Dd passed a long gelatinous worm like thing in her poo

[Fisharefriendsnotfood]

..twice yesterday. Almost looked like discharge but had a red/brown line running through the middle of it. Am very she has been very tired recently but otherwise well. Any ideas? Should I be going to Dr?

I'd keep it and take it and her to the docs

Definitely needs looking at, did you keep them? If not, grab the next one (cos there likely will be one) and let the Dr see it

Keep it and go to the GP.

anything like this?

Yes very like that oh Lordy. And we all had threadworms last year. They're going to think we're manky aren't they

Doc didn't seem to think it was worms but didn't offer another explanation

She gave me a prescription and said it was up to me.. Dd is over tired, circles under eyes and runny poo last few days so I think I'll treat her, what do you think?

YuleingFanjo that worm is shown as seen down a microscope! They are tiny in real life and it is impossible to see them in poo.

fisharefriends if you see another, pick it out , put it in a pot and take it to the GP. Get them to send it to Pathology where a Microbiologist will have a look at it.

We can easily tell if it is a worm of some kind, but often things people think are worms turn out to be undigested vegetable matter (e.g. beansprouts).

HTH

Findus I took it to doc and she said that she didn't think it was a worm as it broke up easy. Do you think I should treat the dc anyway?

I think it sounds like the lining of bowel coming away, very normal especially after bout of diahrea. Have experienced it my self and also took dd to gp after simialr incident and dr explained to me it is very common and a sign on of healing from a a bateria in bowels. I wouldnt bother treating for worms.

Thread worms are tiny- like threads of white cotton about a cm long. Very hard to see in poo

That wasnt a threadworm that you found

fishare friends can't say for sure if it was a worm or not without seeing it. It would be very unprofessional of me to advise you on treatment.

Can only say if you see any more then take it to the GP again and ask for it to be sent.

Sorry I can't be more help than that .

I know it wasn't threadworms. Don't know, she seems so unwell in herself

Sorry - I can't say for sure...

Understood, thanks Findus. Would treating her cause any harm if she doesn't have worms. It was huge, about 3 to 4 inches long fwiw

We all had worms recently and none of us were ill at all and the worms were very very small and white. The treatment was one pill and none of us had any side effects from it. I think if I were you'd id treat for worms whatever happens.

Have you looked at google for images of intestinal worms, that might give you more help than a dr?

Not a good idea to google 'intestinal worms', you will scare the crap out of yourself !

Some of them are truly horrid, especially down a microscope!

was it segmented?

Oh and yy the pictures are pretty grim!

No I don't think so. Was a long soft gloopy thing, transparent kind of like egg white but with a brown/ red line through the centre of it

It could just be mucus.

The prescription might not be specifically for treatment of worms, it could be something the GP prescribed for diarrhoea or any of her other symptoms.

If you are still concerned about your DD, go back to your GP.

Please don't try to self-diagnose using google!

Okay - I once rushed baby DS off to the GP saying that his baby poo was full of moving worm like things. Turns out, it was banana fibre. Really jelly-like with red/brown bits through. It only looked like it was moving because I had been staring at it for so long!

Has your DD had banana recently?

We eat banana a lot actually. Argh!! Think I'll wait a couple of days and see how she is