Pinworm advice

[Lauren8642]

Ive noticed this morning I’ve got pinworms, I’ve had a itchy anus for a few days and just brushed it off the today I went to the toilet and noticed white moving worms in my poo, I went straight to the pharmacy and got Ovex. Hoovered everywhere, dusted, washed beddings and towels and emptied all the wash baskets it’s got in my head with everything I pick up I’m thinking what if it’s got eggs on.
Ive got a older daughter who’s 4 I’m not sure if she had them and I’ve caught them off her, I checked her bum hole but couldn’t see anything I will check her poo when she does one. She has had some ovex as well.
My question is obviously I know to wash the towels and underwear/pjs every day but what about the bedding? Have I got to strip it all every day or will it be save enough by wearing knickers and pjs? Also sitting on the sofa are the eggs going to go on there?
I also don’t know how to explain all of this to my daughter I got her to have the medicine tonight and told her that she’s got to have some because mummy’s poorly and I don’t want her or daddy to get poorly. And then when I asked her to put knickers on as well as pjs she kept asking why which I didn’t know the answer for, so advice with this please.

So I have a two year old and a four year old so about once a year we all get worms. I wash night pants and PJ's daily for two weeks, but bedding only weekly - there's just too much otherwise. As soon as we get up we go to the toilet for a quick bum wash, clean pants and trousers, and thorough hand wash. This seems to be enough to clear the infection with the two doses of medicine seven days apart.

I just tell my kids the truth - that we've got worms in us that are making our bottoms itchy, and we need to wash hands every morning and before eating and after the toilet to stop us accidentally eating the worm eggs and getting more worms.

@Sillysoggyspaniel thank you, I think I am over thinking it everything I touch I think there’s eggs on it.
Does your eldest tell her friends at school? I’m worried my daughter will tell her friends then they will tell there parents

Umm I hadn't really thought about that - probably, he tells us all to wash our hands to get rid of the worm eggs so I imagine he'd say the same to his friends at school. But I wouldn't worry about it, it's super common. They all infect each other all the time!

JUST TO ADD….
I also had a baby 4 weeks ago and had 2nd degree tear and episiotomy so still healing from this is there a chance the worms could infect the area or will it be ok?

Your daughter will have them. Tell her she has them, she needs to know how it feels so she can tell you she's got them.

Is also tell other parents tbh, it's not a shameful thing, it's part and parcel of having young children. Otherwise you could clear your daughter and she's immediately reinfected by someone at school. Same goes for nits :)

I find they go with just changing bed once then clean pyjamas and extra hand hygiene for a week or so. I always have ovex in the cupboard just in case.

I'd ask doctor about the baby, might have them too

You don't need to check her, just treat.

It's not a big deal OP. Just shower when you get up, wash bum holes and scrub fingernails for a few days and treat again in a couple of weeks.

It doesn't matter if they tell their parents. If mine came home saying someone had worms I'd treat them anyway. It's part and parcel of kids.