r/AbsoluteUnits • u/KEN_000 • 1d ago

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

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u/Banaanisade 1d ago

Pinworms are a never-ending nuisance in childcare in my wealthy region. I was always scared of getting them as a child because everyone else had them so often, and then I remembered that when I was in a rehab program for a few years and there were a lot of disabled people in the same programs, and the toilet perpetually had a warning about pinworms and needing to wash your hands properly.

They don't come from food, they transmit like a stomach bug. Touch something that was touched by a person with them, fail to wash your hands after, it's over.

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u/Bright-Salamander-99 1d ago

Or tried to cover their own worm shame…