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Ick Worms.........

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WeFrizyouamerrychristmas · 04/12/2006 21:54

Ick worms in SS, dh found them tonight......he's had them a while apparently, didn't want to say anything to his mum or stepdad, as has had them before earlier this year apparently (unbeknown to us!) So what do I have to do now then, do we all need treating (sigh) can you treat 9 mth old babies

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Piffle · 04/12/2006 21:55

lots of washing, serious hygience protocol not sure about treating babies though
You can get rid of them without meds though.

Kelly1978GotRunOverByAReindeer · 04/12/2006 21:56

dd recently had them, we just treated her and ds1, on the basis that dp and I had no symptoms and we thought that if the dts had problems we would have seen it in their nappies, All clear now. But if you do want to treat your baby I am sure that you can.

orangeblosson59 · 04/12/2006 22:07

dd1 had them back in sept dosed everyone with pripsen sachets damp dusted everywhere as eggs are microscopic and hoovered alot [eggs can live in house dust]changed beds and got the kids to wear underwearin bed at night as wellas pjs also got them to wipe their bots first thing in the morning with a wet wipe [worms lay their eggs at the anus during the night]handwashing and fingernails cleaned after every trip to the loo. got all this info off other mnettersit worked but still check bots every now and then even if no itching

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WeFrizyouamerrychristmas · 04/12/2006 22:11

Aww thanks girls, will get cracking tomorrow!

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Eve · 04/12/2006 22:14

Grapefruit seed extract from the helath food shop.

search on forums here as well..worms have been well covered

laundrylover · 04/12/2006 22:14

Oh what a pain in the bum Friz (sorry, couldn't resist)! Seriously tho I hope ss gets rid of them soon and that the four of you stay clear. Apparently Pripsen is not the retch inducing powder stirred in milk that it was when we were young, you can just get a sucky sweet!

Hallgerda · 05/12/2006 07:57

Go and ask your local chemist. I think you can use Ovex (the banana flavoured liquid) from quite an early age.

WeWishUAMerryXmasNANappyNewYr · 14/12/2006 02:05

you can grapefruit seed extract from here. this is where we get ours from. we use it for everything - disenfectant, in shampoo, in my face wash and shower gel, thrush, athletes foot you name it! its just over £12 but for a big 100ml bottle and as we use it a lot it works out cheaper to buy the bigger bottles. it lasts ages cos you only have to add a few drops to water. grapefruit seed extract

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