Health insurance - Barmer: Fewer scabies cases in Bavaria recently
According to an analysis by health insurer Barmer, the number of scabies cases in Bavaria has fallen significantly in recent years. In 2022, Bavarian doctors diagnosed 39,000 cases - in 2019 there were still 44,000, around 11 percent more, Barmer announced on Thursday. According to the report, the decline was particularly sharp among children, adolescents and young adults.
Children, the elderly and sick people in particular were easily infected, which is why scabies mites spread primarily in nurseries, care homes and hospitals. "It therefore stands to reason that the contact restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic are partly responsible for the falling numbers," said Alfred Kindshofer, Regional Managing Director of Barmer in Bavaria.
Scabies is caused by the droppings of the scabies mite and leads to itchy and burning inflammations. The mites prefer to lay their eggs in the upper layer of the skin on warm parts of the body, for example between the fingers, in the armpits or on the genitals. Barmer advises those affected to see a doctor if they suspect they have mites, to change their clothes regularly and to wash them at a temperature of at least 50 degrees.
Barmer press release
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Source: www.stern.de
