Natural remedy for threadworm??

[WindUpBird]

Hi,
I've just taken dd, 22 months, to the docs who reckons she has threadworms. She's waking a lot at night with a very itchy bottom. He's given some medicine for her and DH to take, but I can't take it as I'm pregnant. Can anyone recommend a natural remedy that works? I'm not convinced I have them but feel I should 'treat myself' just in case!
Pretty horrified that we have worms in the house...do I have to hoover, dust and wash all clothes and bed linens EVERY DAY to get rid of them???

Bump. I read somewhere on here that a homeopathic remedy, cina, might do the trick, does anyone have any experience of this being successful?

I might be confusing this with something else but fresh garlic with milk first thing in the morning comes to mind.

FWIW, I give my chickens garlic regularly to help prevent worms. They've never got worms so I guess it must help!

I think I read somewhere to eat pumpkin seeds and carrots??! But I might have got that wrong.

wear pants in bed, shower each morning and evening (they come out and lay their eggs at night so you want to get rid of them.) wash hand thoroughly after going to the loo. keep fingernails short. if you can break the egg worm cycle you will be ok. google it. i had worms just after i had dd (picked up in the hospital) and there was no way i was taking anything so i followed the above and it worked.

oh and i like your name!

Yup you do really have to be strict with the hygine as the eggs are tiny and get everywhere. I have heard of using a very low tack tape over the rectum at night as this will catch the female worms and break the egg laying cycle. However as your DD will prob still be in night nappies it will be easier to treat her, make sure you take the nappy off carfully and wrap that and any wipes used quicky, I would use a towel on the changing surface and wash that straight away. As they only really come out at night to lay the eggs you should be able to eradicate pretty quickly using hygine methods as the nappy will contain much more than knickers or pants would IYSWIM, you just need to make sure she can't reach inside her nappy to scratch if she is itchy, a double popper vest may help prevent this

over the rectum , meant anus sorry had a bad night with DS2 awake loads, brain is frazzled

Wow, lots of posts all of a sudden! Thank you for all the advice. I've spent the morning so far hoovering, washing all bedding and hoovering the beds...
Not sure I could bring myself to drink garlicky milk tho WelliesandPyjamas
Sheherezade - nightmare coming home from hospital with a newborn AND worms.
DD was awake 3 times in the night v itchy so I hope the medication works soon.

The medication does work quite quickly. I had a similar problem a few years back Hygiene is the answer.

I was advised to use a little diluted tea tree oil on cotton wool to wash morning and evening. I was also advised to use something like grape seed oil or some derivative. (I tried looking up the thread but couldn't find it). It's not harmful to the unborn baby.

Apparently four in ten children have it.