I HAVE pinworms. Need Canadians.

Hi I’m a 15 year old who has pinworms too. Don’t worry about them as you will get rid of them . I haven’t yet but that’s because I’m on my second part of treatment . Everytime you scratch your butt or wipe wash your hands. And you MUST wash your bedsheet every 3 days maximum at 60 degrees . I’m not sure if they sell this in Canada but it’s worth a try. For the first part of treatment I used what it’s called Giardinophyt. It’s very cheap and can find online.I took it every morning for 10 days. Then I paused for 1 week and took every morning for 10 days again. What’s extremely important is that your entire family gets treated 1/3 of people with pinworms have no symptoms. 

Wash your butt every morning even if there was no itching . And change underwear , put the used underwear in a bag until it gets washed. Same for sleeping trousers but not as much. I’m concerned for ur family tho . So if you can’t tell them then it makes everything a lot  harder as they would need to follow through this regiment or else there’s no point doing it just yourself .

Putting Vaseline to your anus might help with itching, but in sometimes may make the worms migrate to vagina . That happened to me but I think they would die anyway as they can’t eat anything there but does cause vaginal infection.

This might all seem crazy  but telling someone is so important and scary at first but trust me it’s worth it a bit of embarrassment . I told my dad with so much awkwardness and yucky ness yet now I’m happy I told him as he knows what to do and get rid of these worms .

Ginger and garlic works but doesn’t kill all eggs . Eat 1 teaspoon of sugar mixed with spirit of turpentine ( can get at pharmacy) and shredded carrots to push out worms.

For second part of treatment I’m going to use Nikworm. For instructions you can translate on google translate.

Hope this helps and also , don’t read all the horror stories in this forum. It got me in a state of depression and allot  people with pinworms do get cured in the end. GOOD LUCK <3

I know this isn’t what you want to hear, but threadworms spread like wild fire. If you have them then it’s extremely likely at least 1 of the other 5 people living in your household has them too if not everyone. If that’s the case and they’re not treated at exactly the same time as you you’ll just continue to pick up the infection over and over regardless because no one else will be aware that they should be extra careful and whatever worms they have won’t be killed off and th cycle is being allowed to continue again and again.  

I’ve read that hand sanitiser is useless as it does not kill eggs, however sunlight is said to. So I’d leave your curtains open during the day. Shower every morning as soon as you wake up, change all clothes- underwear in particular, and do it carefully as eggs can be swallowed from them becoming airborne if shaken. Vaseline is quite moist and greasy so that can also create irritation, so you could try baby powder (just a suggestion) it absorbs all the moisture back there. 

Hand cream will be useful, as all the hand washing will make your hands super dry and sore. Wash hand towels and rinse off everything before putting it by your mouth, that includes cutlery and toothbrushes.  

Ovex seems to be the only thing on the market (remember I’m not Canadian so there might be something else for you) most if not all worm medication available works by starving them of glucose and that’s how they die out, so u might still experience discomfort a few days after medication as starvation is not and instant kill. As for the best time to do it, sooner rather than later but as long as you take the medication two weeks apart exactly you should be okay. Apparently they reinfect after about 7-10 days after the first dosage, after any eggs inside have hatched. I’d say one tablet a week for 3 weeks is acceptable if it gives you piece of mind.  

All the best, 

Good luck