# Catching Pinworms-- Is This True?! (TMI...Not for the Squeamish) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 9, 2004, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546 "2004-01-09T01:41:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Zulema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/db5fbb/32.png) [@Zulema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zulema)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546/121 "2011-08-15T15:44:54Z")
This is why I never let my kids eat and play in the kid room at any fast food restaurant. Eat in the other room, then play while they’re not eating. They got pin worms once and I attribute it to a McDonald’s play area (no way I can really know of course). ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546/122 "2011-08-15T17:30:53Z")
Not one, but two zombie bumps and no one has posted pictures yet? NSFW. Not for the faint of hearted. Link fractured and spoilered. [http://mtherald.co](http://mtherald.co) m/anal-itching-pinworm/ ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546/123 "2011-08-15T18:20:08Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > Not one, but two zombie bumps and no one has posted pictures yet? > > NSFW. Not for the faint of hearted. Link fractured and spoilered. > > [http://mtherald.co](http://mtherald.co) m/anal-itching-pinworm/ \ I know I’m going to regret this… ETA: Oh hell! You could have mentioned that it was pinworms in-situ on butthole! For people that don’t look, those dingleberries just might not be made of TP… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![NoRunoftheMill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@NoRunoftheMill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoRunoftheMill)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546/124 "2012-09-04T04:08:18Z")
This thread made me laugh until I was crying. On a serious note, I just found a pinworm in my 12 year old son. I know if my oldest son has them so does my youngest son. So we will all be deworming. I have battled these parasites since I was a child. They can reek havoc in your life and they did mine. I just started doing an in-depth research to fight these invaders. My mom says me and my sis had them when we were younger. I thought I was the only one. We are all eating garlic, onions, DE and zinc. I am going on a cleaning spree and I feel like I want to plug everyone up so these things can’t be spread. Beer keeps them away for some reason and I have taken to drinking one a few hours before bed. I am also going to eat high fiber and take castor oil supplements to clean us all out. I truly wonder why these things exist? What purpose do they have and why do they have to irritate your butt so…never heard them called butt lice but would’ve been glad to know when I was a child I was not the only one with them. ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546/125 "2012-09-05T18:46:21Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > (Just for the record, I think Butt Loungers would make a great band name.) Someone has already taken Butthole Surfers, with an album titled “Independent Worm Saloon”:[Butthole Surfers - Independent Worm Saloon - Amazon.com Music](http://www.amazon.com/Independent-Worm-Saloon-Butthole-Surfers/dp/B000002V17/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346870727&sr=8-1&keywords=butthole+worm+saloon) ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546/126 "2012-09-05T19:14:33Z")
> [@NoRunoftheMill](#): > > This thread made me laugh until I was crying. > > On a serious note, I just found a pinworm in my 12 year old son. I know if my oldest son has them so does my youngest son. So we will all be deworming. I have battled these parasites since I was a child. They can reek havoc in your life and they did mine. I just started doing an in-depth research to fight these invaders. My mom says me and my sis had them when we were younger. I thought I was the only one. We are all eating garlic, onions, DE and zinc. I am going on a cleaning spree and I feel like I want to plug everyone up so these things can’t be spread. Beer keeps them away for some reason and I have taken to drinking one a few hours before bed. I am also going to eat high fiber and take castor oil supplements to clean us all out. > > I truly wonder why these things exist? What purpose do they have and why do they have to irritate your butt so…never heard them called butt lice but would’ve been glad to know when I was a child I was not the only one with them. Are those remedies – beer, onions, zinc, etc. – effective? ---
**Author:** ![conway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@conway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/conway)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546/127 "2012-09-05T19:44:23Z")
Yet another thing I didn’t realize I should be worrying about. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546/128 "2012-09-05T20:10:34Z")
double zombie or no if a family member asks you to look and check then start naming them and talking to them. it drives the family member nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546/129 "2012-09-05T20:19:42Z")
I think this is either a triple or quadruple zombie. I lost count somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2012, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546/130 "2012-09-05T21:20:57Z")
I love that _this_ is the thread that will not die. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546/131 "2012-09-06T01:39:36Z")
People keep sticking their fingers in their mouths. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catching-pinworms-is-this-true-tmi-not-for-the-squeamish/223546.md?page=6)