Scabies Causes, Treatments & More
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4. How Long Does it Take for Symptoms to Appear?
The onset of symptoms depends on whether a person has been infected with scabies in the past. After the female mite burrows into the skin and lays eggs, the eggs hatch within 1-2 weeks and develop into full adults within four weeks.
Within 4-6 weeks the mite proteins cause a severe allergic reaction that causes the intense itching people with scabies experience. When an individual has had a previous scabies infection, symptoms may appear within 1-4 days.
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