You notice a rash on your body and your friends immediately say it's scabies or bed bugs. This can be very frightening but you have to keep your cool and figure out the problem. First of all, it can also be a different type of rash such as dermatitis, allergies, meds reaction rashes, sweating rashes or other insect bites. Don't just assume that you have a problem due to scabies or bedbugs.
Try to see a dermatologist and get a trained professional to give you their evaluation. If you have health insurance, there should be a provider in your network. If you are a student, use the campus health system for help. If you don't have health insurance, there may be a free health clinic in your area and if not, the cost may be well worth the peace of mind getting the correct diagnosis.
Scabies are not actually biting your skin but are mites which dig into your skin and put their eggs there. You can get a rash because your body is fighting this and allergic to their presence in your body. They aren't visible but you may see a line where they burrow. This is quite hard to see and as thin as a strand of hair. You may see little bumps in the areas between your fingers, around your waist, armpit areas and wrists. You'd be getting a prescription cream from your doctor to treat this and told how to wash your clothing and treat your things that can't be put in a hot washing machine.
Bed bugs can be gotten if you make purchase in used furniture stores and you might see a red mark on your body or a few in a row. Unlike scabies, they don't lay their eggs in your skin so they aren't going to massively reproduce in your body which is a relief. Nonetheless, they can still be a big pain to deal with an may be hiding in the mattress area of your bed.
Fortunately bedbugs aren't contagious whereas scabies are. For bed bugs, the landlord would need to treat the building with pest control help. Scabies is treated at home using the prescription cream and proper protocol for taking care of your clothing and other items.
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