5YO DD said her privates were 'pinging'

[LoveableLou]

Last night 5YO DD woke up in the night crying saying it was 'pinging' down below and keeping her awake. I had a look and there was nothing untoward, no discharge, redness, spots or swelling but it was really upsetting her.

After a drink and a cuddle she seemed ok, only to start crying again 20 minutes later. We called 111 who asked a series of questions and once she realised we were taking it seriously, seemed to rally and feel a bit brighter.

Has anyone experienced anything like this? Not sure if could be just growing pains. She seems fine today, so I'm not really sure if it was something or nothing.

Could she potentially have worms?

I was going to say this too.

I don't think so, I saw her poo yesterday when she forgot to flush and she hasn't had any symptoms which I would have thought would accompany of dose of worms.

Girls that age can get redness and soreness down there (vulvovaginitis), often from bubble baths or not wiping well after a bowel movement — it’s very common. It’s a bit rarer for girls at that age to get thrush, because the microbial environment of the vagina is different to older girls, but it is possible. Threadworms can also get into the vagina and make them uncomfortable at night. You could try a dose of Ovex (you can get the family bottles over the counter) and if it happens again, maybe a bit of Canesten and a GP appointment?

It will be thread worms

Symptoms can deffo be just the itching at night

NB you don’t often see worms in the actual poo but they can still be there — they move around at night.

Worms

Also worms are super common, they get them from school and nursery (I once read some statistic about how about 40 percent of primary age kids have them at any one time!)

do you think its her waters, a urinary tract infection maybe

I did wonder that, but she went to the toilet before we settled her again and wasn't distressed or saying it was stinging or anything.

Thank you for your reply, that makes a lot of sense. I will try and get some Caneston and pop it on if there's another bout of it tonight.

You won’t have French see worms in poo. I’d just do a worming treatment as first line. If that fails, I’d be thinking a low grade uti potentially.

Sry, zero idea what French was? It was meant to say ‘always’ but autocorrects last minute with a mind of its own….

There is nothing lost by treating as worms and maybe lots to gain.

Agree, worms. DD has had them a couple of times and this was always the only symptom.

I was going to also say worms, definitely treat her as a precaution.