Symptoms of pinworms in adult women include severe itching around the anus, urinary urgency, frequent urination, and vaginal disorders.
1. Severe itching around the anus: pinworms infested the anus adult women mainly manifested as severe itching around the anus. Due to the increased activity of pinworms at night, the clinical manifestations are more obvious at night. At the same time, it can also be accompanied by insomnia and restlessness, waking up frequently at night, emotional irritability, grinding teeth to sleep and other manifestations. If the pinworms invade the intestines along the anus, it will lead to decreased appetite and lower abdominal pain.
2. Urinary urgency and frequency: pinworms invade the urethra, adult female patients can show urinary urgency and frequency. As urination is difficult to control, the frequency of urination increases significantly, and urination is usually accompanied by pain in the urethra.
3. Vaginal disease: pinworms invade the vagina, adult female patients may experience increased vaginal discharge, lower abdominal pain and discomfort. If pinworms are severe, female patients may also have complications of reproductive tract infections such as vulvar and vaginitis.
There are a variety of symptoms of pinworms in adult females, and it is recommended that patients with the appropriate clinical symptoms seek prompt medical attention for definitive diagnosis and aggressive treatment.