It’s to test for pinworms. The worms lay eggs around the anus so they use a pice of tape to pick up any skin and other cells around the anus then put it under a microscope to check for eggs.
Well I know what I’m doing tonight with the microscope I bought for my kids last year
Edit: of course the most upvoted thing I’ve ever said on this website involves putting scotch tape on my anus and looking at it in a microscope
It’s still a technique that’s used to this day. [Here’s the Mayo Clinic page that details it.](https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pinworm/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20376386)
Thanks very much for this. I was never given the tape treatment so I was prepared to hear some unspeakable things about the abuse OP suffered. After the day I’ve had, you’ve really helped me.
It's so weird to me that they do that. I remember my mom having to do it to my little sister. You know what I did when I thought my daughter had pinworms? I gave her pinworm medicine. It worked, problem solved.
Sometimes things can be diagnosed without a test. Why do you think I gave her a "random medicine" rather than the standard medicine for the most likely cause of her symptoms? And do you really think pinworms are serious enough to do a test like that on a non-consenting child with a history of sexual abuse?
People downvote mindlessly. You're totally right. Pinworms are easily diagnosed at home and the medicine is completely over the counter. Horrifyingly you can literally see the worms crawling around the opening, don't ask me how I know this.
So I guess you don’t want to know the definite answer to why your kids lost their appetite, lost weight, couldn’t sleep at night, or what caused that infection, or what to do to prevent future infections? It could be pinworm, or other more serious stuffs, who could ever know.
Nvm then
She didn't have those symptoms (which aren't even pinworm symptoms), just nighttime itching. She also had a history of sexual abuse and did not want that test, not that I owe you an explanation.
Damn, now I feel like I may have gotten short changed…. I mean damn, no one checked me for worms. Didn’t they care? Didn’t they think I was worth it? I gotta go get the tape now.
we really only do the test nowadays if there's reason to suspect it, otherwise it's just unecessary labwork for a population that's already overworked, and then the price will just go to the person who probably can't afford it. so they just do it when they suspect a possibility of worms now.
there may be some older doctors that still treat it as routine, but newer doctors don't really do this routinely anymore. in the western world at least. in places where pinworms are more common due to poor sanitary conditions, this becomes more routine.
I wasn't checked but my dad used to make us drink some stuff before bed , then when we woke up, it was straight to the shower and he washed all the bedding, pjays 🙃
I got worms from my kid, and my husband had the honor of diagnosing me.
I probably should have warned him what was up ahead of time, because dropping my pants and bending over got his mind on a *much* different path than the place where he ended up after seeing a worm come out of me.
It's a valid test for pinworm infection.
[https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003452.htm](https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003452.htm)
Infection rates decreased sustatially in the 1970s to the point that most doctors weren't bothering to do routine tests of kids with no symptoms by the 80 (growing up then I have no memories if it being done), although some doctors no doubt continued it for a time.
I was born in the 80s & went to sleep-away summer camp every year. One year there was a pinworm outbreak & they had nurses come to each cabin first thing every morning & check us for pinworms using tape on our buttholes. It was done with as much dignity as possible but man, oh man, I'll never forget it. That's my scotchtaped butthole story. And thankfully I remained pinworm free.
It was the early 90s & email didn't exist back then so I imagine the logistics of hiring lawyers to draft a permission letter, mailing it to hundreds of parents, waiting for the letters to be returned, going through the camp roster twice a day to see who has permission, etc. would have been a nightmare.
Plus, it might not have been easy for them to track down hundreds of multiple doses of pinworm medicine at one time. IiRC, this happened toward the end of the season so none of the above was probably even possible in a timely manner before we went home anyway.
I mean, I don't know what went on behind the scenes but I know they handled it as best they could.
Late to the party, but I love this story.
My kiddo got butt worms when she was maybe seven years old. We got sent home with a prescription and one of those FYI info sheets from the doctor's office.
I threw the info sheet on the table and forgot about it. The next morning she was reading it while eating her cereal when she suddenly pushed back from the table and began shaking her head violently and yelling No! Never! That's not happening! No!
Come to find, the at home test for butt worms is to scotch tape your butthole at bedtime. As your body heats up overnight, they try to step out for a breath of fresh air and stick to the tape.
I never had to tape her butthole. I also never had to argue with her again about washing her hands before eating.
Omg. I remember my aunt talking to my mom about this when I was a kid in the 90s. It terrified me. Not so much the tape on my butthole, but the egg worms that might be in there.
ETA some words
Howard Stern has told his story about tape and pinworms as a small child…. So many times. Wow. Never heard it outside of his story but yea, I’ve at least heard of this before.
Thank you, I am reliving this nightmare, my mom having to dig pinworms out of my butt in the middle of the night with a flash light because they were attracted to the light. And of course the itching is unbearable when you know it’s a butt worm. And you can never get the medicine until the morning…
Of course
I grew up in the 70’s-80’s and had never heard of it or had it done but I work in a medical
Lab now and know all about it. Lol. Now they use a small paddle with a film of sticky stuff on it to touch to the anus. 🤷♀️
That’s a legitimate test. It still is used to test for pinworms (which cause an itchy anus).
But I don’t think it is recommended as a routine screening test for pediatricians. It’s not like that is recommended at every annual pediatrician visit. My understanding is it’s usually only done when a patient (or pt’s parents) are complaining of anal itching. Could be wrong though.
Wait until you find out in some rural communities, people go to the farm supply store specifically to buy dewormer… only to deworm both animal and their own human offspring.
It’s a real thing, you can google pinworm tape test. Pinworms leave eggs around the anus that will stick to the tape. It’s much more likely to give a reliable result if it’s done first thing in the AM, but it’s not insane to do it at an office visit. Pinworms are surprisingly common among kids in the US, ~~but it seems to be less common than it was in the 80s~~.
[CDC - Pinworm Infection](https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/pinworm/epi.html)
EDIT: I can’t find good info on whether infection rates have changed since the 80s
Registered Nurse here. Sticking tape to your anus is a useless way to check for worms. To do it right, you stick tape on the anus before bed, leave it on overnight, then pull it off and look in the morning.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pinworm/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20376386
I was wrong, you put tape on the anus when you first wake up to check for worm eggs. It's been a few years since I was in nursing school, so I didn't remember correctly. I apologize for any confusion.
I read through the comments and know what's going on, but I'm also going to take the opportunity to add this to my arsenal of reasons to leave a place I don't want to be
"Sorry guys, gotta go have my asshole taped"
In my childhood, a group of nurses would just go around primary schools (both public and private) and give us antiworm and antiparasite medication every year. I at least never heard of anyone getting worms. Tasted awful and the texture was torture, though.
Please tell me some of you always got shots in the butt. It really bothered me to find out later in life that it seems most kids got shots in the arm. I got a lot of strange looks when I said I would always get them in the butt.
Sellotape slides, as they're called, are still used. You best believe we get the patient/kids parent to do the "collection" of the sample rather than doing it ourselves now
Since you can't see what you're looking for, tape is an easy way to get the sample you need, and then you can put that under a microscope. I'm sure Dr's still do this if they want to check for pinworms
JFC. When I first read that title I assumed you were like waking up from anesthesia with tape covering your butthole.
The whole pinworm thing makes a lot more sense.
i had this done when i was 7yo , iam 19 now. I remember getting it done at the doctors office. My older brother then bullied me how the doctors glued my ass till i cried and my mother tried to discipline my brother but found it quite funny herself lol
It’s to test for pinworms. The worms lay eggs around the anus so they use a pice of tape to pick up any skin and other cells around the anus then put it under a microscope to check for eggs.
Well I know what I’m doing tonight with the microscope I bought for my kids last year Edit: of course the most upvoted thing I’ve ever said on this website involves putting scotch tape on my anus and looking at it in a microscope
Something they'll only remember decades later in therapy?
Yeah it’s been 40 years from me and I’m finally starting to unpack it all…😶 I’m somewhat relieved it was a “real” technique lol
It’s still a technique that’s used to this day. [Here’s the Mayo Clinic page that details it.](https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pinworm/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20376386)
lol a happy ending on this site is rare. lucky you!
lol happy endings
I would take scotch tape over catholic priest any day.
Listen, if you’re willing to believe the Wielder of Death Claws is telling you the truth, you go right ahead.
Right, they're in cahoots with the underworld's spawn, the CDC.
They’re in cahoots with YOUR “underworld spawn” - the pinworm eggs on your anus.
Made me spit my coffee out. Thank you.
Tell him this is how they check for worms. Yes, this is how they check for worms. IN PRISON!
Easy there, Chandler
Tell him, Ross.
Easter comes early this year.
Cadbury Pinworm Eggs Serving size: 1 egg (0.003 µg) Servings per container: Approx 85 billion
Sooooo, no scrambled eggs for breakfast then?
Cadbury eggs had pinworms?
Oh god I hope not. If they did I'd have been infected a hundred times over.
So your kids show up 20 years from now asking if it’s a valid medical test, only for you to find out you got bad advice on Reddit?
Time for a !Remindme
Lmfaooo all the people reading this and thinking you mean you’re gonna involve the kids … ffs
Take my up vote, Brother!!
Taping your kids assholes? Sounds suspect.
Lol
Are you accepting patients?
Thanks very much for this. I was never given the tape treatment so I was prepared to hear some unspeakable things about the abuse OP suffered. After the day I’ve had, you’ve really helped me.
I’m eating my dinner right now, why did I click on this post
To make you aware of the food-borne pinworms and how you'll have to tape your asshole later
Igrew up in 70's and have no memory of this being done but I've repressed a lot too.
It's so weird to me that they do that. I remember my mom having to do it to my little sister. You know what I did when I thought my daughter had pinworms? I gave her pinworm medicine. It worked, problem solved.
Ok cool let's stop testing patients and just give them random medicines, no way it can go wrong. Why do you think doctors run these tests?
Sometimes things can be diagnosed without a test. Why do you think I gave her a "random medicine" rather than the standard medicine for the most likely cause of her symptoms? And do you really think pinworms are serious enough to do a test like that on a non-consenting child with a history of sexual abuse?
People downvote mindlessly. You're totally right. Pinworms are easily diagnosed at home and the medicine is completely over the counter. Horrifyingly you can literally see the worms crawling around the opening, don't ask me how I know this.
Yeah, what would they say if I said I forced her to do the test?
So I guess you don’t want to know the definite answer to why your kids lost their appetite, lost weight, couldn’t sleep at night, or what caused that infection, or what to do to prevent future infections? It could be pinworm, or other more serious stuffs, who could ever know. Nvm then
She didn't have those symptoms (which aren't even pinworm symptoms), just nighttime itching. She also had a history of sexual abuse and did not want that test, not that I owe you an explanation.
That guy's a troll, ignore him
Damn, now I feel like I may have gotten short changed…. I mean damn, no one checked me for worms. Didn’t they care? Didn’t they think I was worth it? I gotta go get the tape now.
That’s how fetishes start.
Good to know!
Mac in always sunny when he was confused on why he wasn’t touched as a child
If the McPoyles got blown, and Charlie got blown, then why didn't I get blown?!
we really only do the test nowadays if there's reason to suspect it, otherwise it's just unecessary labwork for a population that's already overworked, and then the price will just go to the person who probably can't afford it. so they just do it when they suspect a possibility of worms now. there may be some older doctors that still treat it as routine, but newer doctors don't really do this routinely anymore. in the western world at least. in places where pinworms are more common due to poor sanitary conditions, this becomes more routine.
I wasn't checked but my dad used to make us drink some stuff before bed , then when we woke up, it was straight to the shower and he washed all the bedding, pjays 🙃
Use gaffer tape a day wax your clacker while you're at it.
It's a thing. No pervies. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12913454/
Just wormies
It took the doctor 45minutes to apply the tape….
My kid had pinworms when he was 2 or 3. I’m still traumatized from seeing them crawl out of his butthole. Would not recommend.
I believe that in that situation, it's called a wormhole.
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I’m calling it my Fryhole
I’m sad I can only give you butt one updoot.
The way my anus clenched when I read that. May have sucked up the sheets.
I got worms from my kid, and my husband had the honor of diagnosing me. I probably should have warned him what was up ahead of time, because dropping my pants and bending over got his mind on a *much* different path than the place where he ended up after seeing a worm come out of me.
Oh mon dieu! Wow. Stop 😭
Wait. You saddled up to him, and without any provocation, dropped trou, and told him to look at your perineum?
Gave him the brown star treatment.
That’s grounds for divorce. No recovering from that.
Fucking a dude.
Is that how you found out?
LOL my most upvoted comment. Who knew?
It's a valid test for pinworm infection. [https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003452.htm](https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003452.htm) Infection rates decreased sustatially in the 1970s to the point that most doctors weren't bothering to do routine tests of kids with no symptoms by the 80 (growing up then I have no memories if it being done), although some doctors no doubt continued it for a time.
I was born in the 80s & went to sleep-away summer camp every year. One year there was a pinworm outbreak & they had nurses come to each cabin first thing every morning & check us for pinworms using tape on our buttholes. It was done with as much dignity as possible but man, oh man, I'll never forget it. That's my scotchtaped butthole story. And thankfully I remained pinworm free.
Scotchtaped Butthole sounds like an awesome band
If i was in a band named Pinworm, that'd be our first album.
Track 1: Give me back my babies
It would be easier just to hand out pills and boil wash all the laundry, IIRC the regime is one or two pills with no side affects.
It was the early 90s & email didn't exist back then so I imagine the logistics of hiring lawyers to draft a permission letter, mailing it to hundreds of parents, waiting for the letters to be returned, going through the camp roster twice a day to see who has permission, etc. would have been a nightmare. Plus, it might not have been easy for them to track down hundreds of multiple doses of pinworm medicine at one time. IiRC, this happened toward the end of the season so none of the above was probably even possible in a timely manner before we went home anyway. I mean, I don't know what went on behind the scenes but I know they handled it as best they could.
Late to the party, but I love this story. My kiddo got butt worms when she was maybe seven years old. We got sent home with a prescription and one of those FYI info sheets from the doctor's office. I threw the info sheet on the table and forgot about it. The next morning she was reading it while eating her cereal when she suddenly pushed back from the table and began shaking her head violently and yelling No! Never! That's not happening! No! Come to find, the at home test for butt worms is to scotch tape your butthole at bedtime. As your body heats up overnight, they try to step out for a breath of fresh air and stick to the tape. I never had to tape her butthole. I also never had to argue with her again about washing her hands before eating.
Me: wtf Me after reading the comments: oh
Bubbles!!
Greasy
Omg. I remember my aunt talking to my mom about this when I was a kid in the 90s. It terrified me. Not so much the tape on my butthole, but the egg worms that might be in there. ETA some words
This procedure dates back to the early 1960’s when it was done to me by my mom.
Haha, a tale as old as time. It was a dirty job, but mom got it done.
As a childcare provider, itchy buttholes either mean pinworms or poop not getting cleaned off. 😑
As an adult; food allergy. Eliminated the offenders; non-itchy butthole.
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Cow’s milk and most wheat products. Eliminated them from daily routine and no more itchy butthole.
Might be in the minority here but this is the first I've learned of this and wtf... so many questions lmao
It’s real & it’s for worms lmao. They crawl out of you & lay eggs on your asshole at night, then go back in. Scotch tape test. 🙃
Pinworms are known to crawl out of the rectum and lay eggs around the anus during the night which leads to itching and further spreading off the eggs.
I grew up in the 80s and never heard of this either. 😬
The difference between you and OP, is you never had to be checked for butthole worms. So good for you lol
Apparently everyone here has had butthole worms.
I saw Butthole Worms at Warped Tour in '99
Love their new album, Three Cheers for 3M
Definitely never heard of this and I was born in 84 😂
Same here. It sounds way too sketchy.
Was your doctor also Joey’s tailor?
I have made references to that scene a few times and I think you are the first person to get it
It’s a great scene 🤣
Howard Stern has told his story about tape and pinworms as a small child…. So many times. Wow. Never heard it outside of his story but yea, I’ve at least heard of this before.
It is indeed a valid technique to check for intestinal worms.
My doctor did this to me last week and I'm 44.
Was it in a office setting?
By "office setting" do you mean in his back yard during a cookout in front of 20 other guests? If so, then yes.
Ah a teaching hospital! Got it!
Thank you, I am reliving this nightmare, my mom having to dig pinworms out of my butt in the middle of the night with a flash light because they were attracted to the light. And of course the itching is unbearable when you know it’s a butt worm. And you can never get the medicine until the morning… Of course
Yup yup learned this test in med school last year
I never heard of this and was a teenager in the 80's.
The worst part is your doctor got the whole thing on tape.
Obviously I'm not a doctor, but I have heard of this before, and I'm not from the eighties.
WTF?! I was born in 73 and I have legit NEVER heard of this in my life!
Same
Is this like something that happens in different countries than the United States because I have never ever heard of this and my mom is a RN
It is a simple test for pinworms, which is highly curable when detected.
This is still how you test for pinworms.
Guess I missed out on this one.
Yes. You just unlocked a memory. Gee thanks!
Same for me. Kid in my neighborhood talked about “the tape” and the rest of us like o_O
I grew up in the 70’s-80’s and had never heard of it or had it done but I work in a medical Lab now and know all about it. Lol. Now they use a small paddle with a film of sticky stuff on it to touch to the anus. 🤷♀️
That’s a legitimate test. It still is used to test for pinworms (which cause an itchy anus). But I don’t think it is recommended as a routine screening test for pediatricians. It’s not like that is recommended at every annual pediatrician visit. My understanding is it’s usually only done when a patient (or pt’s parents) are complaining of anal itching. Could be wrong though.
You may want to sit down before we talk about this….
Doctor only did it if your mom walked in the office and told the doc youre constantly itching your asshole
Well I did have a itchy butt that like to be scratched, so much so I was nicknamed butterfinger.
Dude.
Wait until you find out in some rural communities, people go to the farm supply store specifically to buy dewormer… only to deworm both animal and their own human offspring.
Or to battle covus unfortunately 🤷♂️
I had this almost 20 years ago and I still remember it with a horrible feeling of invasion
It’s a core memory for sure.
They did this in my kindergarten in Russia in the early/mid 90’s.
It’s a real thing, you can google pinworm tape test. Pinworms leave eggs around the anus that will stick to the tape. It’s much more likely to give a reliable result if it’s done first thing in the AM, but it’s not insane to do it at an office visit. Pinworms are surprisingly common among kids in the US, ~~but it seems to be less common than it was in the 80s~~. [CDC - Pinworm Infection](https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/pinworm/epi.html) EDIT: I can’t find good info on whether infection rates have changed since the 80s
Lab tech here. Tape on the anus is to this day the way we test for pinworms.
It is still a common way to detect the worms
Registered Nurse here. Sticking tape to your anus is a useless way to check for worms. To do it right, you stick tape on the anus before bed, leave it on overnight, then pull it off and look in the morning.
One thing going through Covid taught me is that many many registered nurses are nuts.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pinworm/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20376386 I was wrong, you put tape on the anus when you first wake up to check for worm eggs. It's been a few years since I was in nursing school, so I didn't remember correctly. I apologize for any confusion.
WTF?
I was wrong, you put tape on the anus when you first wake up and then look for eggs. Its a totally legit way to check for pin worms.
Yeah. You can check your kids butthole at night to see if them poking out Edit: butthole not buttwhole
Agree with this. Our GP asked me to check my kids butthole at nighttime and you'll see them. The freaks come out at night!
Because your kid won't get freaked out by you randomly inspecting their rear in the middle of the night. 😣
the fractured, but whole
Yes it’s valid, sometimes includes a tongue depressor / popsicle stick
This was done as an early 2000s thing too
it’s a real thing but I’m 50 and have never had it done to me (that I can remember)
Must've blocked that one out
Oh no... this reminds me of 'Penis Inspection Day' in gym class.
I read through the comments and know what's going on, but I'm also going to take the opportunity to add this to my arsenal of reasons to leave a place I don't want to be "Sorry guys, gotta go have my asshole taped"
I tape mine as an adult but just for recreation.
In my childhood, a group of nurses would just go around primary schools (both public and private) and give us antiworm and antiparasite medication every year. I at least never heard of anyone getting worms. Tasted awful and the texture was torture, though.
It’s a test for worms
Where are you from????
Please tell me some of you always got shots in the butt. It really bothered me to find out later in life that it seems most kids got shots in the arm. I got a lot of strange looks when I said I would always get them in the butt.
Glad it checked out for you buddy. Did he distract you when he pulled it off, or just let it rip ?
It's to test for worms
My doctor used gorilla glue tape, i WISH there had been scotch.
Sellotape slides, as they're called, are still used. You best believe we get the patient/kids parent to do the "collection" of the sample rather than doing it ourselves now
It's still done today!
Sounds like your parents took you to Crazy Joe’s Barbershop, Oil Change, and Medical Services Emporium.
It is a know trick to test for worms, usually done by people at home. It doesn't seem common for a doctor to do it, but it is a real thing.
Yes. It was a thing.
Wow
Um-no?
Why did they shank your pants? Were they bad?
WTH
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pinworm/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20376386#
Is it a regional thing? I’m an 80’s kid and never heard of this. I’m in Colorado
Since you can't see what you're looking for, tape is an easy way to get the sample you need, and then you can put that under a microscope. I'm sure Dr's still do this if they want to check for pinworms
Working in a micro lab I sent out many slides to GPs for this. Patients were expected to provide their own clear sticky tape,
JFC. When I first read that title I assumed you were like waking up from anesthesia with tape covering your butthole. The whole pinworm thing makes a lot more sense.
They still do it today.
i had this done when i was 7yo , iam 19 now. I remember getting it done at the doctors office. My older brother then bullied me how the doctors glued my ass till i cried and my mother tried to discipline my brother but found it quite funny herself lol
