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THE MERCK MANUAL MEDICAL LIBRARY: The Merck Manual of Medical Information--Home Edition
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Most skin parasites are tiny insects or worms that burrow into the skin and make their home there. Some parasites live in the skin for part of their life cycle; others, for their entire life cycle. Parasitic skin infections frequently cause severe itching and inflammation.

Last full review/revision September 2008 by James G. H. Dinulos, MD

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