From scabies to hospital treatment – This is what Husi’s chief physician commented – 2024-03-09 11:04:58

There is an extraordinary amount of scabies now.

In general, scabies can be treated at home, as long as the scabies has first been diagnosed at a doctor’s office and the symptoms necessary for treatment and scabies cleaning have been obtained.

Sometimes treatment at home is not successful or scabies causes such symptoms that the patient needs to be admitted to a hospital ward for treatment.

Senior doctor Katariina Hannula-Jouppi emphasizes that the medicated creams used in the treatment of scabies must be applied to the skin exactly according to the instructions and precisely. Atte Kajova

Chief physician of dermatology Katariina Hannula-Jouppi Husista tells in a video how scabies has taken patients to hospital in the Hus area.

According to Hannula-Joup, patients requiring hospital treatment due to scabies have not had any common characteristics. Small children have also been cared for in the bed ward.