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February 19, 2006 | Filed in: Pinworms '06

Some of you may be thankful I have escaped talking about the worms for a few days. No more! You see, my search referrals went through the roof with the whole pinworm thing. It seems there are a lot of people trying to figure out how to get rid of pinworm eggs, how to get rid of pinworms while pregnant, etc. So, I thought I would share because I am nothing if not sharing. I think I can safely say we are over the pinworms, and I couldn’t take the medication, so I think the following tips really worked. It has been three weeks of insane cleaning, hand washing, etc., but if you need to get rid of them, these things will do it. Some may say this is overkill, but it worked for us even without the medication. I realized that I had them too on a Wednesday and didn’t see any worms or have any symptoms in less than a week (most references say it can take anywhere up to a month to get rid of them) But no guarantees stated or implied. And this is not a substitute for the sage advice of your doctor or pediatrician. But given the lack of sage advice I received, I thought this might help.

And I cannot imagine my google referrals after some of the terms I am going to throw out there. I think I am now the preeminent pinworm blogger. Gotta specialize in something.

1. Catch them early. If your child is grabbing at the crotch or rear end regions, seems itchy, or says things like “my butt hurts,” go into action. The best way to find out (gross warning) is to shine a flashlight into their bum region (as I said before, to the proverbial o-ring) while they are sleeping and look for little white worms. They are only about one centimeter long and could easily be mistaken for lint if you are not careful. Some people say to put a piece of tape in the same area to pick up eggs if they are there, but only a doctor will be able to tell if they are there. They are microscopic.

2. If you see them, call the pediatrician and get the prescription quickly. The little lady took Vermox (nice name, huh?) and they will probably want to treat your whole family or anyone in very close contact. Unfortunately, if you are pregnant it is not recommended. Apparently it is considered a class C drug for pregnancy and they like you to stay at classes A or B. They threw around the term birth defects in mice and I made my decision quickly. So the following are all the more important if someone in your household can’t take the medicine (which I think includes those under 2).

3. Wash hands until they are going to fall off. No putting hands in mouth or nose. This is a really tough one for the kids, but you have to be vigilant. The worm eggs can live in dust for two to three weeks, but prefer warm and moist surfaces. And they must be wiped or washed away. Obviously wash hands during food prep, before eating, and after the bathroom. I was amazed at how many things I did while eating though… even though my hands were washed initially, I was retrieving things for the little lady, washing a dish or two, using my laptop, etc. So, wash your hands and then eat and try not to touch a million things in between. Your hands are going to get very dry and sore, so I recommend putting on a heavy duty lotion at night with cotton gloves or socks to help give them some life back. I did this with the little lady too — they really got sore otherwise.

4. No eating food that has fallen on the floor. I don’t regularly partake in floor food, but the little lady has been known to. This is a big no-no because the eggs can be on the floor (or anywhere for that matter) and nothing should be put in the mouth that might have them on it. This goes for pacifiers, thumbs, toys, etc. We did not wash all of her toys b/c of the sheer impossibility of it all, but if you have really little ones who put things into their mouth a lot, I would try to wash as much as possible.

5. Sheets, bath/hand towels, washclothes, and clothes were laundered daily. Three weeks later, I am down to every other day for the sheets, but still once and done with the towels. This will make you tear your hair out and may break your washer/dryer, but it is important. The worms generally come out at night to lay eggs and those eggs getting into sheets or nightclothes is what extends the cycle. Every three days or so, I did the blankets and duvets too. You should also wash stuffed animals or dolls that the kids sleep with.

6. Don’t plan on getting much done during a household pinworm infestation. Week one was completely insane and all work I needed to get done was postponed. People brought us food — that’s how crazy it was. If you can get a wayward Grandma to come help, be aware that she will have to take the medicine too. When you think you are going to lose your cookies, just remember that my 90+ year old grandmother told me how she used to have to deal with this when her kids were little too… it included boiling sheets in hot water, so consider yourself a bit lucky. BTW, related to getting nothing done: I kept the little lady home the first week of the infection even though the doctor said she could go back to preschool after taking the first dose of medicine (quick primer on the meds: you take only one pill on day one, and then on day 14 you take a second pill… it kills all the live worms, but not the eggs, so more will hatch in between). Since more eggs hatched into more worms who were potentially laying more eggs, I felt that she was still contagious — especially given the bathroom habits of preschoolers. I sent her back after I didn’t see any more live worms, which took about a week. Lord only knows, I did not want to be the one who started the Montessori Pinworm Epidemic of 2006.

7. Twice daily baths or showers for those with active infections. It is important to bathe/shower first thing in the morning to rinse off any eggs that might be there from the night. Make sure the little ones don’t get bath water in their mouths. After the little lady was done with her bath, I would have her aim her bum right in the running tub faucet to get a good rinse. I also rinsed her hands really well after the bath. No running nakey time after bath… put on snug fitting undies and outfits with pants. Thank goodness for dresses with leggings. If its bedtime, wear long john style jammies with pants. The snugger, the better.

8. Bedrooms, bathrooms, and frequently used rooms should be vacuumed daily. (BTW, we are going out today to buy a new vacuum cleaner because mine died under the pinworm pressure.) I have a bare floor vacuum that I used in the bathrooms and on the bathroom rugs so I didn’t have to mop and wash rugs daily too. (I did do that, but only every three or four days). Refer to #6.

9. Bathrooms should be cleaned daily. At the minimum, wipe them down and clean the toilet. I bought what seemed like a gross of the biodegradeable Method brand bathroom wipes at Target and kept them next to the toilet. Wipe down the toilet in between uses. I don’t like to buy the other bathroom wipes because they are not biodegradeable — and usually I don’t use the wipes in favor of a simple old sponge, but these were extreme times. From what I gather, sprays like Lysol don’t necessarilly kill the eggs; they need to be wiped away from all surfaces.

10. Kandoo or other flushable wipes should be used by anyone infected. Yep, even I used them. For every trip to the bathroom, we used the kandoos so any eggs could be wiped away more easily.

11. Don’t eat snacks directly out of the box. We had to throw away a lot of things b/c of that… dirty fingers contaminate the whole box. Pour them into bowls. Wash fruits and vegetables really well. Rinsing obviously doesn’t kill all bacteria, but it does rinse off any pinworm eggs that may have been in the dirt and probably other things as well.

12. If you are not pregnant, buy a 1.75 of vodka to help you through the dark times.

13. If you are pregnant, there are some natural cures that I followed that may have helped. Apparently, garlic, pumpkin seeds, and pomegranates are helpful to some point in getting rid of parasitic infections. I snacked on pumpkin seeds, drank pomegranate juice, and tried to up the raw garlic in my diet. I also ate a lot of spicy food (like Indian, etc.). We also tried to eat a lot of fiber in the form of raw carrots, raw apples, whole grains, etc. because of the cleansing effect. Basically my reasoning was anything that tore apart my insides was good because it would “flush” things out. Also, we took a probiotic supplement (has the active cultures in yogurt, which we take a lot anyway) and ate a lot of additional yogurt to help with general intestinal health. It makes your intestines much less friendly to nasty bacteria and viruses, so I figured it would have to help with this too. It is also important to take a multivitamin during a pinworm infection because a prolonged infection can rob your body of vitamins and minerals.

14. One final thing… the worms apparently feed on glucose in your system. So seemingly, the less sugar you consume the better.

On edit…

15. Pinworms and their eggs like dark places and do not like ultraviolet light. So, opening up all of your blinds and curtains helps.

I am sure I will remember some other things. If so, I will update.

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Wow. Your ordeal sounds incredibly intense. I was all stressed just READING about all that cleaning and hand-washing and everything. Thank God for you that it seems to be drawing to a close. I hope we never, ever get pinworms in this family. For one thing, we don’t have a clothes dryer!

Oh my goodness your postings are such a help!! I am 11 weeks pregnant and I have them!!! I”m sure at least a few of my 6 children do too.. I am besides myself, ready for a nervous breakdown..

I”d add one other thing to your great list of helps.. I read to insert a garlic clove in the rectum at night. This kills them and keeps them from coming out at night to lay eggs. I have noticed that helps.

Thank you for you suggestions. I so wish I could just take some medical form to kill these things

Girl, you’ve got talent.

You’d probably be a great friend if I knew you. One thing you did not mention…HORROR…the …most…horrible…part…is that the friggin eggs are…AIRBORNE!!!!Go ahead, google it out!

I am going on year 3 of these bloody things reinfesting my house. It’s a pain-in-the-ass cycle. Little Bastards! (not my children - the worms) I have cleaned my house, bleached bedding, thrown out bedding, bought new mattresses, sprayed Lysol on everything that doesn’t move, vaccuummed, thrown out, mopped, scrubbed - you name it - I’ve done it! I was told by my peadiatrician just to use the over the counter meds - well, this time I called and said “no more!” - I want the strongest prescription for this - turns out it’s CHEAPER than the over the counter med that I should have stocks in by now since I’ve spent so much money on it over the past 2 1/2 years!

I have a 12 year old practically convulsing since they are visible on her bottom and she emotionally cannot bear the thought of these things STILL in our house let alone up her butt. Being the mother I have the pleasure of lifting them off with tweezers.

I’ve actually considering moving thinking that this house must be toxic on some level. When we first noticed these I contacted my younger daughter’s teacher who said that in her over 20 years of teaching and being a mother herself she has never heard of such things and that we must be unclean. (my layers of missing skin from the bleach would argue that) Of course, from years of research (I’d like to consider myself an expert but alas cannot since I can’t get rid of them) one would know that economic status, ethnicity and cleanliness are shown no mercy from these little intestine invaders. So with this I say HELP!! In this imperfect balance and being an imperfect mommy too - can anyone offer anything? Or should I burn everything I own and stop at IKEA on my way to my new house? (we are now doing an herbal parasite cleanse inconjunction with the meds - fingerscrossed…..)

Currently Crying In My Soup.

Soup, There is a typhoid Mary. There are people that live with these little guys and don’t know any better; their reaction to the egg glue is supressed, and they’re not good hand washers. If any one of your family is near this “Mary”, you’re raising another crop.

–G–

First time I’m using this site. Very enlightening and encouraging! Am a nurse and consider myself somewhat anal-retentive (no pun intended conisdering the topic) in regards to cleanliness, germs, handwashing, etc. Have 3 kiddos and experienced our first outbreak of the pins when my eldest was but three, nearly 9 yrs ago. Horrifying. My doctor, a former missionary to the 3rd world, calmed me down (had to yell at me, actually, because i was freaking out) by persuading me JUST how common this was. Whole fam took the Vermox (which upon my extensive study since, seems to be the drug of choice, IF you want them gone a.s.a.p. I found the info about NOT using for under age 2 and during pregnancy, to also be correct. However, if you were like me, and wanted to try the natural method anyways (which i have since), the literature does indicate, (as has been SO well described above), that it shall be a long and tedious process, as long as 3 months! Someone may disagree, but I read that the airborn eggs, will not live longer than one week.

We are now, nearly 9 yrs later, experiencing the pins again. Started w/our youngest (5 yr old) in Nov.05, and while most literature says they are usually asymptomatic, he was in terrible stomach pain. I don’t recommend putting most young children thru this, but we ustilised warm water enema (an enema bag which holds over 500cc is best, so you can control how much goes in, and over a slower period of time to avoid cramping, and gets the water higher up than a “squeeze” bottle enema) This helped him SO much and was key in conquering the things. But as has been mentioned, a high fiber, low carb/sugar diet is crutial; bottom line (no pun intended) KEEP THINGS FLUSHING out daily or 2 times a day. Avoid laxative, even Senna leaf, which is not wonderful for the colon, but that is a whole other topic. Diet and enemas are key. If you can afford a professional colonic, DO IT, they will get at junk you never dreamed could be in your gut.

What i’d like to encourage everyone out there about: despite being a nurse and “pro doctors”, i have been shocked in the recent weeks (when my husb. and i now BOTH have discovered the pinworms in ourselves) that the medical community at large is desperately unaware of the existance of this problem, NOR, just how extremely contagious they are. SEveral of you have learned this the hard way. My heart goes out to Andrea, on year 3, w/the things. No, i doubt that your home is “toxic”. You are probably a good clinical study against the OTC meds. My doc said its no big deal, he didnt even think anyone except the person currently with the pinworms even needed to be treated, unless they were “bedsharing”. Well, i can attest to the fact that none of us shares a bed, all of us are great handwashers, and STILL all 5 of us have had them. More concerning still, the CDC (Center for Disease Control) does not even consider infestation of pinworms to be a reportable condition. So the sheer numbers are impossible to PINpoint :)I think this speaks volumes as to the mass ignorance on the subject. I darenot even bring our problem up to other moms due to the reactions illicited. People think you are, as experienced by another mom here, dirty. But the stats indicate that 1 in 5 kids nationwide currently has pinworms! And it’s also documented that as adults, we have ALL had them. No one is exempt. More prevalent in temperate climates (we live in Florida), however, our first experience was in Chicago!
Problem is, most people are not that obseravant, even about their own bodies. And since the CDC hasnt educated the populace as to this problem, who would think to run into the bathroom in the evening and hold a mirror under their bum, when itching strikes! Most everyone just scratches, and is done w/ it, and sadly, none the wiser. But once you SEE them, it changes everything. We will definitely re-DEworm at least bi annually now, the whole family. The condition is SO contagious (esp. considering the poor handwashing of the general public. You only have to discreetly stand in a public restroom for a few minutes at the sink and watch how many folks come out of the stall and head straight out w/out washing…YUCK!)And if you have young ones in the house, they are bound to bring them home again and again.

FEAR NOT!. The natural remedies mentioned in earlier posts are all great. and i think will be something our family does on a regular basis to keep our systems as defensive against the bugs as possible, (between dewormings…probably w/Vermox): GARLIC is fantastic,yes, even up the bum at night! You can also get some zinc oxide cream and slather it around the anus, to discourage the mamas from laying their 10,000 eggs each night (this number is probably higher). Also, not yet mentioned, RAW CARROTS, fresh pineapple, and papaya (esp. the seeds) all contain agents toxic to worms.

Hang in there! You’re not alone! Guaranteed. I consider myself fortunate, despite what a pain in the _ _ _ it has been, to have actually improved my family’s health as a result of discovering the prevalence of these things. I’m not fanatical yet, but there are those out there (entire books written, i believe, on the subject) about how just about every illness can be connected in some way, to parasites. But i don’t know about that yet. Take care.
-M-

This site has been a great help to me. I am wondering if someone out there can help me. We just finished up treatment with Vermox for pinworms almost 3 weeks ago. Never actually saw the worms but both daughter I had symptoms so doc treated. A week ago, I started with symptoms again. I’ve checked and had my husband check and we don’t see anything. However, around the same timeI started to see what looks like grey colored lint on the toliet paper. They do not move and I know pinworms are supposed to be white but never having seen them I’m not sure. For those of you who have seen them, are they always white? Do they always move? No one else is having symptoms and I’m beginning to think I need therapy to go over this

We are currently having an outbreak at home. We are 5 and all three kids have it. We discovred it first om my daughter or should I say my daughter discovered it in teh the bathroom. She was itchy so she checked herself out and found worms!!!! She freaked so out we went to a clinic ti get meds. The doctor treated us all. It’s been 4 days and I haven’t seen another worm. I swear it’s all the cleaning. I have a pretty good routine now. Get up bathe the kids one at a time, get them dressed I disinfect the bathroom, I wash myself (more because I feel gross than anything)them get them to camp (with about a million reminders to wash their hands and a bottle of sanitizer in tow). I go home strip all beds, disifect the bed and anywhere else they may touch(doorknob, toys shelves etc)I then move tot he rest of the house leather couches, phones, convrters, toys and about any surface 4 feet off the floor gets wiped. My husband thinks I’m crazy but I’ve seen those worms and they scae me. We are being treated in two weeks I think I’ll even treat again in 2 more. May the force be with anyone who gets this in their home!!!!

TO KIM:
with my experience of having these worm yes they have always been white and they DO for the most part move. can drinking garlic with water help get rid of the pinworms??

sincerely,
amber

Hey everyone!

I am a mom of two and I picked up this stupid infection in the summer of 2006. I have tried everything out there and still have been unable to get rid of them. When I first realized in September of 2006 that I had the infection I was treated with Vermox which did NOT work. If fact it felt like it got worse. I then was told by my doctor to take Combatrin (we all took it). It worked for everyone but me. It is now March 2007 and I have yet to find a cure. I have completely changed my diet, eating mostly fruits and veggies. I have lost 10 pounds in the process. I have taken a whole bunch of herbal stuff from Nature Sunshine (Artiemesia Combination, Para-Pak, Wild Oil of Oregano, some citrus food supplement that works as an internal cleanser, Yeast Detox, etc…) plus, taking baths with epsom salts and cannot get rid of these things. I am at my wits end. I clean, clean, clean and yet it is still just me. I am starting to feel concerned about taking so much stuff at once but I don’t know what else to do. If anyone can offer any advice please let me know.

Tanya

I have had this apparently for some time. Kept having huge stomach bloat, itcy bum and vaginal itching. Started dropping hair. Blood tests only showed low RBC. Tried ivermectin which brought on heavier symptoms. That was just this week. Does anyone know if the 3 day pineapple diet works? Looking for help. Thank you.

Hi Anne,

I also had my infection for quite a while before I figured it out. By the time I did, I had a really heavy infection which was driving me crazy. The things that I mentioned in my earlier post have all got me to the point in which I am symptom free up until the two week hatching point (when pinworms lay their eggs it takes about 2 weeks before they hatch again, starting a new 2 week cycle), but then I get rid of them within a day or two and wait for that two week point once again.

Combatrin worked great for me to get rid of them when they were sooooo bad. It is an over the counter, one dose medicine. I would probably take a second dose of Combatrin in exactly two weeks time. Also if you live with anyone else (spouse or kids) they should do the same. Combatrin comes in a pill form for adults and a liquid form for kids. One thing to keep in mind when taking these kinds of meds is that repeated exposure results in super-parasites that have adapted to the dose. This results in you having to take larger and larger doses of the medicine to get rid of the little critters.

I have found that sitting in a bath of epsom salts (which can be bought at any drug store for a couple of dollars) works great to draw them out, normally killing them in the process. Only sit in the bath for about 15 to 20 minutes about 3 times a week (I have done it more often if I am experiencing discomfort). Make sure you drink lots of water after doing the bath thing because you’ll get super dehydrated if you don’t. You should do the bath thing about an hour before bed and then again in the afternoon if needed. Be sure to rinse off in the shower after the bath. I have also started adding a drop or two of Oil of Oregano to my epsom salt bath water after about 10 minutes as it quickly kills parasites.

I have also been using a mixture of half water-half rubbing alcohol to wipe my bum area when I think that I am feeling itchy to kill them.

I have done the strict three day pineapple diet, however I have been eating a lot of fresh pineapple because I have heard that they hate it(make sure you eat the whole pineapple including the center).

I don’t know if any of this will help you. I know that it sounds like a lot but I just recently added the epsom salt baths and the alcohol wipe to my routine and wish that I had done that along time ago as it really helps.

Good luck!!

Tanya

When I was about 15, I had a bad pinworm infestation. I actually caught the little bastards crawling on my toilet paper! I think I picked it up at school, actually. For some reason none of my other families got it (or at least didn’t report getting it), although we all washed our bedding and took the cure. I think it was ivermectin or comatrin. I got another infestation a few weeks later, retook the pills, and that seemed to do it for about a year, when I got another infestation that lasted 2 rounds of cure. Mom had bought a little container of liquid Combatrin after the second round the first time, so it was kind of self serve. We weren’t as zealous about laundry or cleaning as some report here, but we managed to get rid of it somehow. I haven’t had pinworms ever since.

I remember a few things. First of all was the itchy crawly feeling. You could feel in your anus the moment the bastards started moving. To this day, any tickle in that area has me running to the bathroom to check.

The other thing was that while I took Combatrin, they fled my body in HORDES. For about 3 days I’d be itching and tickling nearly unbearably, finding huge numbers in the can after any kind of visit. The exodus would eventually slow, then stop. If it was the first round of treatment, I could expect something similar again in 2-3 weeks. Of course then I knew at the first sign of a tickle to take the medicine.

They’re not true white, at least not the ones I had. They’re kind of a pinkish off-white. I learned to discern pinworm from toilet-paper pilling fairly early on.

While in turkey i developed pin worms, we were also trying for a baby, i took a vermox. I am wondering if this will be harmful or cause miscarriage.

Vermox Uses, How Taken, Warnings/Precautions, Missed Dose, Possible Side Effects, Storage, Overdose, More Information, where to buy online, http://drgshm.blogspot.com

I found a pin worm in my undies and I am experiencing discomfort. I don’t know what to do I am 3 weeks pregnant I have no other children. I have no idea how I got these. I can’t get a hold of the doc until monday but from the sounds of things theres not much they can do. All I do is sanatize and cry not that, that will help if they are are born! someone please help.

pinworms suck!

Okay, I have a few gory details to add. For one, the whole bit about only coming at night is a load of poo! I found a troop squiggling up my little girl’s crack midday. I have them too, but get them one at a time. The itching for me is never eggs, nor invisible, but is directly caused by the squirmer itself… it’s like “ooooo ~ there’s one now! and it’s right THERE! And (has anybody seen this/heard about it???) if you put a squirmer down on a surface and WATCH it, by and by a little bump appears somewhere along its body. It’s body pulsates. Then this “bump” begins to get longer and eventually it curls like stuff being squeezed out of a tube, and gets longer and longer and all curly-queued (perhaps 5 times the length of the worm itself)…..and the worm itself kind of deflates! This MUST be the eggs being laid. It takes about 20 minutes or some such?! This also makes me believe that the worms do not crawl on back home into the anus but give up their yucky little lives for their pesty progeny! I’ve also come to suspect that this is the real reason they were named thread worms as well, and not because they resemble a thread…heck, they are halfway to being a snippet of yarn! I’d like to see anyone just try n’ get one of these puppies through the eye of a needle! I’m such the scientist! Are you still there?

I recently found one of the little boogers on toilet paper. I’m 20 weeks pregnant, and I’m torn about what to do. If I just wash, wash and wash and clean That might get rid of them for me, but I have a five year old daughter. Won’t we just be giving it back and forth.

It popped through a nice ass hands off. facial cleansers Try to play with the film.

My daughter and I have been dealing with worms for 2 years. Just when I think they are gone, they are not. I’ve given up on the insane cleaning because I think pinworms are everywhere and it’s the body that needs to be strengthened in order to get over it. Like someone said. everyone’s got worms to some degree or another. I was completely burning out on the constant washing and cleaning and laundering and bathing. Your other suggestions are great. Just wanted to add that grapefruit seed extract 3x a day works really well. blessings to all and good luck!

I have been stuggling for years!! My husband swears that he doesn’t have them. IT seems that it’s just me and my 5 year old daughter. I have also tried it all. One thing I have read was a post from a woman on the Midwifery Today site…she swears by grapefruit seed extract as well. 3x a day for two months. Also, I am considering Dr. Hulda Clark’s parasite zapper. I’ll let you know if it works. I pray that I get some relief soon.

I have had pinworm several times in my life as a kid but have had twice this year and am ready to do anything o get rid of them. I understand what we must do to get rid of them but here is the real question…. what can we do to ease our nights? Sleeping is unbearable and I have tried everything - I even sleep with a cold flushable moist wipe in my “rear”. Does anyone have a suggestinon on easing the night pains of the damn pinworms?

My son has been crying at night for about a week with an ichy bum. The light bulb went off tonight and sure enough he has pin worms. I saw them and now I am totally sick about it. I don’t have the kind of time everyone is talking about. I am a little freaked out right now. What do I do to make sure they aren’t on our couches and carpet? Is there anything I can spray on it?

my son just recently has had these…what do we do about couches? Does Lysol kill them?

Thank you so much for posting this! Neither I nor my husband have ever had any worms in my life (that I know of, anyway), and I saw these creepy crawlies in my stool about a week ago. WebMD and similar sites are very blase about the whole thing, make little mention of washing bedding, and say to take the OTC medicine, which DOES NOT WORK.

So I took Reese’s, and some came out in the stool on that day, then stopped. I still had the crawling *shudder* and itching at night, so I waited a day and took Pin-X, then took it again on the next day. Some more came out, but then stopped again. But I still had the symptoms the whole time. As soon as I found this site I began the frantic washing and vacuuming, but I felt something wasn’t right. So yesterday I went to the doctor, quite traumatized at this point. He gave me three days of Vermox, once a day. Hopefully that will get them all out. Hubby does not have symptoms, which is good, but I treated him with the Reese’s on day one, anyway. And have threatened him with the wrath of a very upset female if he didn’t follow the underpants and night thing and shower first thing in the morning. Doc said as long as he stays asymptomatic it wouldn’t be necesary for him to take anything more.

Here’s the shocking part. I think I got them from the hospital. My husband and I are childless, and do not really go anywhere that children hang out, besides probably the grocery store. Actually, we don’t really go out much at all, and we do normally wash our hands before eating and after eliminating. We have a back yard for our dogs, but the dogs, while they sleep with us, are not allowed under the coverlet and dogs don’t get pinworms anyway.

On April 4th I was hospitalized for a rotavirus infection which caused five straight days of severe diarrhea and dehydration. If I had any worms before then, well, I really don’t think they could have survived that five-day faucet effect. And I saw Worm #1 about two weeks after I was released from the hospital. I already have fibromyalgia, which is a big pain in itself, and I’m wondering now what other things besides worms that I could have picked up at that hospital. I read that 50% of people living in institutions have pinworms. Yet another thing to look forward to at the nursing home someday.

CAN ANY ONE TELL ME HOW TO GET THEM OUT OF YOUR HAIR?

Tanya, if you mean on your scalp, those are not pinworms, they are something else, possibly roundworms.

See your doctor (and be prepared to be called a loon) or take an herbal parasitic treatment such as Humaworm or Barefoots.

One week after taking the Vermox, I still see dead pinworms in my stool, and am now menstruating a lot of them too. The doctors say that these are “lost” and will die off on their own, but I wonder what is stopping them from going into the anus and starting the cycle all over again?

I myself am going to try the Humaworm, since I figure after these pinworms, it can’t hurt. And it’s a month long treatment, so that will take care of reinfection.

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