Can worms cause bleeding?

[Rosey8]

Apologies for posting the same sorry tale in lots of different places..
After 8months of my 3yr old daughters rectal bleeding the doctors still not totally sure of cause.. Have been through everything from IBD to allergies to fissures to piles, still waiting on test results for coeliac and now the latest suspect is threadworms!

Is there any chance this could be the cause? Currently trying dairy&soya free diet and loads of lactulose & anusol.

Have also taken first set of worms tablets.

Sigh - sorry - when I write it all down I realise how many possibilities there could be. Also waiting on ultrasound app

Anyone had similar situation?
Many thanks mums xx

Sorry, doesn't fit very well. I would have thought scratching self would cause bleeding, most of it external. And that's only because of the constant night-time itch. Usually people know it very well when they have worms.

You would know if she had worms, my 3 year old pulled her trousers down in middle of tescos amd shouted "my bum is sooooooo itchy mummy plz scratch my bum !"

Poor little thing.

Yes you can get blood in the stools but it's generally due to gut damage from a chronic worm burden & the chances of not seeing supporting signs (distended abdomen, weight loss, passing dead worms & itching etc) are slim. It's also quite unusual & would generally see mucous before blood.
It sounds like your're having a frustrating time .

Ultrasound will hopefully shed some light on things, fingers crossed for you
I assume they've ruled out the simple like an anal fissure?

Scrap that last - apologies, posting from app so can't see your op & forgot the fissures & piles mention.
Not intentionally being obtuse.

Had a think about how I presented (asked my mum actually) I had early onset Crohn's dz - I developed diverticulitis and had polyps galore - on their own juvenile polyps cause painless rectal bleeding, diverticulitis & other causes tend to present with other symptoms.

I'll leave you alone now before you know far more about my bowels than you want to.
Thinking of you though, it's horrible not knowing.

Thanks for all the responses.
Worms doesn't seem the answer..altho may now just be complicating matters!
The fissure is what me & doc are going for at mo but it seems to come and go so frequently, we just had 5 straight days of no blood at all and then it starts to return. Also can't seem to find anyone who has had a fissure this long! If it is that it must be quite a bad one! I think the anusol has helped a little so i don't know if that could maybe help fissures heal?

We have had stool tests done for 'markers of IBD' & they came back negative (at least on the repeat test, the first one was slightly elevated but they said that could be a blip)

Polyps is another one that on research seem to fit the bill. Is it possible to have these without any of the other complications?

Thanks again ladies, great to have all these mum opinions to go alongside the diagnosis/dr tests xx

My friends dd had polyps she used to bleed on and off for a year or so until Xmas eve one year she bled very badly and mum took her to a and e she had colonoscopy and they found polyps which were dealt with

Stressedtothehilt - that's interesting as DD's is very much on & off, blood can be there one poo & gone the next!

Will research bit more about polyps, was she otherwise well?

Thanks again! X

Could it be anal fissure? Every time a stool is passed, it opens up the wound again. Therefore it will goes round in circles; heals, opens up wound, heals ... If the blood is bright red and on the surface of the stool, then there is a possibly it may be anal fissure.

Pinklemon - that's the main theory at the moment but I can't believe a fissure can go on this long! 8months & counting)
She's now in 2x10ml lactulose a day so I'm hoping that will give any fissure that might be there a chance to heal properly.

Friend had Peutz-Jacob (?sp) and didn't realise until adulthood. They cause polyps & occasional bleeding (no other problems).