scabies
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She said, if her husband had not caught scabies, then "possibly his immune system wouldn't have been compromised and he possibly would be able to fight off the pneumonia that he caught In the end".
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
She said it was 12 weeks and six days before he was diagnosed in May, by which point it had developed to the more severe crusted scabies.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Paul suffered a stroke in December 2025 and, four months before he died in June aged 90, caught scabies in hospital.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Ivermectin is an anti-parasitic drug used to treat conditions like scabies, while fenbendazole is an animal dewormer.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
We can never see the legs of the scabies mite, but we can tell from the fact that it moves that it must have legs or something similar.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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