How does someone get pinworms?
- By an infected child not washing hands after using the bathroom. ...
- Pinworm eggs can also be transferred to the fingers from clothing or bedding, and then spread around the home.
- Eggs may be inhaled from the air or deposited onto food and swallowed.
How do you get pinworms in humans?
Pinworm infection is spread by the fecal-oral route, that is by the transfer of infective pinworm eggs from the anus to someone's mouth, either directly by hand or indirectly through contaminated clothing, bedding, food, or other articles.
What causes you to get pinworms?
You get pinworms by accidentally swallowing or breathing in their eggs. You could eat or drink something that's contaminated with them and not know it. The eggs can also live on surfaces like clothing, bedding, or other objects.
