Updated: Scabies case at home for the elderly

Victor Vella

Oct 6th 2012, 11:22

Malta is way back to the 50s and 60s. This is the progress under Gonzi PN. GonziPN won`t work.

twanny borg

Oct 6th 2012, 08:05

jista' d-dipartiment tas-sahha jghid jekk kienx hemm ix-xahar l-iehor anzjani li gew mehuda minn st. vincent de paul ghall-isptar boffa minhabba din il-marda? din il-marda tigi wkoll minhabba iffullar u nuqqas ta' hrug.

Joe Xuereb

Oct 5th 2012, 20:54

From what I know, scabies is highly contagious, very unpleasant, has nothing to do with an infected person being clean or dirty. This is because body contact with an infected person, however casual, allows the mite to infect the 'clean' victim (an infected clean person can, conversely, infect a filthy person who is not suffering to this skin condition. The same applies to lice which is no respecter of class or rank). One case in an institution is certainly not a cause for alarm for the general population also because the condition is not fatal but merely unpleasant. If one person within a family gets scabies, the rest of the family have to be treated too at the same time. Body contact does not have to be intimate for the mite to pass on and the people most prone to this infection are people who are sexually active and promiscuous. The wages of sin and all that! But it could be worse.

The elderly are vulnerable to this infection and the worst off are young babies who often do the rounds being fondled by all and sundry.

Treatment of scabies is not a big issue as long as it is rigorous.

T Cassar

Oct 5th 2012, 18:35

The prevalence of scabies is currently rising in the UK. It is estimated that there are 300 million cases of scabies worldwide each year. In the UK, about 100 people per 100,000 of the population consult their GP with scabies each month.

The above information and more, including references to sources was taken from an NHS site:
http://www.cks.nhs.uk/scabies/background_information/prevalence

Perhaps we should look outside our shores before we blame this or that entity for everything. Having said that, every effort to educate and improve health is to be encouraged!

A.Felex Busuttil

Oct 5th 2012, 18:11

Government should monitor these Government homes operated by the private, especially the quality of food. recently I visited a relative, the food left on her cupboard, cold and looks horrible.

Nenu Cassar

Oct 5th 2012, 17:55

As usual I'm certain that it is Gonzipn's fault. It may also be that the Government is doing this on purpose to win the next election by making people sick and consequently would not be able to go to vote.

If I don't win the Super 5 lottery next week I will also blame it on Gonzipn.

Colin Stanley

Oct 5th 2012, 17:38

why is it, that in the last few years, we are seeing certain deceases appear again

Lucienne Dimech

Oct 5th 2012, 17:05

Of course we will be saying that there is no cause for alarm as usual