Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common condition affecting around 1% of the population. Around 90% of patients with RA have cervical spine involvement with between 11% and 58% of these patients having neurological involvement.3,4 Many of these patients have cervical myelopathy.
Pinworms are a type of parasite that lives in the digestive system of humans. They are common throughout the world. Adult pinworms are about 0.5 in. (12.7 mm) long and look like little white threads. Pinworm eggs are so tiny, you'd need a microscope to see them.
If left untreated, pinworms will eventually cause diarrhea, weight loss, bedwetting, constant vaginal discharge and a genital rash. A pinworm infection in the female genital tract can also cause scars to form in the reproductive organs of the host. Although pinworm eggs can only be detected under a microscope, the adult worms have a white and thread-like appearance and an elongated shape with one side that is convex and other side flat.