Please provide some do's and don'ts on dealing with pinworms.

Ignore: Effective hand washing can drastically diminish pinworm transmission.

Do: Do treat the whole household when a pinworm infection is identified.

Ignore: Call your doctor if you see white thread like worms and rectal itching; you may have pinworms.

Ignore: KIDS avoid playing in the dirt otherwise your anus will be itchy at night.

Ignore: To treat pinworms, make sure diagnosis correct. Use double sided tape anal area at night for sample.

Ignore: Make sure your whole family is treated.

Ignore: DO take a stool sample for your doctor to check, and DONT forget to have your dog checked by the vet.

Ignore: Do handle bed linens & underclothes carefully, avoid shaking (spreads eggs), launder/dry with heat.

Enterobius: Enterobius pinworms are treated with albendazole or mebendazole as first line treatment.

If: If a child is infected with Enterobius pinworms, the whole family should be treated.

The: The U.S. pinworm causes a disease called Enterobiasis. The main problem is itching of the anal area.

Pinworm: Pinworm eggs can be easily recovered from the anal surface and viewed under a microscope.

To: To control the spread of pinworms, wash hands thoroughly including under your fingernails.

Ignore: Only humans can get and spread pinworms. Dogs and cats do not transmit them.

Ignore: Wash sheets in hot water. Treat family members. Consider second treatment after two weeks.