The way you accidentally got pinworms is a result of accidentally swallowing the microscopic pinworm eggs as these microscopic pinworm eggs enter your body when you touch surfaces that are contaminated like clothing, toys, bedding or food and then you touch your mouth.
The pinworm eggs spread easily through households, even if you practice good hygiene.
The tiny pinworm eggs enter your mouth through your hands, food or dust and the pinworm eggs hatch in your small intestine and grow into adult pinworms in your colon and female pinworms travel to your anal area at night to lay sticky eggs and cause intense itching.
And scratching transfers the pinworm eggs to your fingers and fingernails, which allows them to spread to surfaces or back to your mouth and the pinworm eggs can also survive up to 3 weeks on indoor surfaces.
Pinworms are not from pets as pets like dogs and cats can't carry or transmit human pinworms and getting pinworms is not a sign of dirtiness and has nothing to do with your personal cleanliness as pinworms are the most common worm infection and spread from person to person very easily.
Pinworm poop will look like normal poop but will also have tiny, thin, grayish-white pieces of thread or dental floss looking worms.
These pinworms in your poop are very small and around 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch long or the size of a staple and while they can occasionally be spotted on top of your poop, it's also much more common to see the pinworms moving around your anal area at night.
Pinworms are alive and may wiggle or move slowly and if the speck does not move, it's likely just normal debris or thread form clothing and the pinworms are short, slender stands that look like cotton thread or bits of lint and can be pale white or grayish-white.
You should also check your skin right around your anus, especially 2 to 3 hours after falling asleep as the female pinworms crawl out at night to lay eggs and look closely in your underwear or on bedsheets in the morning.
The key signs of having pinworms in your poop and around your anus include intense itching around your anal or vaginal area, which gets worse at night and trouble sleeping and restlessness due to the nighttime itching.
Pinworms or threadworms are tiny, white parasites that look like small pieces of thread or staples and are also very common, especially when you have children.
Less often, the little white worms in your poop can also be segments of a tapeworm.
Common symptoms of pinworms or threadworms in your body include intense itching around your bottom or your vaginal area, which gets worse at night.
Trouble sleeping or waking up crying due to the itchiness.
Restlessness or mild stomach pain.
And seeing the tiny white worms in your poop or near your anus.
The causes of the little white worms in your poop or pinworms or threadworms are swallowing microscopic worm eggs.
And the pinworms or threadworms spread as eggs move from your fingernails or fingers to your mouth after scratching or touching contaminated objects like toys, bedding or clothes.
The pinworms and threadworm eggs can survive on indoor surfaces for up to 3 weeks.
The treatment for pinworms and threadworms include over the counter or prescription anti-parasite medicine like mebendazole or albendazole, which clears the infection.
And all people that live in the same home as the infected person must also take the pinworm or threadworm medication at the same time, even if they have no symptoms.
And you have to wash all bed sheets, pajamas and towels in hot water and clean bathroom surfaces very well.
Always wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after using the toilet and before eating and keep your fingernails trimmed short.