worms - why has one son had it twice and the others NEVER?

[cod]

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[NotQuiteCockney]

Thumbsucking? Nosepicking?

Or maybe his gut is just more susceptible?

[blueteddy]

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[gingerbear]

must be worm time Cod, my niece was mortified to find wigglers last week. The doc has given the each of the family a big orange pill to take followed by one in two weeks time.

Poor DS2, they are horrid.

[blueteddy]

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[NotQuiteCockney]

Pants in bed? Changing sheets/towels a lot? Trimming nails?

The problem is, the writhing in agony makes you scratch, which obviously causes the whole problem.

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[blueteddy]

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[NotQuiteCockney]

They are really really easy to catch, and quite hard to prevent. They've been around DS1's school, I think.

[blueteddy]

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[gingerbear]

2 weeks later-that is to kill off the new worms once the eggs have hatched.

My bum itches now.

[NotQuiteCockney]

You would think there would be topical prevention/treatment options. Some sort of anti-itching egg-killing goop to apply. Ok, applying it wouldn't be nice, but as there are suppositories, what would be the difference? Much less interventionist than taking a pill, particularly when the whole family has to do it.

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[blueteddy]

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[NotQuiteCockney]

In theory, I guess. But nobody ever does, nobody ever gets warnings from school about it, nobody ever owns up, do they?

[NotQuiteCockney]

Goodness cod, you know everyone's had it, right? Nothing to feel horrible about.

(And, gross as it is, it isn't actually a health threat or anything.)

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[blueteddy]

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[iota]

we get worm warnings from school and nursery.

won't the teacher notice if a child is squirming? and maybe the child might tell someone?

I felt it necesssary to tell the teacher when ds1 had a sore willie as I had to slther cream on it 3 times a day and didn't want a remark to be misconstrued if ds1 had mentioned it at school

[nutcracker]

What are the symptoms ??? I worry mine will get them and it will go undetected forever.

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[NotQuiteCockney]

Lots of itching and scratchiing around the anus.

You can actually see worms if you have a good look. They're small, but thoroughly visible.

[nutcracker]

Ewww yuck....thankfully think we are ok then i think.