A month and a half a go I started getting small red spots or pimples or rash on my skin that itches a lot. It started to spread and spread mostly between my knees and my stomach. Most of them are on my thighs, buttcheeks and groin or rather areas converging these three. I have some on my genitals too. They itch like crazy during the night and I cannot sleep. So I went to the doctor and...
Scabies takes 2 to 8 weeks to show symptoms right? Well I have actually calculated and re-visited all the time I apparently got infected. Truth is I never: Slept in someone's bed, had sexual intercourse or any intimacy, wore someone's clothes, I barely hugged anyone and those I hugged are close family members highly unlikely they are infected, I didn't even handshake that many people. I only wrestled with a younger cousin of mine who had issues with some rashes on his skin, docs in two countries told him it was allergies and anti-allergy medications helped him and it seems like a mild annoyance for him, when I was with him it was in late December, but other family members did it too(wrestle) or cuddled with him, and since they or he have no scabies...
So the symptoms on me started to show roughly on the last week of January or first week February, that would mean that by now I am having scabies in full form for more than a month, and yet no family member of mine has shown any symptoms. My brother who even shares a room with me, who's bed I was in a few times, who also shares a chair with me has shown no symptoms yet. Now what me and my brother do both have had is symptoms of cold, or simply a cold. Only he had it a bit worse, with maybe even some higher temperature while I was mildly annoyed by cleaning my nose. We both started working out a lot so I guess its the immune system being on pressure.
My physician/dermatologist was equally confused by this, but she still insisted. Although she didn't take any sample or even bothered to closely look at my skin. At one point she even didn't see the obviously huge red on my skin, that I was showing her. She insists I do not shower or change much my clothes for the next 6 days, while I have to apply some fat/cream up to my neck. I have read online a lot, and most of if not all treatments allow for shower and occasional change of clothes, so I am perplexed there. Why would she give me the harder treatment, the one which really forbids me doing any work or workout.
As for the work out, I started some kick-box, which means I barely touch anyone else body with mine or any other object and I always shower after training, and I never see anyone scratching or having symptoms of scabies in the gym. I am also sweating profusely doing workout, maybe that's not such a good breeding ground for the initial infection? I also cannot remember that clearly, but I think my symptoms started a bit before the training or really early in the training.
So as you can see I am really afraid, nervous and confused, I am at odds should I spend more money on visiting another town or a private dermatologist or just argue more with my old one.