Contents:
- Medical Video: Pinworm Dangers
- How pinworms infect the body and cause disease
- Does this also apply to adults?
- How to prevent pinworm infections?
Medical Video: Pinworm Dangers
Worms that enter the body are not just an alien film themesci-fi, that you might watch often. In the real world, it is possible to enter the body and infect you. One of the worms that often infects humans is pinworms.Curious what happens if this worm grows and develops in your body?
How pinworms infect the body and cause disease
Pinworms (Enterobius vermicularis) the female has a length of about 8-13 millimeters, while the male is shorter which is around 2-5 millimeters. Adult pinworms breed by laying eggs.
Pinworms are parasitic animals. Therefore, these animals need the host's body to breed, and the human body is one of the hosts for them to survive.
When you walk plug in on the ground or touching objects contaminated with human or animal feces that contain pinworms, without after washing hands or washing feet, worm larvae can enter the body.
In the body, the larvae will hatch, then grow large and return to lay eggs.Well, these eggs will stay in the anal area, while large worms will come out of the body through the anus with feces.
When this happens, you will feel various symptoms, such as:
- Itching around the anus or vaginal, more often at night
- Lack of rest
- Stomach ache
- Feeling nauseous
- There are worms in the dirt
Usually, when infected, you will feel very itchy in the anus. However, the distribution has not finished there. When you feel itchy and then scratch the anus, the egg will easily move to the hand.
Worm eggs can last several days in the hand. So if you hold another item or make contact with someone else, without washing your hands first, then the egg will move to someone else.
Well, the egg will enter when unwittingly using a hand contaminated with worms to eat.In clothing or other items, worm eggs can survive up to 2-3 weeks. So, actually transmission of pinworm infections is very easy and fast.
Does this also apply to adults?
Yes, even though it is identical worms occur in children, but the fact is not always so. Because, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), pinworm infections are the most common and common worm disease. So, anyone can indeed experience this infection from children, adults, even people who are elderly. However, there are several groups of people who are more at risk for this infection:
- Children under five and school-age children, usually at this time they do not pay attention to their cleanliness. So it is more at risk for infection.
- People who care for infected children or adults.
- People who don't care about their hygiene, especially don't get used to washing their hands before eating.
- Children who have a habit of biting their nails or sucking their thumbs.
How to prevent pinworm infections?
Worms are easily cured, but it's easier to relapse again. So, the thing you have to do is prevent pinworms from entering the body. There are various steps to prevent it, namely:
- Always make it a habit to wash your hands with running water and soap, especially after getting out of the bathroom and before eating.
- Cut and always clean finger nails
- Do not bite the nails, this is very easy to make pinworms into the body. If your child does it, stop the habit.
- Keep your body clean by taking a shower every day. Usually this type of worm will multiply at night, so bathing in the morning is very important for removing worm eggs that may be present in the body.
- Change your clothes and underwear every day.
- You can use hot water to wash your clothes so that they are more safe from worms and other germs.
