Lifestyle and home remedies

Itching may persist for some time after you apply medication to kill the mites. These steps may help you find relief from itching:

• Cool and soak your skin. Soaking in cool water or an oatmeal bath, or applying a cool, wet washcloth to irritated areas of your skin may minimize itching.
• Apply soothing lotion. Calamine lotion, available without a prescription, can effectively relieve the pain and itching of minor skin irritations.
• Take antihistamines. At your doctor's suggestion, you may find that over-the-counter antihistamines relieve the allergic symptoms caused by scabies.