{"id":7163,"date":"2022-08-30T07:24:51","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T07:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdr.foobrdigital.com\/?p=7163"},"modified":"2022-08-30T07:24:51","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T07:24:51","slug":"prevention-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/30\/prevention-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Prevention"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to a report published in November 2017 in\u00a0<em>PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases,<\/em>\u00a0experimental research is underway to develop a vaccine to prevent scabies, though it would likely take years before it would be available. There is currently no surefire way to avoid getting scabies, other than to avoid close contact with an infested person and certain items they\u2019ve used, such as clothing, bedding, and towels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To ensure successful treatment and reduce the chance of re-exposure, bedding, clothing, and towels used by a person with scabies or anyone they came in close contact with must be washed in hot water and dried with high heat. You can also dry-clean these items or seal them in a plastic bag for at least 72 hours to kill any mites that may still be around. When you start treatment, vacuum your home, too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.everydayhealth.com\/sexual-health\/stds-photos\/the-warning-signs-of-stds.aspx\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do You Have an STD? You&#8217;re Not the Only One<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When someone has scabies, their sexual partners and any members of their household need to get treated as well \u2014 and at the same time \u2014 so that reinfestation doesn\u2019t occur.  Since human itch mites don\u2019t survive on animals, your pet doesn\u2019t need to be treated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re sexually active, wait to have sex until you and your partner have both finished treatment. While condoms can prevent other\u00a0sexually transmitted infections, they\u2019re not an effective barrier when it comes to the skin-to-skin contact<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a report published in November 2017 in\u00a0PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases,\u00a0experimental research is underway to develop a vaccine to prevent scabies, though it would likely take years before it would be available. There is currently no surefire way to avoid getting scabies, other than to avoid close contact with an infested person and certain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[904],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7163"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7163\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}