How to treat pinworm disease

Children are a group that is not very good at expressing their thoughts. Sometimes when children have adverse reactions, it is difficult for them to tell exactly where they are uncomfortable. Therefore, parents need to pay special attention to their children’s physical condition, especially their private parts. For children with pinworm disease, timely treatment measures should be taken. So how to treat pinworm disease? Here are some tips for parents on how to treat pinworms.

How to prevent and treat pinworm disease?

① Because pinworm eggs have strong resistance to the outside world, develop quickly and spread rapidly, they are often prevalent in collective children's institutions and families. When children go to bed at night, they should wear crotch-covered pants and, if necessary, gloves to prevent their hands from directly touching the anus.

② After washing the anus every night, apply pinworm ointment or 2% white mercuric ointment to relieve itching and reduce repeated infections in the body. You can also use 50 grams of garlic, peel it and mash it into very fine garlic paste, add a little salt and sesame oil and mix well for later use. Wash your anus before going to bed every night, dip a cotton ball in garlic juice and apply it around the anus for a week.

③Clothes and bedding should be changed and washed frequently, toys and furniture should be washed regularly, or exposed to the sun for 6-8 hours to kill the eggs.

④ Wash your hands before each contact with food, tableware, and after defecation and urination. After taking the above measures for 1-2 months, the old pinworms will die and new ones will not yet be produced, so they will be eliminated naturally.

⑤ Take enterocolitica and pinworm medicine under the guidance of a doctor.

How can we cure pinworm disease?

Pinworm disease is very common and can occur in childcare institutions and throughout the family, young and old, all may be infected with the disease. The main symptom is anal itching. Pinworms are relatively short-lived, living only about a month, but due to repeated infection and cross-contamination, they can never be eradicated. Whenever the anus itches, the sleeping child will scratch it involuntarily. The insect eggs on the hands and in the nail crevices can be easily ingested. The bed sheets and pants worn by the child will also be stained with insect eggs. Any objects and toys placed on the bed sheets will naturally be stained with insect eggs. To completely eliminate pinworms, wash your buttocks every night, apply pinworm cream to the anus and surrounding areas after washing, and take ascaridin for 6 to 10 days or intestinal worm removal once, or follow the doctor's advice. When roundworms and pinworms exist at the same time, the roundworms should be removed first and then the pinworms. Because the dosage of medicine used to treat pinworms is small (usually medicine for treating roundworms), it can cause the worms to drill and run around randomly, resulting in serious complications. It is best to let your child wear a pair of cloth fingerless gloves at night, take them off in the morning, and wash and iron them together with underpants and sheets once a day. It is better if you can boil them to kill the eggs. If you persist for several days, you can completely eliminate pinworms. Pinworm disease can be prevented if good hygiene habits are developed from an early age.