To ask for your advice on worms!

[delacruz]

Dd is 6 she somehow got worms at the start of the year from school (I think) I gave the necessary treatment to the whole family, boil washed absolutely everything, hoovered the full shabang, everything went back to normal no itchyness no more 'I'm still hungry'. I treated everyone again and repeated what I done before not that long ago just to be on the safe side!

So tonight dd is having some issues going to the toilet at night (not sure why trying to figure this out) and had an accident in her room to which I notice worms again, although this time no itching and no constant hunger so if I didn't check her stool I wouldn't of known. So now I'm panicking I've not been doing everything properly and are there any other tips you could give me to prevent them from coming back again? Is there anything stronger I could give to us all or any home remedies that may work?

Please help 😩

You have to treat again at bang on 2 weeks after.

How long ago did you last treat and what was the gap?

Were the worms dead? They have to come out somehow! You will have treated properly if you have given 2 lots of medication 2 weeks apart. But they will still be inside but dead. Bit gross, but true!!

The treatment I got said only treat after 2 weeks if necessary, I made sure all hands were washed constantly and bedding washed every other day, I only treated again about 3 months ago due to my own paranoia.

Treated again tonight and done as much as I can without waking the other DC up but will full on blitz tomorrow morning, I'll definitely do another treatment in 2 weeks just to be on the safe side this time!

@Thebig3 yes they were dead. I'll definitely treat again in 2 weeks time this time! Makes my skin crawl just thinking about it

Make sure the children's school is informed. If they aren't being attentive to the kid's hygiene then the re-infestation could be coming from there.

@honeybuzzle I think that's exactly the case well actually IMHO I think it's lazy parents, if it's not worms it's headlice and it's driving me mad! School will be notified as soon as they go back because I can't carry this on for god knows how long!

Make sure fingernails are thoroughly scrubbed with a nail brush too - the eggs are tiny and can hide underneath nails then get ingested again when fingers go to mouth/food.

My son recently had them and I felt the same. They're horrible! Definitely treat 2 wks after this time and you should be fine. My son had them in his poo for a couple of days after treatment but they were dead!

Yeah - you got to treat 2 weeks after to break the lifecycle.

We've had it twice - I don't ever bother with the crazy added cleaning regime - we've never needed it.

Good luck

its very easy to reinfect if a child bites their nails, make sure they wash their hands a lot. also the tablets are quite expensive but you can get a prescription if you cant afford.

Thank you all for your advice

@boomshakalak I don't think I'm going to go as crazy in the cleaning this time round, it's exhausting!

My poor dd seems to catch absolutely everything, when she first started school it was headlice, I have really long hair so I sat and picked every single one out of her hair and treated us both, then it was worms the first time round, then she got a verucca from somewhere ( guessing school from indoor pet no shoes on) as we haven't been swimming in god knows how long! I feel a bit sorry for her!

Hey - they've all been through it. Think of it as character building. Life can be shitty!