How long do EXTERNAL eggs and mites take to die, without washing? And other Q's

[sandiegoITCHY]

Okay, so I have read millions of posts on this forum and these are my questions.
1. So if I leave my house and don't wash anything and go on "vacation," how many days would I need to leave for everything to be truly dead??(I would rather wash clothing when I get back, bug-free)
I read 24-72 hours is as long as a mite can live with no one around in the house. So could I leave for 4 days and be fine???? Or is there something else I don't know?
2. Eggs? Why do you guys talk about them like they are external and can be in clothing? Don't eggs ONLY live INSIDE your skin?
3. How do you get clean laundry if you are washing clothing with bugs in your skin?
If I go to the mat, clean clothes, then come home and apply lotion, won't my clothes have bugs from when I last touched them?
How do you do this step?
4. Does the doctor give you enough cream to treat your family?
5. How many times do you need to use the cream, and on which day do you apply it for the second time? Answers seem to vary, help!
6. Should you be changing sheets daily AFTER using the cream? If so, for how long?
7. I have furniture I haven't touched for a week. Is it cool if I don't clean it?
8. Can mites blow in the air and go in strange places in your house?
9. Tea tree oil. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/577232_4
Does it need to be combined with that stuff to work?
10. Could you substitute Tea Tree oil for doctor meds and treat body 3 times a week or ?
11. What additional things kill Scabies?
Chlorine?
Vinegar?
Garlic?
thanks for your help!
p.s.
Please back up what you say with facts/links/evidence if you can, thanks :)

[sandiegoITCHY]

and what do Epsom salt baths do?

also, drinking apple cider vinegar??

[sandiegoITCHY]

"Personal items that cannot be washed or dry-cleaned should be sealed in a plastic garbage bag for a period of one to two weeks to ensure the elimination of all mites."

WHY do they say that long when they die in 3 days????

My house has SO MANY KNICK KNAKS and clothing, i can't clean or even seal everything!!

HELP ME!!:(

[sandiegoITCHY]

Also, I feel like things are crawling on my head too and I have a thing on my face :(

Treatment for scalp and face is...?

[Joe]

It depends on the mite you have. If you have the regular vanilla variety of human scabies mite, then they should only last a few days in your laundry. It all depends on how HUMID the environment is. They live longer in a HUMID environment. They need air, water, and food to survive. Canine scabies mites live longer in the environment, and so do bird mites. So, you have to concentrate on the areas you frequent, your computer area, your bedding, your BED, your car, laundry room, kitchen. If you have scabies, you do not have to clean rooms where no one goes. if you have pets and children, everyone needs to be treated.

[Joe]

Because we don't all have the same type of mite, other people have resorted to other ways of killing their mite, based on trial and error. One poster used epsom salts with water mixed and applied full body, and blow dried on her skin. this worked well for her. other posters will use hydrogen peroxide, borox and water and will apply to their body, which will kill the mites. there is a recipe on earth clinic.com for this. other people used sulfur lotion 24/7 for days on end, and this cured them. some people only used 2 doses of permethrin and were cured. they did this before it got out of hand.

[Joe]

Bleach kills scabies mites. use it with hot water and borox to clean your floors.

laundry has to be 130 degrees and you use a candy thermometer to test the water. it has to be scalding to the touch.

you wash your bedding daily, and try to rotate things. in other words, don't use the same sheets every day.

cover your mattress with plastic, so you can clean that plastic daily. or use an air mattress.

you can leave your home for a couple of weeks, but the main thing is, this is a parasite and parasite live on a host. if you cannot remove them from your body, then leaving your home for a week is not feasible, because when you return to your home, you will start infesting it again.

try to get ivermectin and treat your entire family with it, along with a good topical like permethrin or benzyl benzoate.

use the internet to search where to buy items.

also, wipe down all surfaces. try windex and WIPE, WIPE, WIPE.

[Joe]

do a search on this forum on

LAUNDRY

CAR

LINDANE

IVERMECTIN

PERMETHRIN

CLEANING

ORDERING LINKS

PEROXIDE

BOROX

WINDEX

EPSOM SALT

CARPETS

CLOTHES

BEDDING

BED

[Joe]

search on scalp and face

http://www.topix.net/forumsearch/health/scabi...