Coordination of health professions rooms in the city of “Istanbul” bTurkey, That there is a significant increase in the incidence of “scabies” disease among the city’s residents, calling on the people to be careful, according to the Turkish newspaper “Zaman” reported.
Coordination of health professions, which includes the Istanbul Doctors ‘Room, the Chamber of Pharmacists, the Veterinarians Chamber and the Dentists’ Chamber, confirmed that the recent period has witnessed a significant increase in the number of “scabies” infections in Istanbul, compared to other cities.
The “Coordination Committee” published a written statement to warn the people of Istanbul about the widening circle of the disease, noting that it is getting more prevalent in the winter and can be passed from person to person.
The statement warned that the disease can be transmitted through hand-touching or using the same bed within a period of 15-20 minutes, explaining that symptoms of the disease appear within 3-6 weeks after infection.
The Turkish Ministry of Health, on December 16, warned of the spread of scabies in a number of Turkish cities, and called on citizens, if symptoms of the disease appeared on them, to go to hospitals immediately.
On the other hand, Turkish pharmacists warned against the lack of medicines for treating “scabies”, while the Turkish Ministry of Health indicated that there are 368 thousand packages of medicine to treat the disease in all Turkish provinces.
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