worms - why has one son had it twice and the others NEVER?

[cod]

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Thumbsucking? Nosepicking?

Or maybe his gut is just more susceptible?

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must be worm time Cod, my niece was mortified to find wigglers last week. The doc has given the each of the family a big orange pill to take followed by one in two weeks time.

Poor DS2, they are horrid.

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Pants in bed? Changing sheets/towels a lot? Trimming nails?

The problem is, the writhing in agony makes you scratch, which obviously causes the whole problem.

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They are really really easy to catch, and quite hard to prevent. They've been around DS1's school, I think.

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2 weeks later-that is to kill off the new worms once the eggs have hatched.

My bum itches now.

You would think there would be topical prevention/treatment options. Some sort of anti-itching egg-killing goop to apply. Ok, applying it wouldn't be nice, but as there are suppositories, what would be the difference? Much less interventionist than taking a pill, particularly when the whole family has to do it.

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In theory, I guess. But nobody ever does, nobody ever gets warnings from school about it, nobody ever owns up, do they?

Goodness cod, you know everyone's had it, right? Nothing to feel horrible about.

(And, gross as it is, it isn't actually a health threat or anything.)

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we get worm warnings from school and nursery.

won't the teacher notice if a child is squirming? and maybe the child might tell someone?

I felt it necesssary to tell the teacher when ds1 had a sore willie as I had to slther cream on it 3 times a day and didn't want a remark to be misconstrued if ds1 had mentioned it at school

What are the symptoms ??? I worry mine will get them and it will go undetected forever.

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Lots of itching and scratchiing around the anus.

You can actually see worms if you have a good look. They're small, but thoroughly visible.

Ewww yuck....thankfully think we are ok then i think.