Pinworm eggs can also travel from an infected person's clothing, bedding, or diaper to another person's mouth. The eggs can survive on clothes and other objects for two to three weeks.

Avoid habits that could spread pinworm eggs, such as nail biting or scratching. Shower every morning to remove eggs deposited overnight, if you can. Change your underwear and clothing daily.

Pinworm infections are easily detectable and treatable. Eggs will become visible by pressing pieces of tape to the skin around the anus, a process aptly called, the tape test.

Tiny pinworm eggs can live on surfaces -- toys, bathroom fixtures, school desks, or bed linens -- for up to 3 weeks. Once inside your body, pinworms make a home in your colon and rectum.

A pinworm or threadworm infection happens when eggs transfer from the anus or contaminated surfaces to the mouth and intestine. It causes itching. Treatment is available.

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Pinworm infections occur when people swallow the worm eggs. CDC People get infected by swallowing pinworm eggs, which get on their hands through touching contaminated bedding or towels, or when ...

Pinworm infections spread via the fecal-oral route — by the transfer of infective pinworm eggs from the anus to someone’s mouth, either directly by hand or indirectly through contaminated ...

Pinworm eggs can become trapped under your nails. You can later ingest them if your hands haven’t been washed properly. Keeping your nails short may help prevent this.

When parents first notice their kids have a pinworm infection, they usually flip. "It freaks parents out," says Dr. Kristin Bencik-Boudreau, a pediatrician at Bayshore Pediatrics… ...

Pinworm eggs can also be ingested or inhaled, for example, by touching your mouth or nose after coming in contact with a contaminated surface. Once infected, tiny female pinworms lay microscopic ...

If your child gets pinworms: Don't fret. Any serious health consequences are very rare. Ten percent to 50 percent of children become infected between the ages of 5-12, so it is certainly not unusual.