The females do their work while you sleep: They leave the intestine through your anus and deposit their eggs on the surrounding skin. Pinworm infections are very common in elementary school-aged ...

“When an infected person sleeps, female pinworms leave the gut through the anus and deposit their eggs on the surrounding skin,” Dr. Ivanina says. Because pinworms lay their eggs around the ...

You typically get pinworms from accidentally swallowing the worms' eggs. This can happen if you touch the hands of a person ...

Hi Dr Ombeva My child has pinworms and is not responding to albendazoles, which medication can I use to get rid of the worms? Dear Betty Pinworms also called Enterobius vermicularis or seatworms ...