chenilleblanket · 26/10/2023 15:53

Yes I think that is dry skin..any advice on the itchy face and body? It seems to be worse when something touches my skin so like a hair on my face. I read that scabies symptoms don't typically come up on your face so hoping that can rule it out! I'm a bit paranoid about it because I work in people's houses and it's not uncommon for other staff to come in and say a family they've seen have scabies or bed bugs etc.

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cocksstrideintheevening · 26/10/2023 17:32

Doesn't look like scabies, DH was unfortunate enough to have it...

Looks like contact dermatitis or exczema

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