How to treat pinworms in children

After examination, it is found that the child has pinworm disease. At this time, parents must treat the child as soon as possible, but how to treat pinworms in children? Medicines can have a good driving effect, but during the treatment, the child must be kept clean and all the child’s clothes must be disinfected. The eggs can be killed by scalding or boiling with hot water or direct sunlight. In short, in order to prevent reinfection, parents must take precautions.

What to do if your two-year-old baby has pinworms

1. When diagnosing pinworm disease, if you find that the child's anus is itchy, you should also pay attention to whether pinworms crawl out of the child's anus at night. You may find adult pinworms in clothes or in your stool. Or if pinworm eggs are found through stool examination and pinworm disease has been confirmed, deworming can be carried out with drugs.

2. Cultivate children's hygienic habits, including washing hands before meals and after defecation, trimming nails frequently, correcting bad habits of sucking fingers, not drinking raw water, and not eating rotten and unclean fruits. It is recommended to eat cooked food and not eat uncooked vegetables, meat or fish.

3. Pinworms often cause repeated infections, so children should wear full-crotch pants and change their clothes frequently. Clothes and sheets should be washed in boiling water, boiled, and exposed to sunlight to kill insect eggs. Pay attention to maintaining a clean home environment and keep utensils, tableware, and toys clean. Children with pinworm infection should be isolated promptly.

4. In terms of care, parents should pay attention to cleanliness and hygiene when feeding their children. They should eat at regular times and in fixed quantities. They should gradually increase the quality and quantity of their children's diet according to their growth and development needs. They should avoid overeating or eating at irregular times to avoid damaging the spleen and stomach, causing stagnation and the growth of worms.

How to prevent and treat pinworm disease

1. Because pinworm eggs have strong resistance to the outside world, develop quickly and spread rapidly, they are often prevalent in collective children's institutions and families. When children go to bed at night, they should wear crotch-covered pants and, if necessary, gloves to prevent their hands from directly touching the anus.

2. After washing the anus every night, apply pinworm ointment or 2% white mercuric ointment to relieve itching and reduce repeated infections in the body. You can also use 50 grams of garlic, peel it and mash it into very fine garlic paste, add a little salt and sesame oil and mix well for later use. Wash your anus before going to bed every night, dip a cotton ball in garlic juice and apply it around the anus for a week.

3. Clothes and bedding should be changed and washed frequently, toys and furniture should be washed frequently, or exposed to the sun for 6-8 hours to kill the eggs.

4. Wash your hands before each contact with food, tableware, and after defecation or urination. After taking the above measures for 1-2 months, the old pinworms will die and new ones will not yet be produced, so they will be eliminated naturally.

5. Take enterocolitica and pinworm medicine under the guidance of a doctor.