In other words, the eggs of the pinworm are disseminated by air currents. Infection occurs by wearing clothes or sleeping in the bed of an infected person. You can also get the pinworm by handling pets. Pinworms are often found within the appendix and have been associated with acute and chronic inflammation. Heavy infestations of pinworms can cause insomnia, nausea, mental depression, and anorexia.
Complications are much more common in women than in men.
This stems from the fact that the female worm, after depositing her eggs, loses her way while trying to return to the colon. Pinworms have been found in the vagina, uterus and fallopian tubes. Whipworms, another type of roundworm that can be present in humans, eat the tissue in your colon. Most of these worms live in the cecum but heavy infestation can be found throughout the entire colon. These worms are shaped like a whip.