Most parents know that moment of dread – your child is scratching furiously in the middle of the night, pulling at their ...

Pinworms involve infection by a parasitic worm that may live in the large intestine of a human. A child may contract the infection after unknowingly transferring the worms into their body from a ...

Pinworms are tiny white roundworms that enter the body when people ingest or breathe in their microscopic eggs. The worms make their way through the digestive system and lay their eggs in the rectum.