How to Treat Threadworms?

Involves taking a single dose of mebendazole or albendazole to kill the worms. If necessary, another dose can be taken after 2 weeks, but it is not killing the eggs (it can live outside the body for up to 2 weeks). Do the following things to stop becoming infected again:

• Every morning have bathed or shower
• Regularly wash your hands and encourage children to wash hands, and scrub under fingernails
• Rinse toothbrushes before using them
• Avoid sharing towels or flannels
• Maintain fingernails short and avoid bite nails or suck thumbs and fingers
• Disinfect kitchen and bathroom surfaces
• Wash sleepwear, sheets, towels, and soft toys
• Vacuum and dust with a damp cloth
• Children wear underwear at night (change it in the morning)
• Do not shake clothing or bedding, to prevent eggs landing on other surfaces