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13yold son suffers from pinworms every few months for more than 4 years now what could be the reason and can we prevent it ?he eats lamb and chicken
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Human only infestn: U get pin worms by putting egg contaminated fingers in the mouth.The eggs travel through, hatch & begin to live in your large intestines.Living pw's crawl out your anus &lay eggs.You get an irritant rxn to the glue like stuff the eggs are laid in, it will itch a lot. Rx is so simple & free of side effects many just treat on suspicion. Not all anal itching is pw, it can be poor other issues.
Answered 12/9/2013
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