Symptoms:

• Itching, especially at night
• Rashes
• Sores (abrasions) on the skin from scratching and digging
• Thin, pencil-mark lines on the skin

Mites may be more widespread on a baby's skin, causing pimples over the trunk, or small blisters over the palms and soles. In young children, the head, neck, shoulders, palms, and soles are involved. In older children and adults, the hands, wrists, genitals, and abdomen are involved.

Signs and tests:

Examination of the skin shows signs of scabies. Tests include an examination under the microscope of skin scrapings taken from a burrow.