When your child’s bottom itches at night

An adult pinworm seen under a microscope, which can sometimes be seen with the eye as tiny, white, thread-like worms around the anus, underwear or toilet seat. — Dr VINOTH KUMARASAMY

It starts with something small.

A child who cannot sleep, tossing and turning restlessly, a tiny voice whispering, “Mummy, my bottom is itchy.”