Do all kids get worms now??

[RedRobyn2021]

I have never had worms and had never heard of them being a thing that children get until recently, I keep getting stuff up on Instagram saying as a parent you will experience worms in your children at some time

Please tell me this is nonsense??

Mine never has.

It's weird as I had them frequently as a child and assumed everyone did but have since found out that's not the case. I did bite my nails as a child so maybe it was that!

My 2 have never had worms or nits

They’re 7 and 11

Yes it's very normal to get worms, not quite ubiquitous but definitely not at all unusual.

It’s always been common.

my brother got all of them- nits, worms (tape and thread), I never did.

I never had worms or bits as a child but my ten year old has had both once. The worms definitely came from school as half the class had them at once.

Mine have never had them, and we've only had headlice once, in 8 years of school.

Had them all the time as a kid in the 60s. Can’t recall either of ours having them in the 90s/2000s.

It's particularly a thing for thumb suckers and nail biters. I was a thumb sucker so got them as a kid and karma gave me a nail biting son who also had them. If your kids don't have those habits you'll likely escape them.

I didn't have them as a child but I remember my mum telling me to make sure j washed my hands properly so I didn't get worms.

DD has had them a few times but she always has her fingers in her mouth.

One of mine has had them once (didn’t really suck thumb). One has had them so many times I’ve forgotten (both sucked thumb and put everything in mouth). It was ridiculous. I’d get rid of them successfully (treat everyone, clean repeatedly, wash bedding, wash towels daily), then 3 months later they’d pop up again.
i played hard ball with the thumb sucking by using the horrible tasting nail varnish and once we cracked that the worms stopped.

Not sure the current statistics but when mine were at primary school they reckoned around 40% had worms in a given year. I just treated mine every 6 months with a family pack of worming tablets.

I had them once as a child. My 10, 8 and 5 year olds have never had them. Never had nits either!

DD mouths everything and never had worms now aged 12
DS age 4 loves cleaning and tidying has has worms 4 times. I think there is someone at nursery he is catching them from.

I think if they are around it is super easy to catch them.

I've never had worms or nits.

If you wash your bottom regularly it breaks the breeding cycle as, the female lays her eggs around the anus.

Mine haven’t

Proper washing of hands for 6 weeks will break the cycle assuming your hands aren’t nearing your sinus without proper washing afterwards. So it can be cleared without meds but with proper hand hygiene

Not sinus, anus

Autocorrect can be quite funny 😀

I'm a primary school teacher, a fastidious hand-washer and have had both more times than I can remember ‐go figure. Worms' eggs are airborne, so very easy to pick up.

Never had nits as a child, picked them up first week of teaching practice before my PGCE started. DC had them multiple times, picked up from school, DD had waist length hair which I fastidiously washed, combed and plaited but she still picked them up. I had threadworms a number of times as a child, and once or twice as an adult, but DC didn't - though they did take the tablets when I had to!

I had worms regularly as a child but was a thumb sucker. Had nits once.
DS1 had worms a couple of times when in nursery but nothing since.
Touch wood no nits yet but have the chemicals and comb in the cupboard just in case

My dm was always paranoid about worms and gave us worming tablets twice a year regardless. This thread is making me feel like I should do the same!

No worms yet but headlice are endemic at dd's nursery. We keep treating her till she's all clear (which is so much effort and distressing as she hates hair combing) and then a few weeks later she catches them again.

I read on another mumsnet thread the suggestion that everyone in the country treat their kids for lice on one specific day of the year, to eradicate it once and for all. I'd vote for that!

edit - sorry I've just read, apparently they can occasionally get airborne if you shake sheets etc! Sorry I doubted!

It’s very normal. Lots of kids/people have them and don’t know it!