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A 20-year-old male asked:

when i was a kid i used to had very tiny white insects type thing that used to move in my stools they were very little and white what are they?

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Dr. Pierrette Mimi Poinsett answered

Pediatrics 38 years experience

Pinworm or hookworm: Small white moving animals in stool may have been pinworm or some form of hookworm.

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