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If the doctor finds that your child has a pinworm infection, he or she will probably give everyone in your family one dose of an antiworm medicine that will eliminate the pinworm infection. After 2 weeks, the doctor may give a second dose of antiworm medicine.
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A pinworm infestation occurs when people swallow the eggs of the roundworm known as Enterobius vermicularis. Pinworm eggs can live for up to two weeks on clothing, bedding, toys, and other objects. A person can get a pinworm infestation by swallowing eggs from these surfaces. An individual can ... be infested from fingers contaminated with the stool of an infected person.
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Since pinworm eggs are light and scatter easily, dust should be removed carefully from all surfaces in the home. Careful vacuuming, or the use of an oiled cloth (which may be boiled or destroyed later), will help prevent the eggs from scattering.
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