Pinworms. It's estimated that more than 1 billion people in the world are infected with pinworms, and they're the most common type of worm that infects humans in North America. Children are most commonly infected. They're easily passed between people living in close quarters.
Does everyone have worms in their body?
Others are tiny. The worst parasitic worms are usually found in warm tropical or subtropical parts of the world, but some worms are common in other places, too. Anyone can get worms.
Is having worms serious?
Most worm infections are not serious and can be easily treated with medicine.
Is it OK to have worms?
Worms may help with allergies and multiple sclerosis Having worms isn't necessarily bad for you. The largest randomized trial ever performed in human history – involving two million children in India – looked at how helminths affect health in places where humans naturally have them.
Do worms in humans just go away?
However, hygiene measures alone may work. The worms die after about six weeks. Provided that you do not swallow any new eggs, no new worms will grow to replace them. So, if you continue the hygiene measures described above for six weeks, this should break the cycle of re-infection, and clear your gut of threadworms.
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