Why does my daughter keep getting worms

I hope it will all be cleared up soon. I think I'm familiar with your problem have you considered that the recurrence is simply because of the houses your son may visit, the houses of friends, or family friends? Because the people may be infected maybe from your son or perhaps they gave it to him, if your son was cured but they were not perhaps each time he visits he can be reinfected.

If you really care about your son I would consider that one, many, or even all of his friends, the places he has visited, they are all infected, maybe because of him, family friends, whoever, if he is in that much pain I would confront all the people he interacts with and tell them they may have pinworm infection. I believe the people he associates with are the cause of this recurrence, it could be just one person, but isn't that all it would take?

If you tell them to get checked for pinworm and they discover they have it and are then treated successfully in that instance the problem may be resolved but if your son is being reinfected over and over and even after telling someone they have pinworm they do not get treatment you should simply keep your son away from those people or that person.

As a last resort you could not allow him to visit his friends or anywhere he has been Because those places may be the cause of his recurrence. Thankfully he still would have the option of going outside and wouldn't have to stay in his house all day which could lead to him being isolated and depressed. It sounds like he's in a lot of pain and I believe the people and places he associates with are the true cause of this recurrence.

No real advice except for you HAVE to get him to stop biting his nails and putting things in his mouth. His pain is being caused by his bad habits. He has to be told this over and over again until he stops. I had pinworms in elementary school and it was because I had started sucking on my hair out of nervousness.

When my dad told me the reason for the pinworms, I immediately stopped sucking on my hair. Not sure why he does this, but I assume it is from some emotional disturbance, such as my bad habit around the same age.

Poor kiddo! I have never dealt with it but I imagine that everyone in the family needs to be treated, I know it is very contagious and everyone in the family including family pets could have it. Have you steam cleaned the carpet and his bed? You may want to get a vinyl fitted sheet from the bedding section to keep them from getting in his mattress. There are some really good suggestions from other moms on here. Maybe the bitter apple stuff for his fingers?

My mom sucked her thumb until she was about 8, it's not uncommon but it isn't helping. Sangre de Drago can be used internally several drops at a time in water and is a powerful anti-parasite herb. It worked in this very way on my son about five years ago and we have been using it as a complete medicine cabinet for ourselves and our pets ever since.

Eggs that have been swallowed will hatch inside the intestine. After 2 weeks, the worms reach adult size and begin to reproduce, starting the cycle again.

Because he is getting infected from somewhere. Even though you thoroughly clean the house, do you treat all your kids or just the infected kid?. You need to treat everyone in the household, especially all the children.

The first clue you might be dealing with a worm infestation is an itchy bum. Have a look around the anus. These worms are like thin little white threads. Another clue might be seeing an actual worm in the toilet. In that case, make sure you inform your doctors. They will give you the proper treatment for your child. Shot in studio over white with the Canon 2D.

I discovered I had these after seeing them in my faeces at about age 9. Although in reality they are rarely seen in your poo once it has hit the water! Until seeing them I had not realised that the sore itchy bottom that I suffered from on occasion was due to worms! After realising what you have the itch becomes excruciating - in your mind as much as your bottom!

I was treated but the symptomatic itch returned a few months later. The whole family was then treated but again the worms returned. Over the next few years both myself and my family were treated on many occasions whilst my mother paid scrupulous attention to cleaning of clothes and linen and regularly damp dusted the entire house to try to eliminate them - she could not have tried harder!

Over the years I continued to be reinfected - I began to recognise the particular irritation and knew each time reinfection occurred - even when not seeing any live worms! Eventually at the age of about 18 I gave up even trying to combat the worms - the embarrassement became too much. I even gave up telling my mother! I know I have infected others - friends and family - I recognise the symptoms, but I feel there is little I can do without a public and widespread treatment.

How do you tell everyone you know or anyone who has visited your home that they need treatment!? Recently I have had a family of my own - and of course recently they became infected. I knew what this meant but was afraid to act.

When I finally saw a live worm on my childs bottom it gave me the impetus to act. I showed my partner I needed reinforcement that it wasnt just in my head and went to the chemist for treatment - 2 doses, 2 weeks apart.

I cleaned like I have never cleaned before - and yet again they have recurred. Again my partner saw one - so I know I'm not going mad. Since then I have read as much as possible about them and continue the battle. I have also found one other person who has suffered in the same way for many years - I thought I was the only one!

Many people have them - but are largely too embarrassed to tell you. I believe incidence is even higher than current research suggests, though studies are few and I do not have evidence to support this. Many people do not have or do not recognise symptoms. I have seen from experience that if worms are present from an early age the irritation becomes 'normal' and the brain fails to attend to it. Even if you eliminate infection from your household, you are likely to be re-infected by someone you know who has them.

Sods law! Worms are therefore likely to recurr again and again. The eggs are very difficult to get rid of - they can be anywhere - in dust, clothes, furniture, door handles - in fact anywhere that is touched in your home Eggs can be killed easily - but getting them all is practically impossible.

The only real way to combat them is through taking another dose Pripsen tablets are easy and fairly effective every time the symptoms occur - dont give up and dont get too embarrassed - keep going back to the chemist every time or even give your family a regular dose eg every 6 months.

Throw away the guilt - you are not dirty or scum - just normal. You are not alone - even if you think you are! Because of shame and embarrassement I have not even been able to give a real name or email address but I hope that these experiences can be of some help to others in the same situation. Posted 12 years ago. I am 26 and have had worms since I was about 10 years old probably earlier. I told my mum about the worms once when I was younger but she didn't do anything about it.

I think she might have forgotten or was in denial? I was then too embarassed to tell her again it had taken me weeks to pluck ip the courage in the first place so I just ended up living with the worms!

The itching was always worst at night. Sometimes it was so unbearable that I would make promises to myself that I would tell someone the next day. But in the morning, the itching had usually subsided- and I would make myself forget about the worms.

Sometimes I would have no itching for a few months. I used to pray that this was finally the end of it