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I am 14|f and I know I have pinworms I have had them for almost 1 year. My sister and little brother both have
ben getting them. my mother knows i have them and wants to treat me as well. I dont want to be treated, can anything
bad happen to me if I just leave them in me? and is it possible to keep my brother and sister from getting them.
In Reply to: Re: pinworms (Archive in parasites.) posted by shelly on February 17, 2001 at 19:20:14:
Shelly,
According to this article, pinworms are easily transmitted to others. I'm not a doctor and unable to answer your questions, however, you can click onto the link below in order to get more information in the meantime. Hope this helps you.
In Reply to: Re: pinworms Shelly posted by B.B. on February 17, 2001 at 19:28:20:
Shelly,
Try reading this article.
Pinworms
Pin worms are small (1/4 -1/2 inch long), white worms that look like small pieces of thread that cause itching around the anus (without a rash), especially at night. Pinworms infect only humans, living in their intestines and are easily transmitted to other people. The adult female pinworm travels to the skin around the anus at night and lays her eggs. When your child itches the area, he will get the eggs under his nails. The eggs are then transmitted to another person, who gets the eggs on their hands and then places their hands in their mouth, swallowing the eggs. The eggs hatch in the intestines and mature into adults, who mate, producing females who can then lay eggs and continue to spread the illness.
If you think that your child has pinworms, you take look at his bottom in the middle of the night and look for the adult worms. If you don't see the worms, your doctor might recommend doing a scotch tape test or using a pinworm prep test to look for the eggs. Scotch tape placed with the sticky part against your child's anus will pick up any eggs that can then be seen under a microscope.
Pinworms are easily treated with an oral medication called Vermox, which is taken as a single dose to kill all of the adult pinworms. A second dose is taken in two weeks to kill any newly hatched pinworms. It is important for everyone in the household (except for pregnant or breast feeding women or children under two years old) to also have treatment, since it is possible to have a pinworm infection and not have symptoms and still be able to spread the pinworms to others. It is also important to wash any clothes or bedding to destroy the eggs.
Another common condition in children that can cause rectal itching is perianal streptococcal cellulitis or dermatitis. This is an infection that is most common in children age 6 months to ten years. It causes a sharply circumscribed area of redness around the anus and requires treatment with antibiotics.
In Reply to: Re: pinworms (Archive in parasites.) posted by shelly on February 17, 2001 at 19:20:14:
get the pinworms out!
inside you left untreated, they will multiply and multiply, disrupting the function of whatever organs they are in. if that is the intestine, it could be digestive trouble ...could easily contribute to "intestinal dysbiosis," or general upset of the conditions necessary to good health from proper digestion.
we would also say that research exists to show that pinworms will not always stay in the intestines, but can make their way to anywhere else in the body...to the muscles, causing weakness or muscular degeneration, for example.
it is important that everyone in the house be treated, because pinworms are so contagious. if one member of the home has them, their tiny eggs are all over the house in the normal dust. all of you touch that dust and end up putting your fingers in your mouth (natural habbit! BREAK IT ! DONT PUT YOUR HAND IN YOUR MOUTH AT ALL !) as well, you are all breathing that dust and swallowing those eggs. doing a wet dusting of the house would be good.
get rid of them now , before they get a lot harder to get rid of and while the number of their eggs in your body is still low (because how your body will deal with some eggs if they become too numerous, can become a problem too). if you have a TON of them inside you (like after years and years of infection) and then you kill them all at once, you will become ill...stomach pain and diarrhea at the very least. get rid of them before these become issues !
the PDR says VERMOX for pinworms requires only ONE TABLET , ONE TIME ! (providing a 95% cure rate) just take it ! if you do not want to take perscription VERMOX, there are effective anti-parasitic herbs available.
In Reply to: Re: pinworms (Archive in parasites.) posted by shelly on February 17, 2001 at 19:20:14:
Hi, Shelly.
Statistically, more than 90% of adults have pinworms. The difference is that, as adults, we have had much longer to become enough immune to them so that they rarely cause any symptoms. Kids are just going through that stage.
Hope this helps.
Walt
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