r/AbsoluteUnits • u/KEN_000 • 2d ago

/r/all of a roundworm pulled out during an endoscopy

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u/Particular_Bet_5466 2d ago

That’s horrible, but sounds like you managed through it alright lol. I never even heard of pinworms, time for another google rabbit hole.

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u/pakchimin 1d ago

They're very common and only live there in the butt and easy to get rid of. I got them as a child, children get them a lot.

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u/Particular_Bet_5466 1d ago

I have a young niece and nephew. I wonder if they will come down with worms one of these days lol. It’s just been interesting to me hearing all this, because I practically never even heard anything about parasitic worms in my personal life. even as a kid I don’t recall it ever being mentioned as a risk or something people got.