Preventing Threadworms

How you can help prevent threadworms

Encourage regular hand washing and make sure your child always washes their hands:

• After visiting the toilet
• Before eating or handling food
• After touching animals
• Whenever hands look dirty

Other Hygiene Tips

Besides hand washing, there are other ways to help prevent threadworms:

• Wash underclothes, pyjamas and bed linen regularly
• Clean bedrooms and bathrooms as often as you can
• Keep fingernails short
• Use different towels and flannels for each member of the family
• Discourage bottom scratching and nail biting