Treatment for Exposure or Contact

1. Low Risk:
   • If your child has had contact with a child with pinworms but has no symptoms, (and over a month has passed), your child probably won't get them.
   • If contact is within the last 4 weeks, your child has a small chance of getting pinworms.
   • Pinworms are harmless and are never present very long without causing anal itching.
2. Scotch Tape Test: If you're still concerned, call your doctor's office for instructions on doing a Scotch tape test for pinworm eggs in about 1 month. (Reason: The swallowed egg will not mature into an adult pinworm for 3 or 4 weeks.)
3. Call Your Doctor If:
   • Pinworm is seen.
   • Anal itching persists over 1 week.