How long can threadworms stay in your system?

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Created: 2022-05-24 17:39:11

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Strict hygiene measures can help clear up a threadworm infection and reduce the likelihood of reinfection. The lifespan of threadworms is approximately 6 weeks, so it's important that hygiene measures are followed for at least this length of time. Everyone in the household must follow the advice outlined below. 24 нояб. 2020 г.

Can you have threadworms for years?

According to one consultant physician, threadworm infestation is as common in children as head lice and affects most families at some time. Threadworms usually produce no symptoms except an itchy bottom. In fact, people may harbour them for years without realising it.

How long does it take for threadworms to leave the body?

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.

Will threadworms ever go away?

Threadworms do not go away by themselves, and people do not build up immunity to them, so they must be treated in order to eradicate them totally from the body.

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