I used coconut oil as a topical and it worked just fine, especially after I had decreased the huge numbers that I was carrying.  Still drinking Ojibwa tea with wormwood and slippery elm, eating raw cabbage, cayenne, drying all clothes/bedding/towels in high heat

Babies and heat rashes
Heat emergencies
Infant heat rash
Heat rash
Tenosynovitis

dryer for at least 30 mins after they are dry, but I've also taken mebendezole a few times (but not within two months) which helps kill them -- but apparently doesn't kill all.
Salty and sugary foods irritate the colon and probably the worms, which is I think why they become more active after eating these foods.
I still feel occasional miniscule symptoms possibly, although I could be imagining it, but I treat it as if they are there. The new "symptoms" are no where near as irritating, so either there's only 1-2 residuals or they are much weaker. I can see why some people might think they don't have them when they feel like this.
Douching with mild vinegar 3 days in a row helped a lot. Do not use harsh chemicals as douche or enema

Barium enema

!  This alone could give you a rash because these chemicals will bypass your liver and be absorbed into your body full force! You want to kill the worms, not yourself!
I had itching

Causes of vaginal itching
Eye burning - itching and discharge
Itching
Jock itch
Muscle twitching
Vaginal itching

from "clean" clothes before I started REALLY drying my clothes as required, especially in the seams that touched my skin.
Test yourself for zinc deficiency:  open a bottle of rubbing alcohol at about the level of your stomach. Slowly move the bottle closer and closer to your nose

Nose fracture

.  If you cannot smell

Smell - impaired
Stools - foul smelling

the alcohol until it is less than eight inches from your nose

Nose fracture

, you are zinc deficient. If you are deficient, taking zinc WILL help you get rid of these things!

Not to scare anybody, but this is too much of a coincidence:  My cat just died of a stomach tumor. She started vomiting 1-3 times a week 5-7 months ago when I had the worms really bad. Since it was summer, I thought it was just from hairballs, which is likely because she lost an extraordinary amount of fur this year.  Her vomiting increased and it became bloody and more frequent a month ago, sometimes 4 times a day and now no hairballs. The vet didn't do a biopsy, so we don't know if it was cancer. I asked him if it could be a parasite, and he said it was rare but possible.  Since she had a shot of Ivermectin in late Sept and a topical dose in November (for heartworm and fleas), it seemed unlikely that human pinworms could be the cause of her death.  I didn't tell the vet about my past infection because I know he'd tell me that pets don't harbor human pinworms internally.  But I'm skeptical. I didn't notice her "itching" or licking her rear end a lot. And the parasite tests were negative (which we all know can be "false negatives" in 80% of the tests.

I hope nothing like this happened to anyone else's pet, but I just had to post this because of the coincidence. For the record, pinworms supposedly pass thru the stomach and do not reside there because it is too acidic. The stomach acid probably helps the eggs hatch when they get into the colon. As we have already mentioned, the eggs are very difficult to kill. However, it would be unlikely that the worms could/would burrow into the stomach lining and impossible that they would be able to reproduce there. So don't worry. But I'd be interested if anyone else experienced anything like this?

If it was parasite more likely to be hookworm or whipworm and the symptoms you describe certainly points in that direction.

I am 13 and I am the same way my parents won't buy me the medicine.. I can't take it anymore

I used sudocrem on my bum everytime i wiped, it suffocates the worms and although you have a couple of mintues itching like mad you should soon be able to have abit of relief. xx

Glad it worked for you, however I am on Dr. Nutura's Fiber cleanse and the Parnill  and so far it has not stopped them!  Almost 3 weeks on this and no sign of helping get rid of these horrible creatures!!! I have tried everything any of you have suggested on this forum, it sometimes slows them down but they always come back just as strong as ever??? This has been going on for SIX MONTHS NOW....I recently took 3 days of  PINX...BUT IT DID NOTHING*****go figure. I have taken Reese's liquid, Carnitran (sp) the medication from Australla..tried Garlic too,.still did not stop them. I sterizle my clothes, my rugs floors sheets etc etc. I just started mixing crushed PinX pill mixing it with vasaline making a paste and lathering it on my vulva & rectum day and night, that so far seems to keep them from laying eggs on me at night. But they are wriggling around as I type!!!!!!!!!!!  Never had these before EVER!  I just want them gone ....................

hello everyone;
i'm living with this problem since  a kid, im 25 NOW!!
after all these years ,i finally found a remedy!! that work just fantastic for me!!
well, I use cotton wicks soaked, in olive oil, they have to be 5cm in length and 0.5 cm in diameter, I put them deep in my anal canal.i change it every 24 hours because once dried they are less efficent.i also take garlic tablets( maximum dose) every morning on an empty stomach. so they can be  in direct conatct with garlic, sometimes I change with garlic heated with milk! This will kill the worms in the intestins and blocked their laying eggs at night! I spend my day & night very well & dont feel anything!! hope everyone will try this too:) & let us know how it goes :)
excuse my bad english .

Call your local child protection agency! If you have parasites and are only a child, your parents are responsible for getting you treatment!

You have to tell your parents right away!  They haven't bought any more medicine because they think you are not itching anymore.  It is very common to get it again, which is what has happened to you.  Your parents need to be treated again as well.  Don't wait to tell them even if you think it is gross!!

I am a 13 year old girl, had 2 types of medicine, tablet and liquid, didn't work, everyone thinks i am lying and saying that it's sphycological when it's NOT, Even the doctors are saying it as well as my family! It i s ruining my life, What do i do? I haven't got any of that fancy dandy stuff and not even pumpkin seeds or garlic! I have had them for the past year!

When i had them i told my gran straight away, she called the doctors and i was prescribed a tablet, that didn't work, the next time she rang up the doctor said that they should of been gone by now, The next time we actually WENT to the doctors and i was prescribed a liquid medicine that i had to take once twice a day for three days, The next time she rang up again and the doctor said it's spychological, the next time we went back to the doctors and i was examined, The doctor didn't see anything but that's probably because she looked from arms length away!

Anyways, It is ruining my life, What should i do? EVERYTHING everyone has posted i can't do or it doesn't work!

buy an organic papaya. eat nothing for 12 hours then slice open the papaya
scoop out the seeds are CHEW them well and swallow. wait an hour before eating anything. repeat in 2 weeks. it's a natural and safe method.

seeds from the papaya contain an enzyme that kills the pinworms.

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/pinworms-in-humans.html

Garlic: Fresh cloves of garlic provide an easy way to get rid of pinworms in humans. Simply chew them and one will get the desired result within a few days. Garlic, also available in a capsule form, is very effective to treat this infection.

I tried it all, meds several...garlic, colon cleanse, Parnill, etc etc....still they would come back stronger than ever!! Two weeks ago I researched MSM so I began taking 2,000 mgs a day, then increased it to 4,000 mgs a day, now I am taking 6,000 mgs a day and will continue this for a couple months or will continue it, these large doses are not harmful in any way and aids other health problems as well . This slowed them down tremendously, now I can sleep at night with no wigglies bugging me. Also I started using a salve of Coconut Oil, Vaseline & Vaginal Itch Cream which helps smoother them and they cannot lay their eggs. For two days now I have had no symtoms (symptoms) of these Parasites.  The information I researched says this will get rid of them but one needs to keep taking MSM.....nothing else helped me at all and I have spent hundreds of $$$$ trying to get rid of these pests!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ARE YOU SERIOUS I HAVE TAKEN MEDICINE EVERYDAY FOR E WEEK DIFFERENT MEDICINES (2 TYPES) AND NOW I ONLY HAVE A THEW ONCE IN A WHILE DEFIANTLY GONE DOWN im so much happier now.
remember to wash your hands when you wake up before and after you go to the loo before and after you eat and if you mess with animals an sometimes BEFORE you go to sleep everytime with soap and wash your bed spread when you first get them if you are a child keep your room clean it does help and use some disinfectant spray and use it everywhere in your room, try to avoid pork if you get worms on and off since you were younger like i do!!

Dr Oz: Papaya Seeds Worm Remedy

-helps kill worms
-drink ¼ cup mixed with 1 tsp honey
-drink for 10 days
-studies show this cures 75% of children with worms
-all natural

http://www.drozfans.com/dr-ozs-home-remedies/wormwood-tea-papaya-seeds-with-honey-dr-oz-round-worm-remedy/  

So i just found out i have them. dont know how long . Im 17 yrs old female. please help advise'

I have pinworms for 17 months now, as does my partner. We are taking ivermectin, albendazole and galric brandy. We also shoved garlic cloves up the butt for 3 months, as well as we put an ointment on every time we go to the bathroom made out of petroleum jelly, sudacrem, ivermectin and different oils like oregano and cloves.
We wash our hands with hot water and soap, vacuum floors 2x a week while wearing dustmasks, washing our beddings twice a week and change underwear twice a day. we shower every morning, and wash Pjs every day, too. We eat nearly no starches or sugars, do garlic enemas every two days, and I have eaten Pineapples, papwpaw seeds, pumkin seeds and linseeds until they came out of my ears. But still: we are still highly infected. Pain and bloating every day, and dead worms in the bowl. I will buy medical tape today to add on top of our garlic clove up the butt routine at nights. The worst thing: no GP believes you.

Go and buy some vermox. Take with a fatty meal, drink some water afterwards. Inform your family, If one in your family has it, all have them, since they are highly infectous. Wash your hands immediatedly after going to the bathroom. Change underwear twice a day, bedding twice a week, and wash them at 95C. Keep this up for around 6 weeks.
Repeat medication two weeks later. If it does not help, seek a GP.

It's been 6 months that I've been fighting pinworms (and a few months before that where I hadn't heard of pinworms and I thought I might be going insane).  Like most people on here, I've tried almost everything: PinX, Reese's, mebendozole (sp?), garlic pills, coconut oil, clove pills, neem pills, cat's claw pills, cayenne pills, grapefruit seed extract pills, ojibwa tea extract pills, olive pills, black walnut pills, cabbage, lactoferrin, probiotics, zinc pills, magnesium pills, food grade hydrogen peroxide, apple cider vinegar, cumanda, oil of oregano, papaya seeds (1 full cup blended up with some of the actual fruit (wow was that difficult), lime and sea salt (1 whole lime blended with 1 tbsp salt), diatomaceous earth, some parasite remedy containing wormwood and black walnut and invlovling a colon cleanse, vaseline on anus/testicles at night with neem and clove oil, showering twice a day and washing sheets daily, and taping my anus with waterproof medical tape and sports tape (around 23 hours a day since New Years Eve).  I'm probably forgetting something, but you get the idea.  Oh yea, also washing my hands with soap in hot water literally over 500 times a day (needless to say, they've been ridiculously dry and cracked this winter). I've run out of most of the various pills, and I'm not sure it's really worth it to buy more since they haven't done much.  The one area I've definitely been slacking in is cleaning the whole house every day.  My house is too big to clean in a single day, even if the family would actually give a crap and help (which it obviously doesn't).  So I kind of gave up on this, though I do use Eradicator spray (which supposedly kills the eggs, but who really knows?) and sometimes a steam cleaner.

This is so frustrating.  I get no sympathy from my family members, who somehow don't catch them or at least don't notice them.  My mom did get them briefly but luckily for her PinX worked.  All I get is people being annoyed at all my pinworm rituals and hogging of the laundry room (often not letting my dry my clothes and bedding enough so that the worms survive and as soon as I put on supposedly clean clothes or hop into bed after showering, I am crawly all over.  My ***hole brother even complains that I talk about pinworms too much!  I'm sure he would too if they tormented him like this.  Another common sentiment is that I might have had them at some point, but there's no way I could still have them after doing all these things to get rid of them.  So it's apparently all in my head?  I don't appreciate people questioning my sanity.  

I think my main problem is that I didn't know I had them for so long that I was ingesting incredibly large numbers of eggs every day, so the eggs are maturing/hatching every day.  No matter how effectively I can kill them (which is probably not very, but assuming 100% adult kill rate), I can't kill the eggs so the newly matured worms lay their eggs every night.  And also during the day, since I assume that's what they're doing when they are crawling around, mostly on my testicles, upper back and shoulders, sometimes on my legs and arms, all over really.  At first the vaseline on the anus and testicles worked fairly well and I could sleep at night, but eventually it rubs off or stops being effective and I get super crawly again.  The tape also worked quite well at first, but eventually the worms manage to escape (moisture and outward pressure from expelling gas, loosened by movement, etc.).  Lately I've been really crawly soon after getting into bed.  I've always been a light sleeper with problems falling alseep and staying asleep, so it's incredibly difficult now that I have these bastards laying their eggs on me.  My face/nose/beard gets itchy and I'm pretty sure that signifies eggs have hit my face and inevitably also entered my nose and mouth.

One of the worst parts about having pinworms is the sleep disturbance.  But it has also taken a heavy psychological toll on me.  The actual physical effects of the crawling feeling and the itching aren't really that bad.  But it's more so the thought that this crawling feeling and this itching is caused by these nasty parasites living inside me, and the despair at the futility of EVER getting rid of them.  Also the constant anxiety of potentially spreading these wretched worms to everyone around me.  I go the gym 3-6 times a week and especially before I started taping I could see the worms flying away from my while I lifted.  I wonder if I originally caught them at the gym, and how many people I have infected there...Probably the biggest fear is of being doomed to a life of loneliness lest my future partner catch them (which seems inevitable).  Honestly I contemplate suicide (not too seriously I guess) quite often.  But how could I kill myself over something the medical community thinks is cured with a single pill?  I wish doctors would read this forum.

Jeez that was a long post.  I just felt the need to rant.  Maybe the summer will change things for me.  I can potentially heat the house up to above 95 for a day or 2 to kill the eggs.  But I'm worried that I'll sweat the tape off almost immediately.  I already overheat and sweat easily, and this summer will be really hot it seems.  Anyway, it's good to know I'm not the only one who can't get rid of these demons.  Well, not really...I feel bad for all of you, but the camaraderie helps a bit, even though the general impression from these posts is that it is nearly impossible to cure.  Good luck to everyone.  And please post what worked for you if somehow one of you cures yourself!

sorry for everyone here!!  Now my youngest son has them.  Don't know what else to do.  I will try the standard procedures with him but if that doesn't work...i am clueless on what to do anymore.  We live in southern Caifornia. hot weather and pinworms don't mix well . Talk about miserable. Not looking forward to the summer.  Giving up the fight for a while.  Will post again if I find a cure.  good luck to everyone!!

I want to add a couple things to my last long post.  I also tried eating lots of pumpkin seeds.  And I tried giving myself a food grade hydrogen peroxide (diluted) enema as someone on here suggested.  I failed miserably at that, because I couldn't hold it in at all really.  I immediately had to poop really badly, and continued to have to do so long after I stopped being able to get anything out.  It became very painful and bloody and nearly impossible to poop anything out for several days.  This was horrible.  Eventually I gradually got back to normal bowel movements.  My theory is that the pumpkin seeds I had been eating got bunched up inside my colon, and the enema knocked them down to near my anus, where they got stuck and blocked anything else from coming out.  I read about this girl that ate nothing but pumpkin seeds for a couple days and the same thing basically happened to her, until she violently expelled them all.  I never saw them make it out of me, so I assume they just found their way back out of the way.  I had been hopeful that the enema would get rid of thousands of pinworms, but my plan totally backfired.

Last night, I stayed at a friend's house, and forgot to bring an extra set of clothes.  So when I woke up, I was incredibly anxious about infecting the whole family with pinworms.  I lay in bed stressed out thinking about what to do for a while, and then brought the sheets and blankets to the washing machine, tied my clothes up in a trash bag, showered, and borrowed some clothes.  I felt a lot better after that.  I just wanted to point out how stressed I felt sleeping at somebody else's house and breaking my pinworm routine.  I have always felt mildly OCD, but having pinworms has really made that worse, in terms of the whole showering and cleaning routine.  

Shortly after I had pinworms (I actually captured some and took to the doctor) they gave me the prescription mebondazole.  It took 3-5 days but it worked.  Then a few weeks later I started taking a new brand of Ginko Biloba supplement, just for general health.  Then I started itching all over and I thought the pinworms were back or that I had lice.  So I used lice treatment and pinworm prescription pill mebondazole again which had worked before but I still was itching all over.  It turned out to be the Ginko Biloba supplements that made me itch all over, including pubic area, scalp and back, etc.  Once I stopped those Ginko Biloba supplements the all over body itching stopped.  If one of your supplements are not causing it, then there is a different type of worm from south american countries that does crawl out of your skin and itch all over but I don't think pinworms do that.  I think they stick to the anus mostly and some vagina.  Research other types of worms, maybe some other type of medicine will work.  Good luck.  Don't kill yourself.  This too shall pass....

Shortly after I had pinworms (I actually captured some and took to the doctor) they gave me the prescription mebondazole.  It took 3-5 days but it worked.  Then a few weeks later I started taking a new brand of Ginko Biloba supplement, just for general health.  Then I started itching all over and I thought the pinworms were back or that I had lice.  So I used lice treatment and pinworm prescription pill mebondazole again which had worked before but I still was itching all over.  It turned out to be the Ginko Biloba supplements that made me itch all over, including pubic area, scalp and back, etc.  Once I stopped those Ginko Biloba supplements the all over body itching stopped.  If one of your supplements are not causing it, then there is a different type of worm from south american countries that does crawl out of your skin and itch all over but I don't think pinworms do that.  I think they stick to the anus mostly and some vagina.  Research other types of worms, maybe some other type of medicine will work.  Good luck.  Don't kill yourself.  This too shall pass....

There are many things you can do beside the usual treatments.
Keep his nails short, deworm the whole family on a regular base (I know of families taking vermox or combatrin once a month), teach him how to use a nailbrush for washing his hands.
You can also add certain things into the diet: pineapples, grated carrots, figs are pretty good. Let him snack on coconut and pumpkin seeds, as well as grated carrot, as much as he likes. Depending on how old he is, you can always give him garlic milk with honey in the morning, or just give him a small piece of cut garlic, like a tablet, every day.
Parasites die from garlic, but they thrive on sugars and starch. Give him a healthy, high fibre diet with lots of cabbage, onions and garlic to flush the things out. Usually, the long term problems arise in adults, since we have a much longer gut where they can hide for ages, and from delaying treatment. Most of the time we have no clue that we might have them.  

There are many things you can do beside the usual treatments.
Keep his nails short, deworm the whole family on a regular base (I know of families taking vermox or combatrin once a month), teach him how to use a nailbrush for washing his hands.
You can also add certain things into the diet: pineapples, grated carrots, figs are pretty good. Let him snack on coconut and pumpkin seeds, as well as grated carrot, as much as he likes. Depending on how old he is, you can always give him garlic milk with honey in the morning, or just give him a small piece of cut garlic, like a tablet, every day.
Parasites die from garlic, but they thrive on sugars and starch. Give him a healthy, high fibre diet with lots of cabbage, onions and garlic to flush the things out. Usually, the long term problems arise in adults, since we have a much longer gut where they can hide for ages, and from delaying treatment. Most of the time we have no clue that we might have them.  

Dr's r so cluless about this subject!! it is ridiculous. Do you know that doctors life out of this bugs as they are the main cost of all our illnesses and the foods we eat this days are making them richer.
The only thign you can do to kill this bugs is to do an intensive diet, I done it along with taking all the meds this very famous holistic doctor send me a long time ago and it works, but you can take all this pills etc.. you had mention, but if you eat what they feed from you will have then for the rest of your life no matter what you do.
Few tips; keep always your stomach acid high, buy eating small meals of through day, like chewing on pumking seeds having green tea etc...
I got them again from my son as he is now in daycare and although I'm very knowledgeable about this subject, I don't know how to help my little pumking as he won't eat non of that staff I lnow will help him and put him in the strick diet will be hell for me and him. so I hope some of the tips I see here can help him, at list I had try already the garlic do his anus, but I HAVE TO BE VERY CONSTANT FORM NOW ON, POOR THING.

Your experience with this horrible infection of Pinworms sounds like mine!! Nothing seems to get rid of them?????? Like you I have tried everything suggested on this form with some times of slow down, then they come back just as stronge as ever??? Go figure? I am at my wits end, lack of sleep etc. etc. etc. a nervous wreck...what to do?????????? I am now on Pumpkin Seed Oil, slowed them back a bit. But in two weeks has not cleared them out for good! Enemas, yes thats been tried and it does help a bit too. Cut out sugar & Carbs...does not help.l have probably spent a $1,000 in the past year trying everything I hope will help. I wonder what these Zappers that is suppose to electrify them???? Someone claimed it got rid of them for them.......??????????????????????

The Zapper is BS. Seriously. My best friends are garlic, vinegar, clove oil, sudocrem and three rounds of albendazole. So far, I only had 2 rounds, and then a break, so it just cannot work.
Someone in a german forum explained it like this:
The meds only kill the adult forms. But when you have them a long time, you have worms of all ages inside. And when the females are in the lower colon to lay eggs, you cannot catch them with the meds either. So the secret is three rounds, all 21 days long, since it takes 21 days for the larvae to grow up into an adult. So, take your meds at least three days, with lots of fat (40g). then wait 18 days.(killed all adults, but leaves the eggs and larvae). Then repeat. (killed the larvae that have grown up now) and repeat again. (kill all the eggs that are now adults).
It makes sense. He used pyrvinium embonate, but it should work with mebendazole and albendazole as well. And it is very important to avoid spreading the eggs, eg use the (burning) cream with garlic. I have noticed that I was so much better after two rounds, but since I now have to wait again...oh well, they just started laying eggs again, meh.

Try 2 tablespoons of food grade DE each day (start with 1/4 teaspoon if your body isn't use to it for a few days and then up the dosage little by little), and eat 5 raw garlics a day with lots of water. Look up alkaline diet on the internet, don't feed them sugar. Persistence is key.

bleach and cleansers have no effect on pinworm eggs. Please read this very helpful article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterobiasis
You are just irritating your skin and poisoning your environment. The eggs don't do well in sunlight or hot dry conditions. Stop scrubbing your skin with harsh cleansers and hot water. It's just irritating your skin. They do not bite.The sticky stuff that attaches the eggs to your skin can be irritating. If you have a rash on other parts of your body it is almost certainly not pinworms. It may be contact dermatitis from the harsh cleansers you are using or a bacterial infection from the scratching. Vacuum floors wash sheets and towels and dry in the sun or in the dryer. Use an over the counter medicine if the natural remedies aren't working and treat the entire family. Pinworms only infect humans so your pets aren't giving it to you unless the eggs are on their fur. Give them a regular bath just in case. The eggs are so small they can float in the air. Don't shake things out. They will only live about 2 weeks out in the enviroment so if you keep vacuuming and washing regularly they will eventually go away if everyone in the house is treated. I've also read they love glucose (sugar) and some of the medicines work by starving the worms of glucose. It couldn't hurt to cut down on sugars and simple carbs for a while. Tell your parents or doctor. This infection is very common and really has nothing to do with being dirty or any social status. Although good hygeine will help rid you of them and keep them away. It is the most common parasite in the US. More common than lice, even. And you'd be surprised how many people have had them. But remember the bleaching is not helping. You are just making bleach scented pinworm eggs and spreading them around with your sponge.

I agree here. Bleach is useless with those eggs. What helps is vinegar, though. I use white vinegar in hot water to clean, and on my bottom, too. It is better for the environment, too.
But a word of warning: NEVER EVER mix vinegar and bleach! You will not only kill bacteria, but your whole household, too. If you mix bleach with vinegar it will set chlorine gas free, which destroys your lungs.

I reacted allergic to the tape (leukoplast)  on my bottom, any advice for what type or brand to use?

My husband refuses to give up boxers.  After I clean everything that one can think of cleaning he walks around in said boxers.  He's killing me. Too me, that would be the 1st step to remedy.  I have 2 young sons and one is a thumb sucker, nail biter and has loose teeth almost constantly.  Kind of hard to expect him to not to fiddle with loose teeth.  My other son is a nail biter.  Also, I have 3 stepsons and my husband will not speak with them about treatment.  My young sons and I are paying for it because we are so sensitive to the buggers.  The schools believe in hand sanitizer and the children do not wash up before meals.  Also, when I explained that we are spending $160.00 a month for 2 months she said that I was preaching to the choir.  I feel there is nothing that I can do.  Have not given up hope and am going through the cleaning rituals through this every 2 weeks for 8 weeks of treatment.  What oh what can I do.  I can not clean everything and I can not control the school system.

My husband refuses to give up boxers.  After I clean everything that one can think of cleaning he walks around in said boxers.  He's killing me. Too me, that would be the 1st step to remedy.  I have 2 young sons and one is a thumb sucker, nail biter and has loose teeth almost constantly.  Kind of hard to expect him to not to fiddle with loose teeth.  My other son is a nail biter.  Also, I have 3 stepsons and my husband will not speak with them about treatment.  My young sons and I are paying for it because we are so sensitive to the buggers.  The schools believe in hand sanitizer and the children do not wash up before meals.  Also, when I explained that we are spending $160.00 a month for 2 months she said that I was preaching to the choir.  I feel there is nothing that I can do.  Have not given up hope and am going through the cleaning rituals through this every 2 weeks for 8 weeks of treatment.  What oh what can I do.  I can not clean everything and I can not control the school system.

Meant to say that the school nurse said that I was preaching to the choir.

I am on day 11 of my third nuclear albendazole regimen to get rid of the buggers. I have no itch at all atm, and this weekend I found out I can eat a slice of wholemeal bread and a tablespoon of honey without screaming in pain by now. The downside is, I feel nauseous since day 4. Anyone have an idea? Is it lifecycle related, since it was new moon? I also barely see them anymore. I still use my cream, and have a clove of garlic up mine during night.
My partner (who was never nauseous and had never the pains) is bloated all day instead, also since day 4. He claims his itch has become less, and that he barely sees them, too.
I just hope he is right and the meds will do the trick, finally. We still are on the washing regimen, and clean everything with vinegar, use our creams, wash our fingers with the nailbrush, boil our laundry etc.
I still hope anyone can tell me what kind of sticky med tape to use on the behind over night.
Keep it up, we'll surely do. Will post again next monday.

Day 18 today, and on the break from the medication. Nausea left on day 14. Still bloated, but I am less depressed. We started to take cayenne pepper capsules until we are back on the meds. No itching anymore, but tons of dead worms.
My BF is bloated like hell, to the point of nausea, and I am worried again.
I had a whole cup of normal sugar soymilk, and had no negative changes. Same with oats. I am quite excited about all the tiny things I can eat again. On the other hand, I am unsure if the meds do the trick or not, and I really, really hope we will get rid of them this time.
See you next week.

Try food grade diatomaceous earth.  I had them after a trip to Mexico for almost a year.  They caused me to break out in boils on my body and in my ear canals which is terribly painful.  I took Mebendezole for months.  It was not effective so I did extensive research online.  The DE worked in just a few days.  You mix a small amount in food or water.  It is inexpensive and can be purchased online or in health food stores.  It is safe for humans and animal use.  Farmers regularly add it to animal feed for parasites.  Best of all it cured the problem and was a natural alternative with no side effects.  Remember to drink lots of water to avoid constipation.

Here I am again. I used DE before, three tablespoon in juice, and it didnt do anything. The sugar in the juice made them more lively even. I have heard from alot of people that they stopped DE because of scattering, and the fact it only kills the worms, but doesnt prevent the eggs from hatching.
I am in love with cayenne pepper capsules now, I even had die off symptoms, and lots of buggers ended in the sewers. But I can give DE another try, I still have some left over. Maybe I was just too overrun with those worms back when I tried it.
I have just started round 2 of the meds, and I am nauseous again. I guess its just a side effect of the tablets, and I have to accept that. I have a nearly nicely formed stool again, gained another Kg, and we had a tiny amount of wholemeal pasta last weekend! I havent had pasta for half a year! It didnt make me feel any worse, so I guess we really get them killed this time. I dont feel any wiggling anymore, and my BF says it itches much less, like, once a day maybe.
Take care all, thanks for the tipps, see you next week.

Again, one week over. I was sooo tired last week, stayed away from work for most of the time, sleeping. The nausea is still here, but a bit better. Lots of dead worms in the toilet. I can drink small amounts of milk again, and eat a slice of wholemeal bread. I even nibbled on some chocolate and grapes today. Bit by bit, I get better. I am still bloated, and it pinches every few days left of my belly button, but its still nothing copared to the pain i used to go through. Still drinking pomegranate juice (no DE) and and taking the cayenne pepper capsules, as well as the meds. I will be on the meds for this week, and next week will be a break, and then comes the last round next month.
Only funny thing is: I still have my period, this is the third week now. O.o Anyone else having this?

I had pinworms as a child, but didn't get them again until I had a child myself (30+ years old).  My son is constantly licking his fingers and we have had pinworms three times now since he started going to school.  I spoke to his Dr. the first time we got them and she suggested Combantrin (used to be available in pill & liquid form now only pill form).  I was able to buy it without a prescription over the counter.  The first two times we had it everyone was cured quickly and we went on with our lives.  This last time has turned into a nightmare for me.  My son and his father have been worm free since the initial treatment but I continue to be infested.

What is different about this time is I have gained quite a bit of weight in the last two years (much personal stress) and am much heavier than I used to be.  I think my added weight has required a much greater dose to cure than before (I am 200+ lbs. on a 5'4 frame).  Of course I only figured this out when the first treatment didn't cure me as usual.  Since then I've been graduating to larger and larger doses which seem to help for about a week and then they manifest again.  I did have the flu at one point in this whole nightmare but sadly it did not kill the worms, although I was symptom free while I was sick and fevered.  Note*- I did notice that once I started taking bigger doses my anus and vagina manifested more of a low grade burn rather than an itch.  And strangely this burn only continued until it seemed like all of the bigger and smaller live worms were dead and passed out of the body.  The initial larger dose seemed to have a very high burn-like sensation with lasted for two days continuously.  I am wondering if the strength of the "burn" is in direct relation to the number of parasites in the body?

I finally gave in and went to a new doctor (my old doctor moved) and she insisted on a urine and stool sample.  I wasn't impressed since this process was going to take at least a week to yield results and I was horrified at the notion of suffering a week longer with active symptoms.  Happily I had just taken a two day Combantrin dose and was ironically symptom free for the entire week it took to wait for the lab results (yay! me).

When I got the results from the doctor (who looks all of 12 years old), they did indeed prove I had a pinworm infection.  Like many others have experienced here, she prescribed the two pill (2 weeks apart) Vermox treatment.  Surprise surprise they appear to not have worked.  SIGH.  I took the first pill on Friday afternoon and Sunday afternoon I could feel active symptoms building rapidly.  So this evening (same Sunday), I bought another few boxes of Combantrin and dosed myself and my household yet again.  Happily everyone else in the house is pretty understanding and thus far they appear to remain worm free.  It takes about 3 hours to get relief after taking Combantrin but it does help and I can sleep.

My cleaning is crazy and my water bill is something else.  I find it does help to use baby wipes instead of tissue to wipe my bottom after going to the washroom.  I think I may forgo the doctor approach now and try using Combantrin in 1 week cycles.  I will do a two day dose (12 pills a day for two days) and then do it again in one week.  I think because I have had them for longer than 3 months, there are several stages of worm growth in my intestines: gravid females, breeding adult population, immature worms, and newly hatched.  The Combantrin probably gets the adult population, but the immature worms take up the torch, mate, and then start the whole process again the next week.  I am thinking that if I keep on top of the cleaning, washing and cyclical pill approach I will eventually eradicate them.  Best of luck to everyone else suffering with these nasty little buggers!

I got pinworms from a trip to Egypt for about 2.5 years ago. Never gotten rid of em since. At first i felt them crawling in my ***, and after a while it spread to my nose, ears, eyes and scalp. I´ve cried like hell, shut myself in, avoided everything and everyone but after awhile i started realizing that this wouldnt do. So I´ve been researching, like hell. First thing I want to say is that if someone in youre family or someone close to you get infected, then everyone in the family is. Including "your husband/wife/kid/mother etc who says they dont feel/see a thing, or is perfectly healty". That is a FACT.
Something Im curious about and really wants an answer to btw. Everyone here infected, do you have a brownish colour around your pupil? Or whatever it´s called. The black thingy in your eyes you know.
Also, one thing that is certain is that you´ll probably never get rid of the worm if you eat a lot of bad foods. Never ever eat any bad sugars, ever. Eat a lot (of not only) nuts, fruits, green leafy vegetables, berries, and a very small amount of fish or chicken per day.
A healthy colon with a good function is vital. Worms cause constipation etc, and that is bad. Cause if youve had it a while then you get thoose colonic pouches that the worms crawl into and hide when you take meds, so it wont kill them all.
I guess someones already been writing this, I havent read all posts yet, but anyways I just wanted to share something. I hope it can be usefull.
Garlic is the best thing I´ve discovered against pinworms so far btw. I actially shove a clove up my *** one day in pure desperation and that stopped the movement, but it´s really strong so dont do that. Its better if you eat a litle raw garlic everyday in a sallad or on a sandwich. I think.
And the cleaning ofcourse. Wash youre sheets everyday in 90 degrees, keep youre home dust free, shower everyday, keep your nails short like hell and make the ones youre living with do the treatment at the same time.
Hugs!

Week 6. Had a horrible weekend. The nausea was there all week, but on the weekend I threw up, couldnt even keep water down. I think I ate something that was off, that it was no sideeffect of the albenza, since I had stopped taking albenza two days before throwing up. Sadly, I lost all my gained weight again. I put myself onto strict SCD diet again, this always seem to help, as long as I stay away from any honey and fruits.
I dont feel any itches, and I dont see any worms at this moment. My Bf told me had one day where it itched, and he saw tiny worms, but nothing since. I stopped taking the cayenne until my stomach is better again, he still takes it.
I am so over it, the constant pain and nausea is killing me. But the pain is not as terrible anymore, which is a  good sign. We still clean like mad, and even though I dont feel the itch, I still use the cream, as well as garlic up the rear end every night, just in case. Three more weeks to go. This week is medication free, which frightens me a bit. But if my nausea goes away, that would be awesome.
See you all next monday.

If u got the white DE then yes it wont do anything got to get the grey stuff.

Have grey stuff, food grade, they even told on the page how to take it to treat intestinal worms. Not working. Best thing so far: albendazole and cayenne.

How long did u take it for 60 days?

I took it for three months, last year. No die off symptoms, nothing. I stopped January since I started taking albendazole (one off doses) since I feared it would interfere with the uptake and after reading alot about scattering worms. No need to get these buggers somewhere else, really. But maybe I simply had too many of them? I looked like 9 months pregnant every time I ate something, and the debilitating hot pain...now I only bloat slightly and am nauseous.

That is weird, did you notice anything while taking DE like having to cut your nails more frequently, loads of energy, sleeping better.If not I question the source of the DE.

Do this and you will eventually get rid of these irritating little hungry beast called pinworms!!!! # 1 you know your own body better than any doctor ever will ... I am 49 years young  I've had pin worms off and on... Do not be embarrassed every one on the planet has parasites in their bodies! Yes even roundworms you walk in the grass bam you can get them that quick. Do this every day for two weeks when you get up every morning start wiping down everything you touch before it touches you , cell phones , eyeglasses , clothes iron the crotch of your pants also iron your undies the heat will kill the eggs , your steating wheel the car seat etc....wash everything in hot water dry hi heat. Wrap up the bed sheets slowly put them in dryer on hi heat leave them in dryer till ready to make bed. Wipe down your whole bathroom go put the rag in the washer take your shower when finished rinse tub or shower out with hot water for a phew min. Use two towels one to dry your body with when finished roll that one up put it in washer and use another to wrap your hair keep your hand clean at all time do not pick your nose ever use tissue!!! Ok get your swifter sweeper mop the whole bedroom and bathroom down discarding the garage where it's hot empty vacuums clean them. You get the picture it becomes a routine you do not want to reinvest your selves believe me ! Now what I eat to keep them away heavy garlic hummus make your own , pumpkin pie filling with honey and cinnamon , pumpkin seeds raw carrots!!!! blended into anything of your choice. Health food store buy wormwood black walnut supreme it's fabulouse but lousy taste but it freakin works!!!! Put a phew drops in a half a bottle of water drink it down Asians use this to rid parasites out of body!!! Now you people with round worms I had those one time freaked out!!!! Worms do not like salt DRINK 6 margaritas with alot of salt on the rim and in the drink also lick your limes with salt the next morning I had so much fluid in my system you could press a big dent in my leg and it would stay might sound crazy but  guess what went to the bathroom checked my stool OMG I almost passed out there were the dead worms all sizes GONE never returned again people watch how you kiss and love on hug your animals and quit letting them lick you on your faces  ! Chow for now and free your body of these nasty lite critters

Everyone read the 42mom42 about pinworms

Okay, here I am again. After starting albendazole on friday and feeling great over the weekend, the nausea hit me hard again, and I threw up. After the third time, i acknowledge now that I react to the meds. I stopped taking it continuously, but I will now take one dose every Friday. My partner feels much better, he even ate a few fries without bloating. Me, on the other hand...I still bloat every day. I will use a parasite cleansing kit (with wormwood etc) and take one dose albendazole every Friday, maybe it does the trick together. As I said, I eat already high salt, high carrots, high pumpkin, cayenne, spices, linseeds, no sugars, no starches or even honey. I wipe everything down before I touch it, I shower first thing in the morning, I boil my laundry, change my underwear twice a day etc. I do not have a dryer, but I hang my laundry out into the sun. I will do another DNA stool test to check If I have caught something else since last year October. I will eat vegetarian for a while, too. My partner is away for 7 weeks, which is great, so he wont infect me, and he will keep deworming overseas, while I keep on doing it here.
And yes, The DE had a great effect on my hair and nails, just not on my guts.