scabies
Let an agent explain scabies and its forms, relay transmission, diagnosis, treatment and control from dermatology and public health sources in general terms, route people with symptoms to clinicians, and distinguish scabies from other itchy rashes, from lice and from animal mange as a related condition.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What scabies is.
Definition
Definition and forms.
Definition
Definition.
- What is scabies, and how do classical and crusted scabies differ from other rashes, lice and animal mange? definition
- Is the user describing symptoms of their own, which need a clinician? boundary
Transmission
Transmission.
Transmission
Transmission.
- How does scabies spread, and why do institutions see outbreaks? provenance
- Which entry fits Sarcoptes scabiei? action
Care Diagnosis and treatment.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis.
- How is scabies diagnosed clinically and by microscopy, as guidelines describe? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Treatment
Treatment.
Treatment
Treatment.
- What treatments do guidelines recommend, and how are contacts and households managed, in general terms? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Public health Public health.
Control
Control programmes.
Control
Control.
- How is scabies controlled in communities through mass drug administration? provenance
- Which entry fits mass drug administration? action
Burden
Burden.
Burden
Burden.
- Where is scabies most common, and why is it a neglected tropical disease? provenance
- Which entry fits neglected tropical diseases? action
Context Animals and history.
Animals
Mange.
Animals
Animals.
- What is sarcoptic mange in foxes, dogs and other animals, and can it affect people? provenance
- Which entry fits mange? action
History
History.
History
History.
- How was the scabies mite discovered, and how has treatment changed? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of dermatology? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.LIV
- Other names and narrower kinds
- classical scabies, fox mange, norwegian scabies
What it is Filled
A contagious human skin infestation by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei, causing intense itching and a rash from burrows, spread by prolonged skin contact, and occurring as classical scabies and as crusted or Norwegian scabies with heavy mite loads; crusted scabies can affect immunocompromised people but is not limited to them; scabies is a neglected tropical disease affecting hundreds of millions and is treated with topical or oral medicines under medical care.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain scabies and its forms, relay transmission, diagnosis, treatment and control from dermatology and public health sources in general terms, route people with symptoms to clinicians, and distinguish scabies from other itchy rashes, from lice and from animal mange as a related condition.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Mite infestation
- Contact transmission
- Crusted form
- Neglected tropical disease
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Diagnose scabies in a person from a description or photograph.
- Recommend a specific treatment or dose in place of a clinician or pharmacist.
- Name or expose a person as the source of an outbreak.
- Treat scabies as a sign of poor hygiene or bad character.
Only with a human decision
- Any diagnosis or treatment decision, including for crusted scabies.
- Notifying an institution or public health authority of a suspected outbreak.
May
- Explain what scabies is, how it spreads and that treatment comes from a clinician.
- Relay public health guidance on outbreaks in households and care settings.
Moral aspects Filled
- Scabies carries stigma, so people delay seeking help and suffer longer.
- Outbreaks hit crowded housing and care homes hardest, where residents have least choice.
Who is affected
- Patients
- Care home residents
- Households and close contacts
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the disease; clinicians treat patients and public health authorities manage outbreaks.
Master systems
- Public health notifiable disease records
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q18123741 - registry parent class
- Q4059324 - registry parent class
- Q929451 - registry parent class
related
- infectious disease - in registry terms
- neglected tropical disease - in registry terms
- acarodermatitis - in registry terms
- Sarcoptes scabiei - the itch mite
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.scabies
- Wikidata: Q167178 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q167178)
- ICD-10: B86 scabies
- MeSH: D012532 Scabies
Direct properties required Filled
- people affected: about 200 million - WHO estimates
- mite: Sarcoptes scabiei organism
- incubation: 2-6 weeks - first infestation
- WHO NTD listing: 2017 year
Recognition required Filled
- Scabies is a mite infestation of human skin.
- Human forms include classical scabies and crusted or Norwegian scabies.
- Eczema and other rashes lack mites, lice are insects, and animal mange is a related condition outside this card's scope.
- Not a visible object; itchy rash with burrows between fingers and on wrists.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain forms and transmission
- relay diagnosis and treatment
- route to clinicians
- distinguish related conditions
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Missed diagnosis and reinfestation
- Agents giving personal medical advice
- Stigma
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- WHO guidance on scabies control and mass drug administration
- National treatment guidelines
- Outbreak control rules in care homes
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a disease.
- classical scabies
- crusted or Norwegian scabies
- scabies in institutions and outbreaks
- sarcoptic mange in animals such as fox mange
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q167178: scabies - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Scabies - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should crusted scabies and sarcoptic mange be separate primary entries?
- How should public health sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming a form and an animal disease; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q167178/spec.json