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Parasites in the skin: Help, I have “scabies”!

The German climate activist Anja Windl contracted scabies during her prison sentence.(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Christian Jauschowetz, stock.adobe.com)

An infection with scabies mites, also known as scabies, is very unpleasant. The parasites bore into the top layer of the human skin. Recently, climate activist Anja Windl reported having caught this disease while in detention in Vienna. How to recognize a mite infestation and get rid of it as quickly as possible.

After her release from the police detention center in Rossauer Lände in Vienna, Windl talked about a very itchy rash and finally the diagnosis of "scabies". The detailed description of the clinical picture sounds like a horror movie! The idea that the parasite, which specializes in humans, bores into the skin in order to live there and lay its eggs is not for the faint-hearted.

How do you catch the "little animals", how does a mite infestation differ from other skin rashes and what can you do about it? We'll tell you.