So embarrassed .... what do we do about threadworms?

[wormy]

I have changed my name due to the shame

I am sure that DS has threadworms. He often complains of an itchy bottom and I always thought it was because he may not wipe his bottom properly.
Anyway, this evening he was screaming and writhing from major intense itching ... I had a look (yuk!) and am sure I saw a couple of teeny white wormy things. His poor bottom was red and inflamed.

Feel like a terrible mum ... what do I do ... can I do something without having to go to the doctor (have been 3 times in 2 weeks with various ailments of DD and feel I live there!)
What has caused it? He is good at washing his hands after going to the loo but he is a nailbiter (more shame )

Just checked my Boots pack and it says 2 weeks too so must be different products. (Mebendazole, these are)

Prize to roisin, actually, coddy, nyaah.

Anyway, wormy, eggs can live outside the body, so make sure you wash bedding on as hot a wash as it can stand, and do this frequently after the treatment has been given as well.

Some pharmacists recommend treating all the family at once, but I think that most adults know whether they have them or not so I don't think that's necessary.

Can I just say I'm dead proud of myself to have guessed right
When people are masquerading on mn I NEVER have the faintest idea who they are, and always feel really stupid when everyone else knows and I don't. And Janh always guesses first!

Oi ... who are you calling a silly cow, oh one that looks like a trout??

I wasn't that embarrassed, just felt like being a bit silly ... bored I guess, DH took DS to school today so it is quiet here.

I just rang my friend who is a pharmacist and she said I can just go in to the chemist. Prescriptions aren't necessarily free for children here anyway so price won't make a diff.

Just as an aside, when DS turns 6 (in november) I will have to start paying $35 for him to see the GP (that is 10 quid )

I never work out who anyone is either roisin ...
I can't bear it when people change names

Don't believe it! This is the third thread I've seen today I could have started myself. Saw the same in dd earlier! Now I know what to do and don't need to panic. Dh says thet can provide allergy protection. Anyone know if he's right or just watching too much Discovery while abroad working?

swedishmum, do you mean the worms can provide allergy protection or the tablets?

Got some 'de-worm' (nice name) tablets from the pharmacy. One dose only apparently will do it. The pharmacist said I needed to check with the doctor whether I give them to DD as she is under 2. I am going to leave her out of the treatment at the moment though anyway as she seems to react to drugs (just had a major reaction to penicillin) and it says on the packet that it can cause skin reactions. I will take my chances and if it does come back I will have her treated too.

Thanks for all the advice everyone

Lots of love

wormy

Apparently it was the worms - a guy on tv drank water with some in to protect against hayfever - can't say I'll be trying it myself.

Of course dh could have been out for the night and had a couple of beers and imagined the whole thing...

hayfever and sneezy nose etc VS worms and itchy bum all night??
I'll have the hayfever please.

And I'm not sure that the allergy protection was from thread worms. Most of that program was about tape worms.....much nastier things and far less common.

The theory is that having worms causes a rise is specific antibodies and this rise helps to switch off the allergic response. They are working on how to do this without having to have worms and an itchy arse!

Tapeworms can get to be huge, many yards in length!

Thought dh may have been confused - sounded a bit odd to me!