Note: ringworm in not an infection caused by worms. See the separate leaflets called Roundworms, Threadworms and Schistosomiasis. The rest of this leaflet discusses the medicines that may be used to treat worm infections. People who get these infections have usually been travelling in countries where these types of worm infections are common. Other types of worm infections can occur if you live in the UK however, they do not occur very often. See the separate leaflet called Itchy Bottom (Pruritus Ani). Threadworms are spread by being in contact with someone who is already infected with threadworms. In the UK the most common worm infection is threadworms - this is a type of roundworm and is sometimes referred to as a pinworm. It is thought that millions of people around the world are infected with worms at any one time. Most worm infections occur in warm tropical countries or developing countries where food and water may not be clean. An infection with flukeworms causes a tropical disease called schistosomiasis. You usually become infected with flukeworms by swimming or washing in fresh water that contains flukeworms.
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