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Pinworms are the cause of a highly contagious intestinal infection in humans. Learn about its symptoms, the tape test, and effective methods of treatment.

Although home remedies for pinworms exist, they’re anecdotal and aren’t a proven treatment. OTC pyrantel pamoate or doctor-prescribed medications are effective treatments, though home remedies ...

Pinworm infections are caused by the worm enterobius vermicularis and is common among children. Peri-anal itching, especially at night, is the most common symptom associated with pinworm infection.

Roundworms (nematodes): This group includes threadworms and pinworms, the most common intestinal worms in the United States. Hookworms: Hookworms are the second most common helminthic infection in the ...

Careful study of chronic disease can reveal its source in prior infections. Today, we have begun to learn this lesson again, in the wake of the now five-year-old COVID pandemic.

A pinworm infection is an intestinal illness that's very common in elementary school-aged children. Pinworms are small, thin, pin-shaped worms that sometimes live in the human colon and rectum.

Because pinworms are not detected in a typical parasite stool test, you have to diagnose the infection in other ways. Dr. Ivanina says you either have to “look for the worms in the perianal ...

The unique biology of pinworms, especially their host specificity 1, 3, 6, is likely linked to the lack of basic information about E. vermicularis. An alternative search of the PubMed Central database ...

A new long COVID study shows that a persistent infection could explain why some people experience long-haul symptoms, according to researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

THURSDAY, Oct. 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The presence of persistent antigen is associated with having postacute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) symptoms, according to a study published online Oct ...