{"id":461,"date":"2024-02-02T05:53:36","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T05:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifewithoutscabies.com\/?p=461"},"modified":"2024-02-02T05:53:36","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T05:53:36","slug":"scabies-3-reasons-to-avoid-itching-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifewithoutscabies.com\/scabies-3-reasons-to-avoid-itching-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"Scabies: 3 Reasons to Avoid scratching Yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-886\" src=\"http:\/\/lifewithoutscabies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/3-reasons-to-avoid-scratching-yourself.png\" alt=\"3 reasons to avoid scratching yourself\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifewithoutscabies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/3-reasons-to-avoid-scratching-yourself.png 900w, https:\/\/lifewithoutscabies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/3-reasons-to-avoid-scratching-yourself-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/lifewithoutscabies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/3-reasons-to-avoid-scratching-yourself-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/lifewithoutscabies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/3-reasons-to-avoid-scratching-yourself-20x13.png 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">The Scabies itch Guidebook:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"10 Anti-itch remedies for scabies\" href=\"http:\/\/lifewithoutscabies.com\/10-anti-itch-remedies-for-scabies\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Section #1: 10 Anti-itch Remedies for Scabies<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Section #2: Scabies: Three reasons to Avoid Scratching the Itch:<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a title=\"Scabies: How to itch your skin without spreading mites\" href=\"http:\/\/lifewithoutscabies.com\/scabies-how-to-itch-your-skin-without-spreading-mites\/\" target=\"_blank\">Section #3: How to Itch Your Skin without Spreading Mites.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">Here are some reasons to avoid over-itching and damaging your skin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I know it&#8217;s extremely tempting to scratch your skin when you have Scabies. Even that is an understatement, it is?RIDICULOUS how much these damn mites make you want to dig into your skin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Related: <a href=\"http:\/\/lifewithoutscabies.com\/how-to-get-rid-of-scabies-at-home-fast\/\" target=\"_blank\">How to Get Rid of Scabies at Home Fast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">My recommendation is to avoid scratch as much as possible. I know I am going against the grain here by telling you should?avoid doing what your body is screaming at you to do?- but hear me out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The 3 reasons are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large; color: #000080;\">1) You will spread the mites, everywhere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A really big part of eliminating your scabies infestation is containment. You want the mites to stay on\/in your skin until your treatments are able to kill them effectively at the source. You don&#8217;t want to be spreading the mites all over your house\/car\/workplace because you will likely reinfect yourself, or even worse infect those around you, which also will likely result in you getting reinfected later on. Not fun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Every time?you scratch your skin you&#8217;re likely to pick up mites and dead skin under your nails.?Not only will you be spreading the mites across your body, you will be spreading them throughout your environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">So say you scratch your heavily infested arms; chances are you will get some mites stuck in your fingernails or hand. There they will stay until you scratch yourself somewhere else &#8211; say your not so infested ankle &#8211; or touch something else in your environment like the door to your car. Now the mites will sit at their new location waiting to be picked up again by their favorite tasty food source (you) or by a new, unsuspecting poor soul.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">In addition, with heavy scratching the mites and dead skin can be introduced into the open air. They will either fall directly to the ground and contaminate your carpet\/couch, or they will catch a draft and float to who knows where.?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">This is tremendously problematic because?the mites can live for multiple days without food. This is doubly problematic if they are attached to pieces of dead skin as their lifespan will extend even longer because they have a food source to nibble on (your dead skin cells) for days to come.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large; color: #000080;\">2) You will put added stress on your skin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Having scabies is rough on the skin. I mean bugs living in your skin, slurping your blood and leaving allergenic?debris?in their wake. Destructive, gross and nightmarish.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">When you scratch at your skin you are only burying those issues deeper. You are embedding the scabies and their excrement deeper into the layers of your skin and you run the risk of secondary infection from opening up new wounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">So while it&#8217;s temporarily relieving when you scratch (and I mean very?temporary), you are actually just creating more damage and more potential for itching down the road since you will have to deal with skin irritation for longer. This also means you will have a harder time deciphering real scabies from post scabies since you will be guaranteed to continue to feel itchy long after the scabies have been killed off.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large; color: #000080;\">3) You will likely only make the itching worse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">I&#8217;ve already eluded to this. But yeah, pretty straight forward. The only thing scratching yourself provides is momentary pleasure. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">It doesn&#8217;t make the itch go away &#8211; it actually makes it more intense. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The temporary relief it provides is nice but it also ensures continued long term discomfort. It could even help to spread the infestation.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Scabies itch Guidebook: Section #1: 10 Anti-itch Remedies for Scabies Section #2: Scabies: Three reasons to Avoid Scratching the Itch: Section #3: How to Itch Your Skin without Spreading Mites. Here are some reasons to avoid over-itching and damaging your skin. I know it&#8217;s extremely tempting to scratch your skin when you have Scabies. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Scabies: 3 Reasons to Avoid scratching Yourself","_seopress_titles_desc":"It's tempting to scratch when you have scabies, but it is not always a good idea. 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