This mite belongs to the Arthropoda phylum, Arachnida class, and Scutellaria family. It is also called the scabies mite. Its body is round and about 0.4 mm in size. It has scaly spines on its surface, and the first and second legs have fleshy disks with stalks. It lives by digging tunnels inside the human skin, and when it emerges on the surface of the body, it moves at a speed of more than 2.5 centimeters per minute. It goes through the stages of egg → larva → nymph → adult, and it takes about two weeks for it to reach adulthood from egg. Many individuals die during this period, and only about 10% of eggs reach adulthood. It parasitizes between the fingers, in the groin, inside the joints, etc., and sometimes it can spread to the whole body. In the early stages of parasitism, small papules and erythema appear, followed by blisters and pustules, and itching. Eventually the itching becomes intense, but this is because the skin becomes sensitized to the mites' shed skin shells, metabolic products, and dead bodies, and it eventually progresses to scabies, a stubborn skin disease. However, if the infestation is small, typical scabies symptoms often do not appear. Treatment involves applying sulfur or an ointment containing an insecticide to the outside. In addition to being transmitted by contact, infection can also be transmitted through clothing and bedding, and there have been reports of mass outbreaks of scabies within the rooms of this lodging facility. Mite species that are morphologically indistinguishable from those that infest humans are found in dogs, cattle, pigs, sheep, etc., and cause skin diseases. Mites migrate from these livestock to the human body, causing symptoms similar to scabies, but these are temporary and heal naturally within about 10 days. For this reason, it is thought that the mites that infest humans and those that infest livestock belong to physiologically different lineages, and some scholars classify them as subspecies of each other. [Kimito Uchikawa] [Reference] | |Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
節足動物門クモ形綱ダニ目ヒゼンダニ科に属するダニ。疥癬虫(かいせんちゅう)ともいう。体は円形で、約0.4ミリメートル。体表に鱗(うろこ)状の棘(とげ)があり、第1・第2脚には柄をもった肉質盤を備える。ヒトの皮内にトンネルを掘って生活し、体表に出ると毎分2.5センチメートル以上の速さで移動する。卵→幼虫→若虫→成虫の齢期があり、約2週間で卵から成虫に達する。この間に死亡する個体も多く、成虫になるのは卵の約1割だという。寄生する部位は、手の指間、鼠径(そけい)部、関節の内側などで、ときに全身にわたることがある。寄生初期には、小丘疹(しょうきゅうしん)や紅斑(こうはん)が現れ、水疱(すいほう)や膿疱(のうほう)ができ、かゆみを伴う。やがて痒(よう)感は激しくなるが、これはダニの脱皮殻、代謝産物、死骸(しがい)などによって皮膚が感作されるためで、やがて頑強な皮膚病である疥癬に移行する。ただし、寄生数が少ないと、定形的な疥癬症状にはならないことが多い。治療には、硫黄(いおう)剤や殺虫剤含有軟膏(なんこう)を外用する。感染は、接触によるほか、衣類や寝具を介して伝わることがあり、当宿室内で集団発生した疥癬の報告がある。 イヌ、ウシ、ブタ、ヒツジなどに、ヒトに寄生するものと形態的に区別できないヒゼンダニがみられ、皮膚病の原因となっている。これらの家畜からダニは人体へ移行し、疥癬のような症状をおこすが、一過性のもので約10日で自然治癒する。このことから、ヒトに寄生するヒゼンダニと家畜のそれとは、生理的に異なる系統に属すると考えられ、分類上それぞれを亜種扱いする学者もいる。 [内川公人] [参照項目] | |出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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