What does a doctor do he/she checks for pinworms?

Scotch tape test: The mother pinworm comes out at night to deposit her eggs outside of the anus. The best way to test for pinworms is to do the scotch tape test. Early in the morning you apply the sticky side of scotch tape to the anus to pick up the eggs and then affix the tape, sticky side down, to a glass slide. The slide is then analyzed to look for the eggs.

Usually: Since the eggs are deposited at the anal opening, a piece of adhesive tape is stuck there momentarily and then stuck to a microscope slide so that eggs can be looked for.

Tape test: 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 a piece of clear tape placed over the butt crack can be placed on a slide & presence of pw eggs verified. Sometimes pw are visible on exam. They are thread like & about an inch long at maturity.