Having worms living in your butt isn’t actually as terrifying as it sounds.
There are a lot of scary diagnoses out there, but having worms living in your anus? That has to take the cake.
Apparently the woman’s 5-year-old daughter had classmates who had recently been diagnosed with pinworms, and the daughter had been experiencing anal itching, too.While this sounds like a terrifying diagnosis, it’s actually more common than you think, especially in children. Pinworm infection, caused by a white roundworm with the scientific name Enterobius vermicularis, is the most common type of intestinal worm infection in the US, according to the Mayo Clinic.
That was the case for the mom and daughter in the NEJM report. They were both treated with a prescription drug and all symptoms had disappeared at their two-month follow-up.
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