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Get Treatment NowThe type of parasites that are commonly referred to as a worms are Helminths. Since pinworms are within your body, you might not be able to see them. The symptoms below may indicate that you have intestinal worms.
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They can be seen by the naked eye and are white and about the size of staple.
When there is itching in the rectal area, it is likely the worms are migrating and depositing eggs.
People acquire pinworms by swallowing their eggs on fingers, under fingernails, or from other contaminated objects or surfaces.
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Clinicians can use different tests for different kinds of worms – parasites in general – depending on your symptoms and other indicators.
The symptoms above may indicate that you have intestinal worms. There are other kinds of worms that can live under your skin, in your blood, or other organs. These are rarer than the ones that hide in your digestive system.
Since there is a wide spectrum of parasitical worms that you can get, there is a variety of ways in which you can get them. In many cases, personal hygiene does not play a role; it is your environment and what you consume what can make you ill:
Keep in mind that you can also ingest worm eggs which will later develop into parasites.
From the information above, you will see that there are some steps you can take to avoid getting worms or other parasitic infections. Here are some recommendations that can help you prevent an infection from those nasty parasites:
Of course, none of these recommendations are absolutely bullet proof. You might take all the precautions necessary and still end up being the inadvertent host of a nasty worm – especially when they invade your body through your skin.
After reading about these parasitic infections, you might be disgusted or even scared by the prospects of getting worms. The good news is that clinicians nowadays have a wide range of treatments to kill all of these unwanted parasites in your body.
Treatments may vary and they might include medication beyond antiparasitic drugs. Your healthcare practitioner may prescribe the following medication in tandem with your worm medication:
Just remember, all the information you can give your clinician is crucial to diagnose a worm infection correctly. If you have been abroad to a tropical or less-developed place recently, or you have been in the countryside or on farmland, your clinician can use that information to order further tests that can show if you have worms or not.
Our healthcare practitioners here at Antidote.ai are avid listeners. They can help you with your worm infection. Make sure you inform your clinician about any recent travel outside the US during your online consultation.
If you think or have any doubt that you are experiencing a medical emergency, you should immediately seek emergency care by calling 911, or any other emergency service.