Thread worm. Please help.

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My son had screamed and cried a couple of times either pointing at his willy or testicals and saying he's bum hurt. Then on Friday evening he started itching he's bum and i noticed a little bit of blood in he's nappy he is 2.5 and not toilet trained yet.

So i had a look around he's anus and noticed 2 white dots maybe a bit bigger than a pepper seed.

Assuming it was worms i treated the whole family the next day. Washed everyhing, hooverd etc.

We are now more than 72 hours on and im still seeing the white bits around he's anus. Never seen anything moving but they don't actually look like thread. Just white stuff.

I took him to the GP who didn't seem bothered.

I suffer from health anxiety which stems from my oldest son being severly disabled, so this really has beem awful for me and all i can think about.

Can someone please tell me there experience? Should the ovex worked by now?

They could be the eggs.

You can treat again after 2 weeks but check that this is ok for a 2 yr old.

You need to follow all the hygiene rules over washing his bedding, towels, toys etc and treating all the family at the same time.

Everythig i have read says the eggs aren't visible to the naked eye. This is what I'm not sure about and thinking maybe its something else.

Sounds more like thrush.

They can take a few days to die unfortunately. So you may be seeing dying worms. I definitely recommend another dose for everyone 14 days after the last dose to kill any hatchlings.

P.S I don't think the hygiene rules work. It's not possible to avoid winnowing the eggs when you remove duvet covers for e.g

I'm definitely going to give another dose of the meds. What do you mean avout the hygiene rules tobee?

My kids got the dreaded worms a few times (many moons ago) and I really stressed about the hygiene. Washing everything every day, towels, bedding, hands, finger nails, door knobs, did the hoovering, everyone wore pants to bed etc. They still came back because it's almost an impossible task. If you take off a duvet cover how can you be certain the invisible eggs aren't being shaken and you are inhaling them etc. etc.? After a few times of this I just thought forget it, it's stressing me too much and not working. So we took the dose again after 14 days to combat the newly hatched eggs and didn't take extra hygiene measures and they went. Dc were at school and we informed them etc. That's my experience, anyway.

The eggs can only hatch in the human digestive system so following the hygiene measures can and does work - you just wash your hands after handling duvet covers etc. and don't bite nails. We had a bad outbreak stemming from my 2 yo last year, I had a newborn who I was bfing so didn't take Ovex at all and they went.

Don't panic OP. Ours went 15 months ago and haven't returned.

Are you sure it's worms, though? The blood and white "stuff" does sound more like a fungal infection or small fissure which can feel very itchy. I reckon you need to check with another GP. Anecdotally I haven't heard of blood in stools or visible eggs around the anus with threadworm.

Sorry just seen it was blood in his nappy - maybe from irritation / itching then.

If everyone wears underwear in bed, under PJs, then there should be no eggs on the duvet cover- how can there be?

You can also vacuum the rooms with a good hoover and damp dust all surfaces. Furry toys can be put in the freezer to kill eggs if you think they might be contaminated.

But best of all, wash hands after using the loo, or before preparing food or eating.

The eggs could fall out. The pants aren't sealed to the body. On taking the pants off the eggs could be distributed around the place. Otherwise why is hoovering advised? It didn't work for me. But whatever works for each person is what counts. I just do t think people should beat themselves up about the hygiene when the pills taken twice works. Tiny children scratch themselves in their sleep, fingers go inside pjs and pants and then into mouths while asleep.

I am hoping it is thrush, see how it goes in the next few days. May take him back to the GP.

The eggs could fall out. The pants aren't sealed to the body. On taking the pants off the eggs could be distributed around the place. Otherwise why is hoovering advised?
Oh FGS!
Unless you and your kids have knackered elastic in their pants, the legs should be a tight fit. And you wear PJs on top. The eggs won't get out of pants that fit!
And then get your child to step out of the pants/ PJs carefully- on a towel on the floor or any a floor that can be wiped, if you must.

Hoovering is advised because some people wear nighties not PJs or young children scratch their bottoms and transfer the eggs to bedding, which is then shaken when the bed is made.

I think you're backing up my point there Polly. Not sure why you're so het up about it? I'm just speaking from my own experience. Didn't really think there'd be an argument about it. This being general health and not aibu.

which part of your post am I backing up ?
The reason for wearing pants in bed under nightwear is so the eggs don't fall out. Pants usually fit closely.

The suggestion of standing on a towel or whatever and hoovering was to make 100% sure that if any did fall out accidentally when taking PJs off, they could be caught and cleared up.

The main risk for re-infection is catching them for other children. They are rife. sadly, it's not talked about in school or enough measures taken when in fact they are harder to get rid of than nits.

Swallow the jollop; don't waste your time with all the cleaning, as it does not help. It is just part of family life!

You do not normally see eggs as they are far too small - it is the little wriggling threads that delight the eye! Are you sure it is worms?

Ok, Polly, as you like.

Op, sorry to have a row on your thread. Hope you're little boy is better soon, threadworms or thrush.

Hope you see and improvement soon OP. 40% of primary school children have threadworm at any one time so all this info is probably going to come in handy at some point!

Thsnks for all your replies. He woke me up at 5am saying he's willy wss hurting, asked me to let him have a bath and when i was running it said no just change my bum. So he obviously means bum but it getting confused. Taking him back to the GP today.