What Is Pinworm Infection?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
3. No Symptoms
Many patients with pinworms will experience no symptoms whatsoever. Some will be infested for months or even years before finding out they are infested. Many will never find out at all. Discovering an infection will sometimes happen by chance as the patient is being tested for something else.
This does not mean to say the patient cannot spread the parasite, however. The female pinworm can still be laying their eggs at the anus, and these can fall off and infect linen etc. without anybody knowing. Even though one person may not experience symptoms, other people they pass it on to can.
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