Scabies: Symptoms, Treatments, and Prevention - Scabies is a skin infestation triggered by a mite known as the Sarcoptes scabiei. Neglected, these microscopic termites can survive your skin for months. They recreate externally of your skin then delve right into it and lay eggs. This causes a scratchy, red rash to base on the skin. There are approximately 130 million cases of scabies in the