The most common symptom of a pinworm infection is intense itching around the anus. Infections are contagious but are preventable with handwashing and other hygiene practices. A pinworm, or Enterobius ...

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Children share all kinds of things when they go back to school – books, pencils, stories from summer vacation and, unfortunately, pesky and sometimes dangerous parasites that rely on close contact ...

Hi Dr Ombeva My child has pinworms and is not responding to albendazoles, which medication can I use to get rid of the worms? Dear Betty Pinworms also called Enterobius vermicularis or seatworms or ...

It's spring, which means all the little critters of the world hatch and come out … and that makes pediatricians think of pinworms. That's what you were thinking of, right? Pinworms, or Enterbiasis ...

Q: Every time I take my 2-year-old’s diaper off, she begins scratching around her anus. I’ve heard this might be a sign of “worms.” What shall I do? A: Anal “pruritus,” or itching, in a young child ...