Rosa Meriläinen went through hell: This is what she learned – 2024-03-04 02:25:01

”It was the most infernal experience of my life, comparable to depression and middle school.”

This is how Rosa Meriläinen describes her experience with scabies in the message service X and continues:

”Fabulous sums of money were burned, in several households and generations. If there were a lot of children and little money – I don’t understand how you can get through it. Desperation was about to strike now.”

In the comments of the post, Meriläinen says that creams and medicines were used to get rid of scabies. Ointments, he said, were used “again and again and again and again”.

The cause of the rash remained a mystery to Meriläinen, but he says that he understands that in the message thread. For him, scabies belongs to the same plagues as lice, about which it is not even worth asking who brought them where and when.

Meriläinen thinks that no one spreads lice or scabies on purpose.

Meriläinen, contacted during the winter vacation, tells Iltalehti that the experience with scabies is already many years ago. That’s why he doesn’t go into the details of the scabies process anymore.

Meriläinen also recognizes the stigma associated with scabies, which is still associated with the condition. In his opinion, it would be worth getting rid of.

– Scabies is quite enough suffering in itself, which should not be added with stigmas, says Meriläinen.

Inka

Long agony

Scabies has spread wildly in recent years.

Scabies caused by a small mite burrowing under the skin can be difficult to identify. Once a scabies infection is diagnosed, treating scabies is a process that requires time, money and effort.

Scabies treatment includes drug treatment and also cleaning the home of scabies-causing mites. This cleaning requires care so that scabies mites are not left hiding in places where they can spread to humans again.

Iltalehti has previously told about people’s severe scabies experiences.

Rosa Meriläinen works as the chairwoman of KULTA ry, the central association for culture and art. He has also worked as a Member of Parliament. He also took part in the Dancing with the Stars competition.