Can pinworms infest your house?

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Created: 2022-05-29 04:00:10

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Multiple infestations within the household are common, and treatment of the entire family may be necessary. The following can help prevent the spread of pinworm: Washing the hands with soap and warm water after using the toilet, after changing diapers, and before handling food (the most successful way)

How do you get pinworms out of your house?

Wash all the sheets, blankets, towels, and clothing in the house in hot water. Carefully clean everyone's fingernails (which may hold the worm eggs) and cut them short. Scrub toys, countertops, floors, and other surfaces the infected child has touched. Vacuum carpets.

Can pinworms spread through air?

Pinworm eggs can also be transferred to the fingers from clothing or bedding, and then spread around the home. Eggs may be inhaled from the air or deposited onto food and swallowed. Pinworms can survive up to two weeks on clothing, bedding or other objects, if kept at room temperature.

Can pinworms live on surfaces?

The eggs can also be transferred from contaminated fingers to food, liquids, clothes or other people. Pinworm eggs can survive for two to three weeks on surfaces.

Can you get pinworms from furniture?

People become infected, usually unknowingly, by swallowing (ingesting) infective pinworm eggs that are on fingers, under fingernails, or on clothing, bedding, and other contaminated objects and surfaces.

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