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What disease can you get from pinworms?
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None: Pinworms can cause conditions such as appendicitis, proctitis, vulvo-vaginitis and other such conditions but am not aware of them spreading other diseases.
Answered 9/24/2012
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None directly: Pin worms are a bit irritating but are not known to carry diseases.
Answered 10/11/2012
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