Ds has worms. Medicine taken but what else do I need to do?

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Oh lord, clearly worms, I’ve got some medicine which he has taken but what do I do so the house is de wormed? Boil wash all bedding and towels but toys ect? I have 2 other children and one is a baby so I’m trying to minimise the spread

Hard but try to get him to not scratch and keep hands away from mouth that's how the eggs are spread. Definitely boil wash bedding and towels and give him his own towel to use (if you usually share) until he is clear!

How long till he is clear? The medicine says one dose which he has had but will keep everything separate aswel. He doesn’t know he has them he will freak so I’ve just told him about not scratching and put sudocrem on his bum to ease it a bit so he can sleep.

Plenty of hand washing/ nail scrubbing.

Maybe onesie type PJs (to minimise ease of scratching) with underpants underneath for bed and wash in morning.

Everyone in house should be dosed, except pregnant or under-two's I think.

Not the most pleasant thing to have but good for immune system, allegedly! Good luck!

Ideally the Whole family should be treated. With repeat dose in 2 weeks.

Great thank you. The baby is only 4 months so I just hope for the best with her I guess?! 🤷🏼‍♀️ The rest of us will be done and again in two weeks and I will do as you say. Thanks again

I found the medicine eases the itching feeling really quickly so if you can wash everything and make him wash his hands regularly you should be ok as there'll be less scratching and so less spreading. They're a lot easier to get rid of than nits. Don't worry.

Wash all towels and bedding.

Burn everything.

That's how I feel each time DC has had them.

The eggs can live for 2 weeks on surfacess and can be breathed in. A life cycle is 6 weeks I think so just keep checking as the worms aren't killed instantly. At night time, a couple of hours after bedtime is when they like to come out and lay eggs so I always check then. They say to keep up a really strict cleaning routine for at least 2 weeks with showers every morning to wash any eggs away. And to change the bedding everyday for the first few days after treatment... Can you tell we've had them a few times!!

We’ve had them twice. Advice I’ve had is to treat, them wash all the bedding. Wear underwear each night.
As soon as you each get up straight in the shower and bum wash. Fresh pants on. Towels washed daily. Infected child’s bedding washed daily (1st time I washed everyone’s bedding daily). Do this for two weeks. Then reside with medicine
Toys that can’t be washed go in the loft for 6 weeks for eggs to die
Damp wipe all surfaces in the house, I paid special attention to plastic toys
Vacuum everywhere well. I vacuumed bedrooms everyday for two weeks too
Hand wash before eating and after using loo

I bloody hate worms 😭

wash all towels and bedding.
don't share towels and for a couple of weeks change towels daily.
if dc has a cuddly toy - wash that as well.
cut fingernails short.
wear underpants (at night!) and change those mornings and evenings. those also need a hot wash.
don't shake the bedding.

tbh
I found worms easier to deal with than nits...

Oh god we've just been through this.

I changed all the bedding and towels. Clean underwear every morning. You dont need to boil wash, normal temperature is fine.

There's good advice on the NHS website.

Thank you. He seems less itchy today and our whole life has been washed and everything dettol’d today. He is in pants and I will do the showering in the morning. He has washed his hands lots. But dear god I have to do this everyday for 2 weeks? Everyone’s bedding and towels 😩 I’m half tempted to burn it all and buy new.

I took a chance and only changed the bedding on the day I found out (and gave medicine) and then again on my usual day which was 3 days after. I don't have a dryer and just wouldn't be able to keep up with that level of laundry.

Touch wood, it's been a week and a half and no itchy bums so far!

I don’t have a dryer either and it looks like a Chinese laundry in my house at the moment. I have re washed infected Child’s towel and bedding today and done the shower this morning with bum wash and fresh pants so I might see how we go as my stuff from yesterday isn’t fully dry yet. Why this couldn’t happen in dry weather so I could dry outside is typical!

I feel your pain OP. I'd just gotten on top of the worms laundry backlog and last night my son wet the bed 😩

The first time we encountered worms I went way over the top with the laundry etc and from what I read online, I thought we would never again be free of them! I remember reading about people leaving their homes for 2 weeks to leave everything die off, or having the heating on max for a fortnight etc.. But we had them again about a year ago, and we just made sure everyone in house was dosed and again 14 days later, washed bedding and PJs of the culprit sensibly, like normal once a week, and made sure everyone was careful with hand washing and all was well with minimum drama.