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With either prescription or over-the-counter drugs. You should consult your health care provider before treating a suspected case of pinworm. Treatment involves a two-dose course. The second dose should be given 2 weeks after the first. (Source: excerpt from Pinworm Infection: DPD)
Some doctors believe
that no treatment is necessary for pinworm infections that have no
symptoms. This is because children usually outgrow the infection.
Because of the strong probability that small children will get
infected again outside the home, strenuous efforts to eliminate the
eggs from the household are of little help.
If the doctor
does prescribe medicine, all members of the household should take
it, regardless of whether they have symptoms. Drugs such as
mebendazole and pyrantel pamoate (Povan) are the most useful in
treating pinworm infections.
To relieve intense itching that
often accompanies pinworm infection, a doctor may prescribe a
soothing ointment or cream. (Source: excerpt from Parasitic Roundworm Diseases, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
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Treatment of hookworm infection includes administering mebendazole or albendazole, and providing an iron-rich diet or iron supplements to prevent or correct anemia.
Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Drug therapy with pyrantel, mebendazole, or albendazole destroys the causative parasites. Effective eradication requires simultaneous treatment of the patient's family members and, in institutions, other patients.
Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
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