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Reese Pharmaceutical Company | 1-800-321-7178 | ReesesPinworm.com Reese Pharmaceutical Company | 1-800-321-7178 | ReesesPinworm.com Facts About Pinworm How to Eliminate Did you know pinworms infect 40 million Americans every year? Pinworms Pinworm infection is fully treatable. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, pinworm is the most common worm infection in the United States. It exists year-round, especially in warm, moist climates and is most often seen at schools, day care centers and other institutional settings. School-age children, followed by preschoolers have the There are a number of options for treating pinworm infection. highest rates of infection. Prescription treatments like mebendazole and albendazole are effective treatments but can be costly for the consumer. Reese’s Pinworm Medicine is a pyrantel pamoate-based medication that costs a fraction of what the prescription What is pinworm? medicines are charging, and can conveniently be found Pinworm is an intestinal infection THE LIFE CYCLE OF over-the-counter without the need for a prescription. It’s caused by a tiny, white, highly ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS highly effective for eliminating pinworms–usually with just one contagious intestinal worm (Enterobius (the human pinworm) dose. The medicine should take around 72 hours to clear the Vermicularis) that looks like a thread system of pinworms. Because pinworms are contagious, all and measures about ½” (1 cm) in Humans are infected when family members need to be treated at the same time. Several length. they ingest microscopic Hands, underclothing, children can be easily treated with a single bottle of Reese’s bedding, sleepwear, pinworm eggs. Pinworm Medicine. If the household is large, or has two or floors, drapes, kitchen more adults, more than one 1-oz bottle, or a 2-oz Family Pack How do you get pinworms? and bathroom surfaces, Ingesting microscopic pinworm eggs is desktops, schoolrooms, may be required. the typical way most people become etc., become infected. The eggs travel through the contaminated with stomach to the intestinal system where infective eggs Dosage Guide they hatch. Within 2-4 weeks, the adult female pinworms begin migrating from the large intestine to the area Weight Dosage The eggs travel through Eggs that are deposited on around the rectum. There they lay new (taken as a single dose) the stomach to the large the perianal skin mature eggs which trigger itching. Touching intestine, reaching sexual and become infective Less than 25 lb. Do not use or scratching the affected area maturity. within six (6) hours. or under unless directed transfers the eggs to the host’s fingers, 2 yrs. old by a doctor which can spread them practically 25-37 lb. 1/2 teaspoonful anywhere. When another person Adult female pinworms inadvertently ingests these eggs, the migrate from the large 38-62 lb. 1 teaspoonful intestine to the anal area If the eggs remain on the infection process begins all over again. (usually during the early perianal skin long enough, 63-87 lb. 11/2 teaspoonfuls morning hours) where they they will hatch. The 88-112 lb. 2 teaspoonfuls lay new eggs on the juvenile pinworms will crawl back into the anus What are the symptoms of pinworm perianal skin. 113-137 lb. 21/2 teaspoonfuls infection? and mature into adults, allowing the process to 138-162 lb. 3 teaspoonfuls Parents should suspect that their RETROINFECTION repeat itself. children are infected if they frequently 163-187 lb. 31/2 teaspoonfuls scratch their anal area, are 188 lb & over 4 teaspoonfuls uncomfortable sitting, have difficulty sleeping, act restless and maybe even experience loss of appetite. Preventing pinworm reinfestation According to the CDC, pinworm eggs can survive on surfaces How to identify a pinworm infection like clothing and bedding for 2 to 3 weeks. This makes it If pinworms are suspected, you can confirm infestation by performing the "Scotch® Tape Test". Collect anal incredibly important to clean your home thoroughly after debris by pressing a piece of tape against the skin around the anus and examine it for the presence of eggs or pinworm medicine has been administered. We recommend worms. The tape test should be done in the middle of the night or first thing in the morning before bathing or cleaning bedroom floors by vacuuming or damp mopping, using the toilet to minimize the disturbance or removal of the eggs. washing bed linens and night clothes in hot water, and keeping toilet seats clean. Wash hands regularly and thoroughly, trim fingernails short, and remind your children not to scratch.

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