Limburgers have also suffered from scabies more often in recent months. Scabies, as it is also called, is especially common among students.
A spokesperson for the GGD South Limburg tells L1 that the number of reports has tripled in the past period.
Slight decrease
“In a normal situation, there are 5 to 10 people per 100,000 people who report to the GP every year. Now we see that that number has risen to 15 to 20 people. And despite a slight decrease last week, it will soon be can be more than 20 people per 100,000 people,” according to the GGD South Limburg.
reorder
Pharmacy Römkens in the Potteriestraat in Maastricht has also noted an increase: “Young people usually need a lot of creams and we have enough stock. But we have to reorder quite often.”
The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) has announced that scabies is not obliged for doctors and general practitioners to report. It is therefore difficult to estimate absolute numbers. “We do know the signals that it is playing,” a spokesperson said.
Bo Duysens, a general practitioner in training at general practice Swijgman, also notes that many students come by: “Absolutely. Those are really the many students who are currently experiencing an outbreak.”
Clean everything
Duysens advises students with complaints to clean everything properly, otherwise the tiny bugs will keep coming back: “It really is about cleaning all clothes and all things: up to and including the shoes. We also prescribe a cream that can be applied to the whole skin needs to be lubricated.”
Instructions
Apparently not everyone follows these instructions, because Duysens occasionally sees the same faces in practice: “It is quite a job to completely clean the house and all the belongings that go with it. So it may be that they do that. do not do enough so that the insects remain present. It can also be because they have not sufficiently lubricated the cream.”