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my friend told me she has had threadworms for 10 years

218 replies

ineedapoo · 12/12/2007 18:46

She is a very strict vegan and won't kill them sees them in her ... every so often. OMFG I am so shocked felt like running away

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Desiderata · 12/12/2007 18:49

Ha ha ha! Sorry, but she won't kill them because she's a vegan?

Some people are just so bloody weird ...

Unfitmother · 12/12/2007 18:50

Gross!

BroccoliSpears · 12/12/2007 18:52

Hmm. I must admit that I won't kill spiders or bugs or anything like that. Just don't have any urge to end something's life. But threadworms I think I could kill - their noble sacrafice would be greatly appreciated by my colon, I'm sure.

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ineedapoo · 12/12/2007 18:53

what long term effect do you think they have had can I ever see her again

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Mincepiedermama · 12/12/2007 18:53

What's her policy on nits?

Brandnewchristmaspyjamasgirl · 12/12/2007 18:53

ewww wont it do her any damage?
does she ever scoot across the kitchen floor on her bum ?

noddyholder · 12/12/2007 18:53

I( remember reading that some models in the US were selling them to each other to stay thin

Mincepiedermama · 12/12/2007 18:54

Won't her home be absolutely heaving with worm eggs?

Are you having us on btw?

PrettyCandlesAndTinselToo · 12/12/2007 18:54

That is weird. Even if you don't want to kill them you can still get rid of them without drugs. Very difficult, but possible (super-pedantic hygiene and lots of housework for about 6w should do it).

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ineedapoo · 12/12/2007 18:55

do you think I should give my kids some medicine OMFG

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TwinklyfLightAttendant · 12/12/2007 18:55

Reminds me of that person I knew who kept a nasty virus in a pot on the bookcase.

Oddos the lot of them. Give me a goldfish any day.

Vulgar · 12/12/2007 18:56

I think it is tapeworms that make you thin.

threadworms just give you an itchy bum.

Gross!

ShinyHappyStarOfBethlehem · 12/12/2007 18:57

Thread worms can do you damage long term if left.. I read up on them when DS had them.

PrettyCandlesAndTinselToo · 12/12/2007 18:57

Your children are probably in no more danger from her than from any of their day-to-day contacts at school etc. That said, I don't think I'd let my LOs eat in her house, or spend much time there!

Vulgar · 12/12/2007 18:59

I don't know how she can live knowing she's got those inside her.

I even freak out at pictures of those microscope creatures that live on your eyelashes. Blee!

zippitippitoes · 12/12/2007 19:00

really is she bonkers?

onebatmother · 12/12/2007 19:07

i would say so zippitippitoes.
oiy that is sooooo yucky.

onebatmother · 12/12/2007 19:08

WHAT!
microscopic eyelash creatures?
noooo.

zippitippitoes · 12/12/2007 19:08

oh yes they make yourneyelashes fall out

onebatmother · 12/12/2007 19:10

good grief

NotQuiteCockney · 12/12/2007 19:12

There are face mites, that everyone has. They're very small bugs.

They have no anuses (anii?) - they don't live long, so they just fill up with poo.

onebatmother · 12/12/2007 19:14

good golly

NotQuiteCockney · 12/12/2007 19:20

I doubt there's much actual harm that threadworms do, anyway, they're just unpleasant.

I wouldn't have them for 10 years by choice, though. Or 10 minutes.

frostythesnowmum · 12/12/2007 19:20

Dirty Bitch

TinyTimLivesinVictorianSqualor · 12/12/2007 19:28

Yuck, treat yourself and your children. They are transferred from person to person really easily. All she has to do is touch her bum and not wash her hands properly, then touch a mug you're drinking from, or something else you touch then put to your mouth.
Does she have children?
I'd be fuming if she had children in my childrens class at school.