If pinworm infection continues to occur, the source of the infection should be sought and treated. Playmates, schoolmates, close contacts outside the home, and household members should be considered possible sources of infection.
Each infected person should receive the recommended two-dose treatment. Strict observance of good hand hygiene is the most effective means of preventing pinworm infection. This includes washing hands with soap and warm water after using the toilet, changing diapers, and before handling food. Keep fingernails clean and short, avoid fingernail-biting, and avoid scratching the skin in the perianal area.
Teach children the importance of washing hands to prevent infection. Daily morning bathing and changing of underclothes helps remove a large proportion of pinworm eggs and can help prevent infection and reinfection. Careful handling avoid shaking and frequent laundering of underclothes, night clothes, towels, and bed sheets using hot water also helps reduce the chance of infection and reinfection by reducing environmental contamination with eggs.
Control can be difficult in child care centers and schools because the rate of reinfection is high. In institutions, mass and simultaneous treatment, repeated in 2 weeks, can be effective. Hand hygiene is the most effective method of prevention. Trimming and scrubbing the fingernails and bathing after treatment is important to help prevent reinfection and spread of pinworms.
This information is not meant to be used for self-diagnosis or as a substitute for consultation with a health care provider. If you have any questions about the parasites described above or think that you may have a parasitic infection, consult a health care provider. Contact Us. Skip directly to site content Skip directly to page options Skip directly to A-Z link. Parasites - Enterobiasis also known as Pinworm Infection.
Section Navigation. What are pinworms? Life cycle of a pinworm Symptoms of pinworm Treatment for pinworm infection Preventing another pinworm infection Where to get help. Worms require a host in order to survive. In the case of pinworms, the human acts as the host.
Life cycle of a pinworm Infections begin when pinworm eggs are eaten, usually directly through contaminated hands or indirectly through contaminated food, bedding, clothing or other articles. Household pets cannot be infected with pinworms or pass them on to humans. Symptoms of pinworm Pinworm infections often produce no symptoms but, when they occur, symptoms can include: itchy bottom, especially at night reduced appetite feeling mildly unwell inflammation of the vagina adult worms can sometimes be seen in the faeces, and eggs may be seen clinging to the skin around the anus irritability and behavioural changes.
Treatment for pinworm infection Your doctor might want to perform a test to make sure the problem is a pinworm infection. Preventing another pinworm infection Suggestions to prevent another infection during treatment include: All family members should wash their hands and nails thoroughly with soap and water, particularly after going to the toilet, after changing nappies, before preparing food and before eating food.
Discourage scratching of the bottom and nail biting. Keep fingernails short. Daily bathing and showering. Wash all sheets, bed linen, pyjamas and sleepwear in hot water to kill any pinworm eggs. School-aged children are routinely exposed to a number of common childhood infections and illnesses.
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Acute Bronchitis. Eustachian Tube Dysfunction. Bursitis of the Hip. Home Diseases and Conditions Pinworm Infection. Table of Contents. What is pinworm infection? Symptoms of pinworm infection If your child is infected with pinworms, they may frequently scratch their bottom.
What causes pinworm infection? How is pinworm infection diagnosed? You also might see the worms in the toilet after your child goes to the bathroom. They look like tiny pieces of white thread and are really small — about as long as a staple. You might also see them on your child's underwear in the morning. Belly pain and nausea are less common symptoms but can happen if there are many pinworms in the intestines.
Your doctor may ask you to help make the diagnosis of pinworm by placing a sticky piece of clear cellophane tape against the skin around your child's anus. Pinworm eggs will stick to the tape and can be seen under a microscope.
The best time to do this is at night or in the morning before a bath when there's the most pinworm activity around the anus. The doctor also might take some samples from under a child's fingernails to look for eggs.
If your child has a pinworm infection, the doctor will recommend an over-the-counter or prescription antiworm medicine.
This is given in one dose and repeated in 2 weeks. The doctor may decide to treat the entire family, especially if your child has had a pinworm infection before. Although medicine takes care of the worm infection, the itching may continue for about a week.
So the doctor also might give your child a cream or other medicine to help stop the itching.
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