WORMS

[magnoliablooms]

I'm thinking off getting some ovex in before my child starts school. I was just wondering what happens if I don't treat it though- will the worms all die off eventually?

Why wouldn't you treat it? When a child has worms, it itches, especially at night. Why would you you leave a child in discomfort? And why stockpile ovex in advance? My oldest is going into 3 year and has never had worms... The medicine is easy to get when needed.

I wouldn't leave my child in discomfort- that's why I'm getting the ovex in - not stockpiling- one packet. I read on here they are pretty much guaranteed to get worms. I was simply wondering what the deal is if it's untreated. Do the worms all eventually die?

Really? Neither of mine ever had worms. I'd just buy some if you need it or it might go out of date before you do.

Buy it when you need it, treat again 2 weeks later, teach them to wash their hands properly after going to the loo and no, the worms won't just die if you leave them as they just lay eggs and multiply! Top tip, if they can't take tablets, crush them up in ketchup...can't taste them at all.

No they don't eventually die out. They spread, easily, to everyone else in the household and anyone else they come into regular close contact with. Then they will continue to re-infect and re-infect, round and round.

Theoretically, if you are extremely careful with hygiene so that no new eggs are picked up by the child or anyone else, then the worms will die out in 6 weeks or so and that's that. But it's virtually impossible!

Thread worms are usually not serious but can cause great discomfort and itchiness.
They don't just die if left untreated. They need treatment to get rid of them

For the love of god, just give them Ovex asap before your entire school community and extended family is infected with parasites.

@mybeesarealive not only does the child not yet have worms, they haven't yet started school.

Oh OK thanks I'll do that

Thanks that's really helpful

Thank you

My child doesn't have worms I'm just incredibly anxious about them getting worms

You don't need it in in advance. My two never had worms. My nephew did and as he spent a lot of time in my house I just popped to boots when I found out and treated the whole family.

I'd disagree. I'd have a treatment in for that bedtime when you notice because you can then treat straight away (they're nice orange chewable tablets that taste quite nice). I used to find that otherwise I'd think "oh yes, I must get some treatment tomorrow" then forget until the next night. And I also used to find it took about 24 hours to make a difference, so if I gave it straight away they were normally fine the next night, but if I waited until the morning they had another itchy night.

It's something ridiculous like 10% of all under 10s have threadworms at any one point. So they will be around them. They'll probably get them at some point too.
What I did find is different children react differently. Dd2 got terribly unbearably itchy; ds didn't notice at all. So you may find your dc don't really notice.