1 Bathe in the morning to reduce egg contamination. 2 Change and wash the patient's underwear everyday. 3 Also frequent changing of sleepwear is recommended.
In order to stop the spread of pinworm and possible re-infection, people who are infected should bathe every morning to help remove a large amount of the eggs on the skin. Showering is a better method than taking a bath, because showering avoids potentially contaminating the bath water with pinworm eggs. Pinworm eggs can cling to surfaces, including toys, faucets, bedding and toilet seats, for two weeks. So besides regular cleaning of surfaces, methods to help prevent the spread of pinworm eggs or to prevent reinfection include: 1  Wash in the morning. 2  Because pinworms lay their eggs at night, washing the anal area in the morning can help reduce the number of pinworm eggs on your body. If a pinworm infection recurs, the same course of treatment is repeated. There are also recommendations from the CDC that may help reduce the spread of infection. 1  Bathe in the morning to reduce egg contamination. 2  Change and wash the patient's underwear everyday. 3  Also frequent changing of sleepwear is recommended. After a pinworm egg is digested, there is an incubation period of 1 to 2 months or longer for the adult gravid female to mature in the small intestine. 1  Once mature, the adult female worm migrates to the colon and lays eggs around the anus at night, when many of their hosts are asleep. Pinworm. Pinworm infection is the most common type of intestinal worm infection in the United States and one of the most common worldwide. Pinworms are thin and white, measuring about 1/4 to 1/2 inch (about 5 to 13 millimeters) in length. 1 Always speak to your health care provider before treating a case of suspected pinworm infection. 2  Always wear clean underwear and wash them often. 3  Spread coconut oil around the anus area for a few minutes. However, pinworm infection is usually treated with albendazole or mebendazole. A single dose has a relatively high cure rate. A second dose two weeks later helps to prevent recurrence of the infection. After each dose bed linen should be changed and the bedroom vacuumed.
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