According to the NHS website, symptoms may not appear until up to eight weeks after initial infection, as the body requires ...

Scabies is an infestation of mites that burrow into the skin, often causing an itchy rash. A national rise in scabies was ...

In areas where patches continue to reappear, the skin can get rough and scaly. These rough patches can also be itchy. Lichen planus can’t be cured, so treatments focus on managing symptoms.

Today, Dr Zoe helps a reader who has been suffering from an itchy flaky scalp for over a year ... but with inflammation of the under-lying skin. This inflammation is what causes the itchiness.