AIBU re threadworm taboo

[Ihateworms]

I hate threadworms, I really do but what I hate even more than the critters themselves is that when I'm utterly exhausted at the party we're going to tomorrow because my DD's been screaming all night that they itch/hurt I won't be able to tell anyone. There's such a taboo about it and I just don't get. It's so so common and yet whenever I have mentioned it to anyone they've looked at me like we've got the plague and live in squalor. They then proceed to tell me that their little darlings have never had it. Actually they've never heard of anyone having had it. And yet supposedly up to half of children under 10 have it at any one time.

AIBU? And any magic tips to stop her getting it again? Obviously we've done the standard (tablet for the whole family and another ready for two weeks, cleaned, clean sheets, clean towels, pants on under PJs etc etc).

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We reported that we had worms to the preschool once so people could be told and be vigilant with their children. We were told we were the first family to ever let them know!

I sympathise OP. My dd used to get them a lot. We did everything. All the things that are suggested, we did them and more. She still picked them up every 4-5 months or so. Now she's 12, she's not them for ages.

Funnily enough my ds (who I consider to be a lot 'worse' at hygiene etc) has never had them and he's nearly 10 now. I honestly think some people are more susceptible.

The only reason I know what they were was my best friend had told me about her dd having them . She laughed to me about the 'horror' of it, but acted like it was very normal. However yes, when I've mentioned to others they've looked at me blankly.

This may be tmi, but I was mortified once when my 6 yr old dd started masturbating. I talked to her about it but it took a long while before she understood it was a private thing etc. I asked my friends and my sister who all gave much older dd's if they'd encountered such an issue and every single one of them looked horrified with a face.
I never mentioned it again!

Adults can catch their children's threadworms. I had them last year .

Never heard the bit about sugar - the DC of ours who gets them most eats very little sugar. It might help but it's no guarantee.

My DDs had threadworms regularly when younger, eventhough medication and hygiene was adhered to (as much as possible with kids) Used to hate them shouting down the stairs "Mam...itchy bum" I'd go up and have a look and (way tmi) used to pull out any I could see with tissue to give them a bit relief and flush them. Dd3 however used to beg me not to flush them because it'd kill them...weirdo.

Dd3 however used to beg me not to flush them because it'd kill them...weirdo.

Haha my DS is exactly the same, last time he had them he was refusing the Ovex 'but they're alive, they're just trying to live', the annoying itchy bum soon took presidency over the life of the horrid little worms.