Worms in pre-schooler

[GloGirl]

My son is nearly 4 and last Wednesday night he was complaining very loudly at bedtime about a sore bottom. I settled him to sleep after an hour, Googled it, gave him Ovex the next morning and since then we're still having problems. He was really upset the next night and I wanted to prove it was worms and after soothing him to sleep I was able to spot one [envy}

We had this issue! Basically it's something like this: Ovex works by removing the worms' food supply - glucose. Too much Ovex (I tried giving one a week for a while!) caused constipation as the poo dries out. Lactolose is like glucose - makes the poo wet, but feeds the worms! Catch 22!

Forgot the solution! Give Ovex for the worms. 1 tablet each time, 2 weeks apart. No more than that. Then use another way of addressing the constipation. We used movicol - bought over the counter at a chemist.

Thanks MoreThanUs I did realise a bit later what an error I had made with the Lactulose after reading what Ovex did about sugar! Makes sense it would also change poo consistency.

I can't live like this for another week and a half until I can dose him again! I am going mad!!!! I am tempted by Movicol.

Do you think he is being reinfected? I've never heard of Ovex not working.

Give him some prune juice for the constipation - a small glass either at breakfast or before bed - it works wonders