Get Virtual Care
For Businesses
About Us
A member asked:
I keep getting pinworms every 2 years from september-october. i usually find 1 and it's dead. i had a bad infection of them many years ago. y is this?
3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Pinworm re-infection: is common, and total eradication can be hard at times, all family members may need to be treated, and successful eradication may necessitate more measures as taking medicine courses repeatedly 3 times, 3 weeks apart for all of them. Community hygiene measures too may need to be applied, your doctor can refer you to an infectious diseases specialist for consultation, good luck
Answered 12/16/2016
859 views
Hygiene pethaps: Go see you doctor get diagnosis and then treatment. Clean all linens and check others in the house. Have excellent hygiene
Answered 1/5/2019
859 views
Related Questions
A member asked:
Hello. If some people are asymptomatic when infected with pinworms, how do they get treated and be clear of infection?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
Can people have persistent pinworm infection even when taking meds regularly at two week intervals & good hygiene, white bits in stool won't go?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
I found one dead pinworm. No symptoms since. Took OTC medicine. (1 month ago). Now looks like theyre dead in my stool. No movement. Is this pinworms?
5 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
People also searched for:
Reocurring pinworm infection. i clean i dont bite my nails i wash my hands all the time. i seem to reinfect myself. now i noticed dead pinworms in and around my vagina. how did they get there: from the uterus or anus? how do i prevent reinfection?
Which investigation may be the best to start with to find the cause for my yellowish stools ? Stools test, lab test or imaging test ? As a short note, I did has a parasite infection 3 years ago with pinworms, but I fixed it with albendazol?
1)is pinworms infection spread via washing machines? 2)if I wash my underwear there and then sm will wash her clothes, will they get infected?
How persistant can a pinworm infection be? I have taken two dosages of Vermox in 15 days and still I don't feel any better
My 7 year old has had a red anal rash for 2 months now. Dr. Has treated for streph, yeast infection, and now testing for pinworm. What is going on?
Didn't find what you're looking for?
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more.
Ask your questionMore of what we treat
Download HealthTap
Video visit and message your doctor
