![TIL that the medically approved way to test for a pinworm infection is called 'scotch tape test': where you tape the patient's asshole and remove it to check for eggs. : r/todayilearned TIL that the medically approved way to test for a pinworm infection is called 'scotch tape test': where you tape the patient's asshole and remove it to check for eggs. : r/todayilearned](http://image.slidesharecdn.com/plantandanimalinteractions-130805065234-phpapp01/95/animal-symbiosis-lesson-powerpoint-parasitism-mutualism-commensalism-52-638.jpg?cb=1398589033)
TIL that the medically approved way to test for a pinworm infection is called 'scotch tape test': where you tape the patient's asshole and remove it to check for eggs. : r/todayilearned
![A gravid female (a) and eggs of E. vermicularis detected by the scotch... | Download Scientific Diagram A gravid female (a) and eggs of E. vermicularis detected by the scotch... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362722455/figure/fig2/AS:11431281083851518@1662861425378/A-gravid-female-a-and-eggs-of-E-vermicularis-detected-by-the-scotch-tape-technique.png)
A gravid female (a) and eggs of E. vermicularis detected by the scotch... | Download Scientific Diagram
![Mum mortified after 'brain-eating worm' in her eight-year-old son's ear turned out to be sticky tape | The Sun Mum mortified after 'brain-eating worm' in her eight-year-old son's ear turned out to be sticky tape | The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/NINTCHDBPICT000637895370.jpg)