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Worms? Worried mama - pic attached, sorry 😔

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Deepseafish · 27/08/2024 22:19

My DD has been having on and off tummy cramps for nearly 2 weeks now😔along with awful night time wakings with sore tummy and on and off loose stools. Gp has finally requested a stool sample after I said I can’t really keep her on round the clock painkillers for 2 weeks. I managed it tonight and saw this- am I right thinking this looks like a threadworm and could explain the tummy cramps? There was only this one in the sample which is odd but not sure what else it could be. I’ve been woken every 2 hours by her for 2 weeks now with sore tummy so I’m beyond tired and worried now and just want to get to the bottom of it and GP said sample may take a week to come back 😔she’s exhausted at school because of the night wakings as normally sleeps like a dream.

Worms? Worried mama  - pic attached, sorry 😔
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Wonkywinky · 27/08/2024 22:24

We've had worms soany times I've lost count .they have always been the threadworm type and much smaller than that
It looks more like some normal bowel mucus or a bit of the lining which sheds normally .
As I say the worms we've had are much smaller and wriggling in the poo.

Wonkywinky · 27/08/2024 22:25

I can see underneath there's another string like mucousy but as well

Deepseafish · 27/08/2024 22:26

Ah so more like to be mucous in stool? dang it, thought I’d solved it for a moment! 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

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