Pinworms

=Austin Konz & Ian Jones= =What It Is:=
 * Pin worm is the most common intestinal worm in the United States
 * The pinworms are thin and white and usually are about ¼ and ½ inches long.

=What It Does:=
 * While the infected person sleeps the female pinworm lays thousands of eggs in the fold of the anus and vaginal area
 * Most people don’t know they have pinworm.

Cures:

 * oral taken pill to kill off the pinworn

Symptomes:

 * Intense itching around the anus and/or vagina
 * upset stomach
 * loss of appetite
 * irritability
 * restlessness
 * insomnia.

=Most Commonly found:=
 * little kids who don't wash there hands after using the bathroom or before they eat.
 * also mothers of infected children

=When untreated, it can cause:=
 * diarrhea
 * significant lack of food
 * genital itching
 * bedwetting
 * vaginal discharge which can be associated with genital skin irritation and rash

=Additional Information:=

How are pinworms prevented?

 * Hand washing after handling bedding, diapers, underwear
 * Cleaning under the fingernails and not biting the fingernails
 * Clothes should be changed and washed daily
 * Treating everyone infected in a household at the same time
 * eggs remain infective for up to three weeks in a moist environment







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