Yasmin (20) is rid of scabies after six months: ‘Beasts didn’t die’

In addition, the medication is also very expensive, because you have to pay for the pills yourself. “If you have to pay sixty euros in one go and the pills turn out to be ineffective, the fun is over very quickly. Especially as a student. At a certain point you just don’t know how to handle it.”

‘Scab is dirty’

And then there are the comments about scabies, which is considered dirty by many people. “Because I didn’t want to infect anyone, I no longer sat on the couch with my parents, but on the floor. My grandmother noticed that too, so when I told her she immediately said that she thought it was dirty. I then explained to her that there was nothing I could do about it myself and that I was doing my best to treat it.”

Yasmin often hears that it is ‘dirty’. “I was very open about it, so a lot of people around me were initially shocked or moved further away from me. Fortunately, that quickly changed when I explained, but I deliberately avoided hugging and shaking hands. Just in case.”

To cure

Because she can’t get rid of the scabies, Yasmin only visits the doctor after half a year full of frustrations. “There we looked together at what the best solution was. The dermatologist would take too long, so there was no point. Then I took it so extreme that it could not but be solved.

I took both pills and cream, did not sit on upholstered chairs for weeks, avoided the couches of roommates, packed all my clothes, turned my mattress, slept in a sleeping snail, etc. Only then did I notice that I no longer got new bumps and the old ones bumps started to heal.” The itching is still not completely gone, but Yasmin knows from others who have also had scabies that those complaints will also pass by themselves.

Again

Still, Yasmin is quite afraid to get it again. “It helps that I have a girlfriend and therefore no changing partners, so I don’t have to worry about catching it in other houses if I were to stay overnight. But I notice in myself that I am still very careful. For example, recently I was in bed with a roommate, who later suddenly started scratching a lot. Then, just to be sure, I rubbed myself in.”

For students who are afraid of getting scabies or are in the same misery as Yasmin, she has the following tips: “Take it seriously right away and treat yourself well. Soon you’ll be stuck with it for half a year, just like me. And know that there’s nothing you can do about it, so don’t be ashamed of it. If you explain it to people, it’s not that bad.”

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