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Please help I keep getting pinworms I got my first case of pinworms around the age of 5 I’m now 16

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louise49686
louise49686

since i can remember ive struggled with pinworms and its driving me crazy like i clean and clean and im very hygenic and i just keep getting them ive taken ovex and its never gotten rid of them more than a few months and its very shameful and i just want them gone for good. My mum is very confused on where i get them my dad and her have never had them. Please help im so stressed and i get so upset and cry over it 😦 will i ever get rid of them

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  • DaisyMaes
    DaisyMaes louise49686

    Posted

    Have your other family members taken the Ovex too? Some people can have thread worms but have no symptoms. If someone else in the family has them but is unaware then that might be why you're getting reinfected.

    • louise49686
      louise49686 DaisyMaes

      Posted

      my parents both have said neither of them have ever had them, recently i find a word or feel just one and get no more worms for like 5 weeks then i get one

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