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Ovex threadworm hell -4 days

78 replies

Humblebumbleoh · 31/01/2021 00:14

I have read literally every thread (shudder at the word) on the entire sodding internet about these little bastards.

They’re supposed to be dead ‘within a few days’ after taking ovex. It’s been four and I’ve checked and they’re still there!!

Someone please tell me they die soon?!

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LemonadeFromLemons · 04/02/2021 21:50

I’ve had the little buggers before. I seem to remember the only way I got rid of them was to wash my bumhole in excruciatingly hot water with some frequency say every 4 hours when home (and yes) that included at night.

LostInMoab · 04/02/2021 22:08

This is a really stupid question, but how can you tell if you’re seeing worms in poo or just fibre? We had them a few months ago and I thought they were all gone but I still feel like I see them in my toddler’s poo all the time (not moving) - DH reckons it’s just fibre I’m seeing and I’m completely paranoid... (he may well be right!)

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Humblebumbleoh · 05/02/2021 13:26

@LostInMoab it’s really hard to tell. I’m ignoring poo and looking at bums Grin

Waiting for a call back from doctors. Two doses of ovex and still seeing adult worms almost ten days later

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Ookkaayy · 05/02/2021 16:44

@LostInMoab They would have disrupted sleep and would be complaining A LOT about an itchy or tickly bottom. I'd check their bottom to be sure.

@Humblebumbleoh Goodness! What did the doctors say?

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Humblebumbleoh · 05/02/2021 21:23

@Ookkaayy take more ovex next week Hmm

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LostInMoab · 05/02/2021 21:40

Thanks Ookkaayy. No complaints about bum and he’s never slept through the night so disrupted is our norm!

Meandmyhamsterheadagain · 05/02/2021 21:58

I had some discovered during a colonoscopy. I was told to take over 3x a day for 5 days, and then to repeat in 2 weeks. I had no symptoms or idea I had them. We did the family and hubby once to be sure and again 2 weeks later.

idril · 05/02/2021 22:09

My daughter had recurrent stomach ache and got referred to a consultant. Everything was fine on xray, blood tests, allergy tests etc. and when I mentioned she had recurrent worms, he said that they can cause stomach ache and he prescribed 1 ovex tablet per day for 4 days on the trot. Then one a week for another 4 weeks. It seemed to do the trick. He said one tablet sometimes just isn't enough.

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Humblebumbleoh · 05/02/2021 23:02

@idril how long ago was this please? Was the medication ovex?

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idril · 06/02/2021 07:51

@Humblebumbleoh It was about 4 years ago. It was own brand ovex but exactly the same active ingredient at the same strength.

Crazykidscrazylife · 06/02/2021 09:09

How are you all doing now? I remember it took a week to get rid of for us. I hated it. Two doses but I was a maniac. I changed bedding every day, every carefully, making sure not to shake it. Toys were bagged up and either sterilised in the bath with Milton, washed in the washing machine or put in the loft for 3 weeks because of the fucking eggs. I hoovered every day. Cleaned the bath 3 times a day (after each bath) and sprayed and wiped down the loo and sink after every visit. Absolutely hated the experience.

BBS20 · 06/02/2021 12:37

It's been nearly 3 months for me and I can't get rid of the blighters. Trust me I've tried everything! I have felt them every day. I've taken Ovex - even double dosing weekly and then taking it every few days. The hygiene measures everyone bangs on about will not make an ounce of difference if you can't kill off the adult worms to begin with. Each worm lays 10,000+ eggs so it's incredibly difficult to not ingest or breathe them in.

mootymoo · 06/02/2021 12:51

No you take one dose then a second 2 weeks later. Takes that long to fully work alas

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Humblebumbleoh · 06/02/2021 14:34

@BBS20 @mootymoo this is the thing!! You take one dose, which is supposed to kill adult worms ‘in several days’, but it takes 2 weeks for worms to hatch so you take a second dose to kill worms that hatch after 2 weeks. But if you don’t kill the originals - which is what we’re saying - there’s no point whatsoever doing the hygiene measures. The hygiene stuff is to prevent reinfection. im not even at that point, I haven’t had a single day where there haven’t been worms, they’re just NOT DYING!!

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BBS20 · 06/02/2021 16:02

@Humblebumbleoh Exactly! I still haven't reached that point either, though I still continue to bloody clean. If you're still seeing them (alive) I would contact your Gp again he/she might be more understanding/helpful than mine.

RuLu · 06/02/2021 16:57

I got told to clean & then put lots of Vaseline on to suffocate them! I did this for a few days morning & night & they were gone. Next dose 14 days later & no sign since.

Blimeyoreilly2020 · 06/02/2021 17:06

Are you using the ovex tablets or suspension liquid? We’ve found the liquid way more effective than the tablets, absolutely no idea why but that’s what we found. Totally feel for you - we are thank God almost out of that stage now😅😅.....assuming you are regularly washing everything, make sure bums are washed/wiped with a wet wipe both morning and night and Vaseline on at night too.

MNCar · 06/02/2021 17:35

Too much ovex isn’t going to kill you.

I’d crack on and take a dose every three days for 3 weeks. Get them gone.

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Humblebumbleoh · 06/02/2021 17:39

@Blimeyoreilly2020 weirdly enough, dh and kids have had the liquid and seem fine - I had the tablet and am most decidedly not fine 😂

Think I will take combo of you and @MNCar advice and take liquid tomorrow!

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LookToTreblesGoingTreblesGone · 06/02/2021 17:46

Also, take garlic capsules.

BBS20 · 07/02/2021 21:09

@Humblebumbleoh do update us on how you get on

Covidworries · 07/02/2021 21:50

My DD cant take oral meds so we use vasaline which seems to do the teick if she gets them

Anothernameanothertime · 17/02/2021 11:31

@Humblebumbleoh how did you get on. We are still in a horrible bout of them. Talking to gp about dosing as want to go nuclear and do similar to pp eg ovex 3 days in a row then weekly for 6 weeks lifecycle.

I can’t wash any more Sad

BigWoollyJumpers · 17/02/2021 11:38

Washing bums morning and night, and every time after going to the toilet works too. I had my own flannel and bidet towel, changed every time.... Oh, how I would have loved a bidet. I react to Ovex, so can't take it, and I got rid of them by doing this religiously for a couple of weeks. Everyone else in the family took the Ovex, and were fine.

Foresttheout · 17/02/2021 11:50

@Anothernameanothertime not in the UK but in a developing country so worm ourselves as standard due to poor hygiene. I have never had an infection I was aware of but preventative measure here is tablets of either albendazole or mebendazole one a day for 3 days and recently when I admitted to the pharmacist I hadn't taken any for over a year he told me to take daily for 5 days then repeat the 5 days in 6 weeks time. Based on that I would say its pretty safe to go nuclear. I'm shocked at the cost in the UK though, I paid a few pounds for 10 days worth