Scabies is a common skin condition caused by the human itch mite. People get scabies when the mite burrows into the top layer of their skin to live and feed. When the skin reacts to the mite – which...

It actually makes me itch just thinking about it; mites burrowing into the skin and laying eggs. And then to think the mites are also leaving fecal deposits in these burrows in the skin. These burrows...