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  1. Pinworm infection - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Learn more about the symptoms, treatment and prevention of this common intestinal worm infection.

  2. Pinworm infection - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    Your healthcare professional can find a pinworm infection by checking for the worms or eggs. An exam of the anal area and underwear may be done during your ...

  3. Mebendazole (oral route) - Mayo Clinic

    Hookworms (ancylostomiasis, necatoriasis, uncinariasis). Pinworms (enterobiasis, oxyuriasis). Whipworms (trichuriasis). Mebendazole is used to treat infections ...

  4. Ivermectin (oral route) - Side effects & dosage - Mayo Clinic

    Ivermectin is used to treat river blindness (onchocerciasis), intestinal infection from threadworms (strongyloidiasis), and other kinds of worm infections.

  5. Ascariasis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    The tiny ascaris eggs are too small to see. After you swallow the eggs, they hatch in the small intestine. An early form of the worms, called larvae, come out ...

  6. Albendazole (oral route) - Side effects & dosage - Mayo Clinic

    Albendazole is used to treat neurocysticercosis, an infection of the nervous system caused by pork tapeworms. This medicine is also used to treat cystic hydatid ...

  7. Pyrantel (oral route) - Side effects & dosage - Mayo Clinic

    Pyrantel belongs to the family of medicines called anthelmintics. Anthelmintics are used in the treatment of worm infections. Pyrantel is used to treat pinworms ...

  8. Trichinosis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Trichinosis (trik-ih-NO-sis) is a type of infection caused by a roundworm parasite. Roundworm parasites use a host body to live and breed more roundworms.

  9. Diethylcarbamazine (oral route) - Mayo Clinic

    Diethylcarbamazine is used in the treatment of certain worm infections. This medicine works by killing the worms. It is used to treat: Bancroft's filariasis; ...

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    AskMayoExpert. Pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis) infection. Mayo Clinic; 2023. Ferri FF. Pinworms. In: Ferri's Clinical Advisor 2024. Elsevier; 2024. https:// ...