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I've got fooking worms again

46 replies

mandmsmummy · 23/04/2015 00:09

Can feel them in my fanjo. Yuk. Got them from my DD1(4) last time but she hasn't complained this time. Taken an over but can't meds for family until the morning. X

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Finlaggan · 24/04/2015 23:03

Gamer, how often do you worm? I never ever want these again, & yes they're currently wriggling 'everywhere'....

lloydlf33 · 24/04/2015 23:07

Have a wash and then smother yourself in sudocrem or Vaseline. Whatever you have to hand. The washing gets rid of the newly laid eggs and the cream stops the little shits wriggling!

gamerchick · 24/04/2015 23:13

once a month. If I forget then they show their faces.

It's expensive but a box of tablets and a family bottle of liquid sits next to the hedrin in the cupboard.

Lweji · 24/04/2015 23:22

You should really deworm more frequently, every two weeks to have a chance of getting rid of them.

FriendofBill · 24/04/2015 23:29

I have read that too, you will always have a few.

If you smear yourself in cream the graves females will stay inside & die there. Ugh.

Let nature fun it's course.
Every few days I would eat a load of pumpkin seeks- you could see them all chopped up by them in exit. The seeds clear them out well. Bulky to eat though.

Any wash will kill them off.
I would wash the dc stuff.
Well fitting undies at night.
Short nails, even file them so there is no nail.
Soon be gone.

FriendofBill · 24/04/2015 23:30

Gravid females.

Finlaggan · 25/04/2015 07:18

I was planning on taking meds again in 2 weeks for everyone even tho I'm the only one who appears to have them.

So will I always have them now? Shock

Or will a few doses get rid of them totally?

So grim Hmm

Branleuse · 25/04/2015 07:22

we always double dose with ovex. Normal dose doesnt touch them for an adult

gamerchick · 25/04/2015 07:24

No take the meds again in 2 weeks and it should clear them out. Just keep the stuff in the cupboard if you want to worm regularly. Expensive do this threadworms business. Prispian (sp) was the boy though no matter how disgusting, I wonder why they took it off.

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Fairylea · 25/04/2015 08:42

The only way we managed to get rid of them was to treat with ovex almost every other week for a few months and wash bedding / pj's / pants on 60 degree wash - bedding washed weekly and pj's and pants changed daily.

Haven't had them since touch wood!

gamerchick · 25/04/2015 09:04

I must admit I've never had so much bother with threadworms in my 20 year of being a mother until they introduced 'the finger ' for school dinners. All those kids using that scanner.....

Original poster
mandmsmummy · 25/04/2015 09:08

Thanks for all the replies! I perhaps should have be clearer, they weren't coming OUT of my fanjo but we're wriggling inside and around it. Little buggers have no sat nav! X

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paxtecum · 25/04/2015 09:08

Garlic.
Google garlic and worms.

Taking a daily dose of garlic will keep them away.

CrispyFern · 25/04/2015 09:09

We all keep getting them, since October when my toddler started nursery. I'm sick of them.
:(

Lweji · 25/04/2015 10:21

The problem is that when it shows up at nursery everyone there should be treated too, including their families, with at least two treatments (possibly 3) in two week intervals. And nursery hygiene should improve too.

Maybe take it up with the nursery? Get a nurse to pay a visit and give a little lecture to the parents?

Finlaggan · 25/04/2015 12:08

Thanks for the advice. Sorry to hijack your thread OP...

Original poster
mandmsmummy · 25/04/2015 13:34

Go for it Fin! Xx

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Finlaggan · 27/04/2015 11:08

Help please! Worms identified Thursday night so I took a boots own pill on Friday morning and I can still feel wriggling today albeit much less than on Friday.

Should I take another pill and if so should I double dose which would mean I'd have had 3 since Friday?
I know if I ask the pharmacist they'll just say follow the instructions but the pill on Friday definitely has not killed them all & it should've worked by now right?

gamerchick · 27/04/2015 11:15

Well it takes a few days to kill them. It basically stops them eating so they starve to death. Bring back the old fashioned stuff that paralysed them and cleaned out your bowel with explosive runs imo.

I would just take one a week for a few weeks. Give it a chance to work.

WingsofNylon · 30/04/2015 21:56

I feel your pain. I found ovex worked temporarily but then then came back. After a while I was sick of paying a fortune and tried various other recommend treatments. I ordered a tub of diatomaceous earth from amazon and ate loads of pumpkin seeds and garlic. All suggestions from the pharmacy/heath food shop locally. It worked, so I don't know if it was the combination or any one of the three alone but I didn't care. I could sleep again.

The final recommendation they made was one I just couldn't bring myself to do...peeled clove of garlic up the bum.

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