Dad lives at home and developed small bumps with itching back in June. At
first I thought it was psychological itching at there were times when he
didn't itch at all, but around the 1st of July I too developed the small
bumps and itching. Since then all three of his sitters have it. Dad itches
most of the time and his skin is a national disaster area.
Problem is that I can't get a positive diagnosis. One dermatologist looked
at Dad in July and said it was dermatitis. Then, after my itching was
fully
developed, I saw our primary physician who said it's Scabies although the
infestation pattern doesn't quite fit. The doctor did no tests or
examination to confirm Scabies; he is just going by the appearance. The
home
health nurse says it's due to fleas (we do have a cat) but no fleas have
been seen on the cat or in the house. I got the pest control people
involved
and they can find no blood feeding varmints, fleas or otherwise, to
explain
the bites and itching.
I saw a new dermatologist Wednesday. Well I guess I saw one. Had I blinked
I
would have missed him. First I was interviewed by his nurse to whom I told
the whole story. Next the doc came in with a drug rep-trainee in tow, and
he
was there for all of two minutes. He said what he thought it was though I
can't remember what he said, but it wasn't Scabies or any bug bite. I had
a
biopsy taken and won't hear the results until next Wednesday by which time
Dad will be nothing but a pile of itch on the floor.
So I'm left to pursue Scabies treatment as I can get no definitive
answers.
The treatment will involve me, Dad, three sitters and their
families!!!!!!!!! The medical profession is pathetic! I'd think one damn
doctor could closely examine the "bites", take scrapings, look at them
with
a microscope and give me an answer. Medicine is supposed to be a science;
in
fact it's Voodoo where the docs walk around you shaking a drug company
supplied rattle and chanting Latin medical phrases.
DJ
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