Anonymous wrote:So I had a patient had pork tapeworms. In. His. Brain.

Surgically removed when he started seizing.

how was it diagnosed??

I had this once, traced it back (to the best of my knowledge) to the undercooked pork I ate at a Japanese restaurant in Georgetown Park Mall (late 1980's). I was in my early 20's. I don't recall itching, but I did see them. I realized I had them when I found them crawling around in my upper interior thigh area - I was horrified. Doctor gave me some type of pill to get rid of them.

Anonymous wrote:American kids get pinworms from pets too. Gross!

Link? I read it only travels person to person often the eggs go airborne, but cannot be transmitted through pets.

American kids get pinworms from pets too. Gross!

Growing in a third world country, we were regularly given deworming meds. Like once every 6 months or so.

Pinwormd come out of your poop and sway gently on top of your poop, even without medicine.

Anonymous wrote:Minus seeing the items, a lot of the symptoms sounds like peri menopause.

Lol….my peri does not cause mu butt to itch at night. Girl, your peri may be pinworms!

Items = worms

Minus seeing the items, a lot of the symptoms sounds like peri menopause.

Anonymous wrote:If you have worms, will you see them moving in the toilet? I’m super paranoid every time I see something stringy now. Those who know, please share!

DD had pinworms and yes they were visible in the toilet.

Anonymous wrote:Don't worry. It will go away.

There's actually evidence that worms are beneficial to humans. I have severe allergies and have wanted worms for years and have discussed with my doctor.

Please cite the research that says PINWORMS help wit allergies. Maybe a different kind of worm, but have never heard pinworms.

There is so much misinformation on this thread. Pinworms do not come from raw fish or the dirt or your dog. The eggs for airbourne. They spread from person to person. You can got other parasites from rawfish, etc, but not pinworms. You need to do 2 treatments several weeks apart clean sheetsm clothes, etc in extra hot water. Also, if your kids' school bathrooms always run out of soap, send your kid with some soap and work with the school on a solution even if you need parent volunteers going around because the custodians are understaffed and overworked. Just by having regular soap in the bathroom we could improve so many things including spread of illnesses.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread has everything:

Poop
Worms
Worms in your eyes
Worms in your butt
Worms in your penis
Having to pick worms out of your partner's mouth while they sleep (ONLY WITH CHOPSTICKS)
Anal sex
Benihana
Surgery videos

Benihana is TOO FAR

I read this entire thread and Benihana is where I started laughing at this post (only with chopsticks almost got me)

Would a person always know something's wrong? -- that they might have a worm.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you had a colonoscopy, would the doctor be able to tell if you had worms?

I'm pretty sure they would.

Unlikely. You're all cleaned out.

If the Reese's over the counter stuff doesn't work - and it didn't for my daughter and myself - get the pill. We ordered it from india bc insurance wouldn't pay. Its like $4 over there and $300 here. Took care of it. Its been like 7 years and I swear I still have ptsd from this lol