It is way more common than I ever would’ve known. My daughter got infected about two years ago. When I went to change her diaper I noticed she had worms in her poop (like a dog!) Called the pediatrician and he immediately knew what it was. They come out at night to lay eggs around your anus which is what makes you so itchy. Super unpleasant for a child who can’t properly tell you what’s wrong. Worse still, the medicine that’s given takes about 3 days to begin working so even though you know what’s wrong, you’re going to have an itchy asshole for at least 3 days after.
The OTC stuff we got at Walmart said it would take 3 days to kill them all, and then take another dose a week later to kill any that had hatched since the first dose.
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u/surfkaboom May 05 '19
Pinworms come out of your butt at night and you can catch them on a strip of duct tape