Broader types of Pinworm:
Patient Profile for Pinworm: Mainly children
Profile for Pinworm: Pinworm is the most common worm infection in the United States. School-age children, followed by preschoolers, have the highest rates of infection. In some groups nearly 50% of children are infected. Infection often occurs in more than one family member. Adults are less likely to have pinworm infection, except mothers of infected children. Child care centers, and other institutional settings often have cases of pinworm infection. (Source: excerpt from Pinworm Infection: DPD) ... Because pinworm infection is spread mainly by children, it is found most often in family groups, day-care centers, schools, and camps. (Source: excerpt from Parasitic Roundworm Diseases, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
Geography Profile for Pinworm: A pinworm is the most common roundworm parasite in temperate climates – even in areas with high levels of sanitation. In the United States, it is the most common of all parasitic roundworm infections, affecting up to one-third of the country's children. (Source: excerpt from Parasitic Roundworm Diseases, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
Prognosis of Pinworm: Rarely serious, many resolve even without treatment.
Complications of Pinworm:
see complications of Pinworm
Causes of Pinworm: see causes of Pinworm
Symptoms of Pinworm: see symptoms of Pinworm
Complications of Pinworm: see complications of Pinworm
Contagion of Pinworm: Pinworm eggs are spread typically from the anus to fingers to another person's mouth.
More information:
see contagiousness of Pinworm
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Pinworm.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Pinworm.
Treatments for Pinworm:
see treatments for Pinworm
Prevention of Pinworm:
see prevention of Pinworm
Hospitalization statistics for Pinworm:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Pinworm:
Organs and body systems related to Pinworm include:
Main name of condition: Pinworm
Class of Condition for Pinworm: parasite worm
Enterobiasis, Enterobius vermicularis, threadworm, seatworm, Enterobius vermicularis infection, Oxyuriasis, Human enterobiasis
Enterobiasis, Enterobius vermicularis, Oxyuris vermicularis, Pinworm disease, Threadworm
Source - Diseases Database
Threadworm, Enterobius vermicularis
Source - WordNet 2.1
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