Returning threadworms for years....

hi everyone im 13 years old and I have just found myself with worms again! at the start of the year we bought some worm medication from the pharmacy and I thought yay this will just kill them and ill be fine again so I took the medication and now the damn things are back ! I felt the itching wriggling feeling about 3 weeks ago and last night was hard I had to stay very still in one position and just force myself to sleep! I was terrified that I will have sleepless nights again! last year I also had them very very badly andi didn't sleep all night I just stood up looking out the window all night just waiting for the sunset it was AWWFULLL and now I fear that that's going to happen again ! I recently got a NEW BED! and I thought that would do the trick but no there back! I don't know what to do as I always go to friends houses for sleepovers and im scared I will give them worms! 

and I have just been reading this convo realising that im the youngest girl here how embarrassing ! this convo has made me feel much better and Im happy that im not the only one! Im terrified that im gonna have these things for years and my mum had them when she was younger and then they came back a few times when she was older so she had this MAJOR big clean out of her bowel from this mad lady called Alta but mum said that they definitely all came back and now shes worm free!! 

Hi Folks

I've been what I can only call managing threadworm.

Getting my gut flora sorted by drinking lemon or lime water first thing in the morning and having yogurt for breakfast.  I also avoid sugary foods and processed carbs like bread.  If I get the crawling sensation then I use tea tree oil on all my bits, it stings a bit but does the job.

I would avoid medication as this made my gut flora bad and also gave me liver damage.

I can only assume that some of us are more susceptible to them and that it starts with compromised stomach flora.

I am very careful when out and about not to put my hands near my face or eat anything.  If you think you are susceptible then I would avoid eating at restaurants etc or if you do avoid uncooked stuff like salads.

I wouldn't worry too much about hygiene around the house, just normal cleaning is adequate despite what your GP tells you.  Oh and btw most doctors don't know much about them and will only give you the medicine which in my opinion is useless if not damaging.

I still get them now and then but after following a better diet I am much better.  And I don't freak out so much because I know it's not because I'm unhygienic but just not so good at killing them off when I ingest them.  Good god they must be everywhere and everyone is ingesting them all the time so don't think they are only residing in your home. 

It's thanks to this conversation (thanks Anna) that I have learnt all this and can cope.  Thank the geek gods for the internet as I would probably never have had this much discussion with fellow sufferers otherwise.

Love and empathy to you all, don't give up hope, we can live with these little bstrds without them turning us into some self loathing, mad cleaning wrecks.

V.x

Hi all, newbie here and I've joined because I've read just about every thread on threadworms on the internet from the last 5 years (It's a tad obsessive). Where do I begin...............

So about 6 weeks ago my son complained of a itchy bum, I checked and he had a wriggler emerging from his bum (yuck). I went to the docs, got vermox and as a precaution took one myself (I'd had no symptoms whatsoever and hadn't had thread worms in about 30+ years)..........then that night the invasion appeared with gusto ! I was horrified, they kept me up for hours, I was getting up during the night and wiping my bum with wipes to ease the itch and try to get rid, dead ones were visible on my sheets next day. I took one tablet on the tuesday, one on the saturday, another the following saturday and another the following tuesday (4 in a fortnight, I'm a big lady, so figured my dosage should be higher than an average weight 7 year old). 

I took garlic capsules, ate pumkin seeds, folded toilet paper and applied a mixture or V/B gel & the juice from a garlic capsule and put it right up to my bum hole every night so the buggers can't escape and so far I've not seen any adult worms in my poo or on the toilet wipes. But here's the thing, lately on wiping after say a watery movement that is not very solid, I've seen the odd dot and I swear it moved (cry), so I'm thinking this is the odd baby threadworm ? 

I've started taking 1 tbsp of diatomaceous earth food grade daily, and have used this the last 4 days, I'm still doing my toilet paper with a healthy splodge of sudocrem style cream next to my bum hole and am also using a Balance Activ B/V gel dose up my lady parts (I don't think they've migrated there but the thought knocks me sick and I'm terrified they'll come back to my bum). 

Question is, these tiny things I see on the paper that I'm sure are moving is like literally 1 per day, not thousands, and not 1cm adults. So do I just persevere with the DE, bum hole covering on a night or should I be taking yet another dose of vermox (last pill I took was probably about 4 weeks ago, and I'm fairly sure my child is okay but I'm nervous every time he says he's got an itch). 

This has literally knocked me sick, I even bought a new vacuum, dust mask, wiped everything down, hoovered thoroughly, cut fingernails, cleaned nails with nail brush and tried to not put my hands in my mouth (I'd been biting my nails for months previous, so I've probably caught them by doing that), new knickers in the morning, wiping myself as soon as I got up etc (so I'm at a loss why there could be the odd minute thing appearing when I wipe after a bowel movement, and I do check my paper I remove next morning and there have been no dead adults caught in the cream / gel ?). 

I'm really sick of this, it's really got me down and I think I'm turning into a paranoid wreck (even if I don't feel them emerging on a night anymore), I cringe if say I feel any kind of twitch or itch, tense up and clench my bum (and with the hot weather I now get a bit of sweaty bum syndrome which also has me fleeing to the loo to wipe and check if anything is there, which there isn't !). 

I'm glad I can vent, this isn't something I want to discuss with friends, but I have spoken to my sons teacher to ask if they'll make sure the cleaners are doing a thorough clean (as my son has had these things about 4 times now since he started school). 

Well.,..,sorry for the language but I am p****d....these things just never go away.....imma start eating garlic and yogurt everyday and see how that goes...

i found out cus for the past week it’s been itchy.....I thought it was just the hot weather her in England but about 5 minutes ago I have just confirmed it’s  not just the weather...

i have a tiny feeling I i might be getting from my 5 year old sister but honestly I have no idea....

if anyone has any ideas or tips I can’t use please help because I can’t stand this. 

Hello, firstly I’d like to say how thankful I am for finding this forum, although we all seem to have some horror stories, it’s a relief to know that other people are going through the same thing. I wanted to share my story to shed some light on some of the urban myths you hear once you google anything to do with threadworms. I had them on and off since I was about 9 until I was 15 and after that last infection, we moved house and I was not infected again for another 3 years (which I now think was down to the move). However I’m now 18 years old and discovered this weekend that I have them again after experiencing the awful tingle. I took ovex on Saturday night but my symptoms were extremely mild so I assumed I’d caught them early until I was about to fall asleep and noticed a horrible tingle in my ears. This was something I’d experienced during past infections but never so obviously. These symptoms continued into Sunday and Monday by which time I knew I had them in my ears, nose and possibly eyes as well since all of these areas were extremely itchy/irritated. Then last night (Monday night) before I went to bed I felt something blocking the top of my right nostril (sorry this is really gross) it wasn’t painful or that uncomfortable but it was noticeable enough that I wanted to get it out even though I already had a horrible feeling that I knew what it was. I ended up blowing out (after a lot of effort) a fully grown female and was nearly sick. I couldn’t tell if it was alive or dead, hopefully dead as it wasn’t moving but then ended up having the worst night so far in terms of symptoms, with itching down below and very painful earache. So I’m wondering if the oxev has done anything at all as although it’s only been 48 hours or so, everything just appears to be getting worse. And does anyone know if ovex is enough to get rid of worms in other parts of the body?? I’ve obviously taken all the hygiene measures, cleaning thoroughly, disenfected phone/laptop screens, hot washed all bedding/clothes, my entire family had been treated, washing hands and scrubbing nails etc. I even had my fresh set of acrylic nails removed (which was somehow the most upsetting part). I’m not sure at this stage whether ovex will work but am planning on taking one every week for at least 4 weeks anyway just to make sure. My biggest concern right now is my relationship and my future which hopefully some of you with more experience can help me with? I don’t live with my boyfriend but we do stay over at each other’s houses often (which we won’t be doing now) should I tell him I have this and how? Should I give him some ovex? How does this effect people’s sex lives long term? I’m scared this will ruin our relationship. I’m also really concerned about moving to uni in September and taking the buggers with me and it’s making me so miserable I also work as a waitress in a restaurant and I’m not sure whether to tell them or not? Sorry for the long winded post but generally any help or advice would be great, thank you ladies