Scabies From A Gym Mat

Here are eight gym germs to avoid.

Scabies from a gym mat.

How can you protect yourself. Everything about scabies involves itching. Like i said if it was easy to catch scabies this way every second person in yoga class would have it. However again this isn t a common way to catch scabies.

Jennifer ashton discusses a recent patient who found out she got scabies from the gym. Even the name comes from the latin word for itch this preoccupation with the itch is very telling about this skin disorder. If you pick up a rash from the gym you want to know exactly what it is and whether or not it is serious. Subscribe to the doctors.

Its main symptom is a fierce intense itch. If you are using pilates or yoga mats that haven t been cleaned properly between uses it is possible though unlikely that you could catch scabies from them. There are a lot of germs at the gym and on the gym equipment that can cause skin infections fungal infections and more. Protect yourself at the gym so you don t catch it in the first place.

The condition is caused by a tiny mite sometimes called an itch mite.