Need help on keeping my head on and figuring out what to do. Scabies advice pls read.
So I starting having itching and marks from around Feb this year (2026), went to the gp she said probably eczema, kept going till now (may 2026) went back to the gp got diagnosed with scabies. Started treatment on wed evening 6th of May and it’s now been 3 days. I did a 5% permethrin cream neck down immediately shaped sheets got into clean cloths separated from all clothes I hadn’t just got washed. Next morning changed sheets again new clothes and from that point I’ve been changing into fresh clothes each day but not washing sheets every day. I’m now on the 72 hour mark of my other clothes but if the eggs are just hatching now should I just keep all my things locked away till 24 hours after second treatment?
Do I need to keep hot washing my clothes after I wear them everyday up until that point too?
Like is anything I touch now at the 3 day mark still being contaminated because the eggs are hatching?
Have I done enough to keep my house clean?
I’m kind of just loosing my mind. I was loosing it from the itching alone and the lack of sleep, but now worrying about doing this treatment right, that’s has me isolated missing work, has my body in physical pain from stress. Wasting time and water and money of myself and my housemate and has me worrying about seeing any friends for fear I’ll give it to them.
I just want to do it right and it’s hard to find what I actually need to keep doing each day, should I just completely isolate and focus on treatment and preventing re infestation for the 7 or 8 days or am I freaking myself out way too much?
Please if you have any experience or advice reply :)