How is scabies diagnosed?
Your doctor can usually diagnose scabies based on your symptoms. Scabies is especially likely if you have had close contact with other people who you know have had similar symptoms. Sometimes a doctor confirms a diagnosis by looking for signs of mites on a sample of your skin. This test is not painful for most people. A doctor gently scrapes some dry skin from an affected area and then examines it under a microscope.
