Thread worms help.

[DevineBetty27]

Last night after many hours of my 5 year old daughter’s upset with a painful vagina and hours of trying different things to settle her and work out what was wrong I managed to work out my daughter has thread worms. I have managed to get some medicine today to treat us but I have just had surgery so can’t clean my house from top to bottom as suggested or as I normally wouid as it says the eggs would be living on potentially anything she has touched and will reinfect her. I can’t physically do the deep cleaning of the whole house without causing damage to my incisions/stitches. I’ve put the bedding on a hot was but can’t do everything else. I was thinking of getting the dettle anti bac spray for all the carpets and soft furnishings but not sure if it wouid kill the eggs. I’m a single mum with no family near by. I literally have never even had a conversation with someone about worms before let alone expect my daughter to get them. What a nightmare. Any advice on getting rid of the eggs. Or if treatment works alone? Thank you

I’ve never done the full deep cleaning people talk about and always found the Ovex works anyway.

The things I find are key:

Take two rounds of ovex, 2 weeks apart. Always do this as the second round kills the eggs that have hatched since the first round.

Keep nails short and make sure they wash hands regularly especially after loo and before eating. Discourage hands in mouth as much as you can.

Wear pants or PJs at night to discourage scratching

Do hot wash of PJs, pants and bedding but I wouldn’t worry about the rest.

Play doh is a haven for worm eggs so I would ditch that, also anything similar like plasticine, slime, etc.

Unfortunately if there are worms going around at her school or nursery you may find that they come back regardless of what you do. Keep some Ovex in stock.

Thank you. That makes me feel a whole lot better.

I will do what I can and hope for the best 🤞xx