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How this could even happen?

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Ethny · 14/11/2024 20:14

Posting here for traffic as I’m panicking.
My 5yo dd got threadworms. I gave her ovex 24 days ago, then 18 days ago and 4 days ago. Today she complained she has an itchy bum after the shower. How is it even possible she still has threadworms? Even if she is reinfected it shouldn’t come back that soon! What do I do now? I’m scared. I have a newborn in a household.

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Ethny · 14/11/2024 21:21

Error404pagenotfound · 14/11/2024 21:16

Does she actually have worms? Is she itchy because she’s just had them and maybe feels anxious about them? Could she have scratched herself slightly previously and it’s now itching as it heals?

She is not aware she had worms. She had an “itchy bottom”, that’s it.
She went to sleep easily though. Could it be an irritation from constant washing? Unlikely though… checking her every 10 mins this night

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Error404pagenotfound · 14/11/2024 21:16

Does she actually have worms? Is she itchy because she’s just had them and maybe feels anxious about them? Could she have scratched herself slightly previously and it’s now itching as it heals?

LucyLocketLovesPollyPocket · 14/11/2024 21:16

Because the first dose would have started the starvation of the worms. Day 6 when given again, would have had no effect on any remaining eggs from the original infestation, or of those that had been picked up since. Its null and void. There would have been eggs at varying stages of maturity, hatching at different periods after the effects of the meds had worn off.

3 days for the worms to die is an estimate, depending on how established the infestation is, it can be longer. Personally I would treat the last dose as day 0 and give again after 14 days.

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Ethny · 14/11/2024 21:05

LucyLocketLovesPollyPocket · 14/11/2024 20:59

I'm tired, so i need to write this out. You gave at day 0, then 6 days later, then 14 days later. 6 days later would have little to no effect. The 14 days later one (24 days from first dose) you've done is like day 0 again if there were hatchlings in the mean time.

Have you seen any worms? Apply vaseline or suducrem to the anus to stop the worms from exploring, give antihistamine to stop the itch from their secretions, wear pants at night, wash the bottom in the morning and wash all pants, flannels and towels after each use. Do the dose again for the whole family in 14 days.

Why you don’t consider second dose as a day 0 dose and the third dose as a 14 days dose?

The worms should pass during 3 days after a dose. Should we wait 10 more days for another dose?

I saw a couple of worms in her poo after the initial dose

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LucyLocketLovesPollyPocket · 14/11/2024 20:59

I'm tired, so i need to write this out. You gave at day 0, then 6 days later, then 14 days later. 6 days later would have little to no effect. The 14 days later one (24 days from first dose) you've done is like day 0 again if there were hatchlings in the mean time.

Have you seen any worms? Apply vaseline or suducrem to the anus to stop the worms from exploring, give antihistamine to stop the itch from their secretions, wear pants at night, wash the bottom in the morning and wash all pants, flannels and towels after each use. Do the dose again for the whole family in 14 days.

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Ethny · 14/11/2024 20:48

LucyLocketLovesPollyPocket · 14/11/2024 20:43

Second dose should be 14 days from the first to break the life cycle and any eggs that weren't hatched at the first dose.

The meds starve the worms of food so they die, they don't kill the worms straight out. It can take days. Any unhatched eggs wouldn't have had any affect from the meds.

I understand it. But she got 3 doses: 3 weeks + 3 days ago, 2 weeks + 4 days ago and 4 days ago. So there were 2 weeks between 2nd and 3rd doses. Why would she itch after the last dose… worms shouldn’t be adult

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Ethny · 14/11/2024 20:45

Error404pagenotfound · 14/11/2024 20:38

Did you wash all bedding/towels on a hot wash?

It could be that she’s picking them up again from nursery or the tablet didn’t work as well as it should maybe?

I washed everything. I expected the pause between episodes if she picking worms up again. I don’t understand

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LucyLocketLovesPollyPocket · 14/11/2024 20:43

Second dose should be 14 days from the first to break the life cycle and any eggs that weren't hatched at the first dose.

The meds starve the worms of food so they die, they don't kill the worms straight out. It can take days. Any unhatched eggs wouldn't have had any affect from the meds.

Error404pagenotfound · 14/11/2024 20:38

Did you wash all bedding/towels on a hot wash?

It could be that she’s picking them up again from nursery or the tablet didn’t work as well as it should maybe?

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Ethny · 14/11/2024 20:37

PrettyYellow30 · 14/11/2024 20:24

Have you treated the whole household? It could be she's catching them back off a child at school, get the school to send a letter home.

The school refused to send the letter. Everyone in the household is treated except a newborn. But only 4 days passed since the last treatment. The worms shouldn’t itch yet

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PrettyYellow30 · 14/11/2024 20:24

Have you treated the whole household? It could be she's catching them back off a child at school, get the school to send a letter home.