How to Cure Your Kids from Pinworms

Pinworms are small worms or parasites which live inside human lower intestine. It can be 3 to 10mm long in size; these worms cause intense itching in anus especially in nights. Pinworms can be cause due to many reasons, but most commonly it cause due to unhygienic environment.

Pinworm cycle is long, it can be repeated after sometime. Usually female worm lay egg in lower intestine, these eggs can be 100, 1000 or 10000. Once a female worm laid egg, after some time patient starts feeling etching in anus. This itching will force you to scratch again and again around infected area. This can even cause rashes, but it also can infect the patient heavily. This is because eggs can travel through the hand, clothes, beddings and even air which can increase the number of worms. Pinworm is a common problem in kids but as eggs can travel through air as well. It may possible that adults to get infected, thus it’s important to cure them in a proper way. 

If you can notice the etching symptom you can consult the doctor first. After consulting them it’s better to go through the proper course and treatment. Improper treatment will not help as after 2-6weeks a single pinworm can again multiply the numbers. Thus it’s better to complete the prescribed course. 

With proper medicines you have to make sure few more things like you must add garlic in food, regular intake of buttermilk, pro-biotic supplements, eat food which have good fiber, eat tomato with salt and also try to add cloves in your daily food.

With all above it’s also important to maintain the hygiene, for this you have to regularly wash the blankets in warm water, wash the undergarments in warm water, and keep the house as much cleanly as you can. Tell your kids not to scratch when they feel itchy, it’s almost impossible but still try to avoid that. Still if they itch ask them to wash the hands properly so that eggs not travel through hands.

Further keep clothes clean, wash them regularly. If you have another kid tries to cure him by providing keeping things hygienic. Never skip bath, always ask your kids to wash their hands ask them not to touch face again and again. 

You can also follow a simple way i.e. give your kid a glass of warm water with a tablespoon of salt early morning (Empty stomach). By following this you can not only cure your kids from pin-worms but also can protect your family to get infected.