Worms Advice .........................................ANYONE?

[MortifiedWormy]

Hi, I have just changed DD's pooey nappy (16months) and found a worm wriggling in it!!!!!!!!!!!! Aside from my sheer mortification (stupid I know, but an instant fear of mine) I am at a loss what to do. Ds has just started school, so I suppose they could have come from there, but a friends dd has also just had them. Ok now that I am calm, WHAT DO I DO? I have called the doctor who is going to call back. This is the first "worm" I have seen in her poo (I tend to have a look through each nappy, strange but true). We also have 2 dogs, could they be a cause? Ds is also teething at the mo and putts everything in her mouth, including my neices dummy ....what do you advise?

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LOL Calm yourself - take a deep breath!! 40% of children have threadworms at any one time - my family are dosed every few months depending upon which offender has them! They are harmless in small numbers, come out at night (itching in early evening is the biggest give away) and lay their microscopic eggs on the childrens bottoms and wait for reinfection - they die out after 6-8 weeks and if not reinfected they naturally go - I had to wait for this as my children infected me when pregnant - not a darn thing I could do but wait and be scrupulously clean about fingernails etc. At only 16 months I would be tempted to just dose the rest of the family (adults too) and do the following - change all bed sheets/towels after dosing and then the next night too (when they should be dead - takes about 24 hours I think) Disinfect loos, taps, door handles, throw out playdough. Cut everyones nails - keep them really short from now on. Then dose everyone 2 weeks later if worried as they sometimes get missed on the first dose (get dose from the chemists - boots own/Ovex - Pripsen is FOUL but is the only one available for under 24m although my gp wouldn't let us use it in any case and said to wait.) I wouldn't use it unless very desperate as lo will probably not take it anyway - I used to vomit!

And lastly - expect this for a few more years yet - you get used to them eventually!lol
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Thanks 3sEnough, It was just such a shock! There it was, a white wiggling worm, bigger than I thought they'd be. No mistaking what it was, just a real shock. I take it I'll need to inform DS's school (even though I don't know if he has them). Both of mine have looked very heavy/dark under there eyes recently, and my nan said I should check them as it can be a sign of worms. Is that likely to be true , or just an old wives tale?

my dd had them for first time think she picked it up from school i treated everyone and did the cleaning frenzy thing i did inform the school but the teacher said this was the first time that she had been made aware of the problem!!!!4 out of 10 kids will have suffered with this by the time they reach the age of 10 nobody talks about it much the same as the problem of head lice im waiting for my kids to do the treble next nightmare will be scabieshopefully nerves will be better when that happens

My niece and nephew have been treated for worms this week. What I want to know is now long is it between exposure and the worms being active. If my son was playing with infected kids on Wednesday when can I safely conclude that he does not have them? I have got a couple of friends who are pregnant and my sister is breast feeding, I would really hate to infect them as they can't have the medicine.

Panic not - worms are not lfe threatening - just rather irriatating.

Mortified wormy - the d=advice will be to treat all the family, except baby. Wash all bedclothes. Keep nails short. Wash hands thoroughly when at toilet. No towel shaing. I personally would not inform the school as worms are rampant. Just treat when you know you have them in the house. Some treatments need repeated after 2 weeks.

I think all the treatments need repeating - the problem is taht the treatment kills the worms not the eggs. and the eggs can be everywhere - so however scrupulous you are it's quite likely that there are still eggs somewhere in the house. someone here posted me a really useful link to info on worms. I'll see if i can find it. another thing you need to do is wear pants in bed and wash bums in the morning

can't find it but if you so a search on worms you get loads - it must be buried in there somewhere - it had all the info about changing bedclothes etc

info here

Righto! All have been treated, even though it was only dd that appeared to have a worm. The wierd thing is, I check her pooey nappies (how very odd of me!) and this is the first I have ever come across (she fills her nappy daily, with nothing untoward). Do you think I may have caught the blighters early? I have now become rational and am no longer blaming myself for the event. The house has had a good spring clean (ok christmas clean, but it was an unexpected present) and the vacuum has been working overdrive. My nan has advised me to check the kids bums at night with a torch to see if there is anything left, but I'm not sure if this is another old wives tale, and I'm not sure its something I'd want to try but hey ho? Thanks again for your advice.

your nan was right about checking them when asleep in bed if you wait a couple of hours and then have a look you can see them i didnt think mine had them but dd was itching her front bot alot sure enough my friend said to do this and there they were waving at me i promptly threw up in loo was upset but good to know how to treat and that you are not alone never realized how common a prob it is

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