Returning threadworms for years....
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HI, I've had treadworms for almost 5 years now! Ive been eating loads of Opex and Mebendazole. I tried the pumpkin seeds and eaten garlic every day for months...I've also gone up to the Hospital for Tropical Diseases In London to see a specialist for the last 8 months....All their treatment has not worked either. It always comes back! My husband or my two children have never had it and we dont have any pets....I keep a very clean house and im so careful with my hygiene...What can i do to get rid of these? Help Please.....Its driving me insane!
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ashley2412 Anna196444
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I too have been battling this misery for going on a year now. Me and my 3 children ages 5,3 and 1.. apparently my husband is immune to this nasty beast because he doesn’t seem to have any symptoms, lucky him! I honestly wonder if I’ve been dealing with this longer and didn’t put two and two together and only found out because my son had stuff by his butt during diaper changes! We will never know, just like we will never know where they are coming from or if someone in our family has them etc etc although I’ve driven myself crazy at times thinking about it. I’ve also almost gone NUTS cleaning, washing, and insisting my kids wash there hands constantly which is basically impossible. It’s crazy to me how common these are and how little knowledge I had on it. My whole life I was never taught about parasites of any kind so I never thought I had any LOL! Can you imagine the horror I felt realizing my family was infested 😩 I’m from the U.S. and every dr I’ve dealt with has made me feel like I’m nuts, dirty, or crazy! Along with my mom and mother in law who constantly try to tell me we don’t have them🙄 so I basically have no one to talk to about this “pinworm hell” other than my husband, and I think he’s sick of hearing about it.. which is why I’m writing a 5 page essay, when I first realized my family had this problem I contacted the dr which told me we could do stool samples to be sure or just get meds well I had already read tons on this and decided it would be best not to poop in bags for 3 days considering the innacuracy. So we got the meds albendozal but she recommended I try Reese’s first (pyrantol pamoate) since it’s doesn’t have as many side effects, well I took the albendozal and I gave my kids the Reese’s.. bad idea because that didn’t cure my 3 year old son I decided to order some diatomaceous earth food grade and started taking that with water and giving it to my kids in juice along with trying to eat tons of garlic that helped me and my daughter but there again my son still constantly had stuff by his butt. I finally gave in a few months back and gave him the albendozal and what do you know the stuff disappeared by his butt!! But I know they are back on him again because he has dark circles under his eyes all the time and my kids are freakin hellions most of the time so I know both my oldest still have them. I don’t really see stuff by my 1 year olds butt very often but I’m sure he has them too. I still continue to drink diatemacious earth and apple cider vinegar morning and night because I think it really helps to keep the numbers down. BUT, I know they aren’t just by the butt, I honestly believe they can spread to your throat, nose, ears, because my daughters nose is always itching her and my throat is as well. And let’s not get going on the vaginal pinworms.. honestly what kills me is that I can’t beat this for my kids it kills my soul a little each and every day thinking they are going to have to live with this forever. Anyway I’m sorry for the long reply and I’m of little help but I needed to vent. The only things that have helped and this was after I took the two rounds of albendozal is diatomaceous earth and organic apple cider vinegar it’s disgusting but it helps well it does for me anyway. This can make you feel completely hopeless which in turn makes me have a horrible diet making them even worse. For everyone that has been battling this for years you’re in my thoughts, this is complete misery. And for those that are just now dealing with it all I can say is don’t let it consume you or IT WILL!
ashley2412 Anna196444
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Flicnic ashley2412
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I caught threadworms off my kids and had difficulty getting rid of them with the standard dose of ovex, which I took several times over a couple of months with little effect. During the time I was trying to get rid of them and failing, I basically drove myself mad with OCD, continually reading chat forums and mounting paranoia that, by the time I did get rid of them following heavier treatment prescribed by a specialist, I was still utterly convinced I had them for several months.
Much of what you’re saying reminds me of myself during that time, most notably stringy discharge, tiny white flecks and no actual sighting of a worm. It turned out I had a Candida infection which was mimicking some of the symptoms of threadworm and causing discharge, skin debris, but I am usually a very rational person and I was completely and utterly convinced there was no other explanation for my symptoms. I was convinced I saw them in my children’s poo, I felt them wriggling at night, I obsessed over the discharge which appeared when I first got the infection and seemed to get worse when the itching was worse.
It finally took the patience and experience of the team at the Tropical Diseasrs Hospital in London to make me understand and accept what was happening to me....not threadworm.
The stress I went through caused my periods to stop for 5 months and then my hair started falling out in handfuls and, 10 months later, it still is.
I’m not saying that this is what is happening to you. But what alerted the professionals who finally helped me to the fact that it might be something other than threadworm was that I hadn’t actually seen a worm for several months...at one stage, at the start of the infection, I’d seen them without much effort, on loo paper etc. It’s very unusual to have an infection for a sustained period of time without seeing one.
Anyway, email me if you have any questions. I’m happy to help.
ashley2412 Flicnic
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abbi12284 Anna196444
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ly71724 Anna196444
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Hi, I had threadworm for around 2 years on and off and took ovex and DE which didnt work. I found a forum which spoke about taking the herb epazote (mexican herb) for 9 days straight. Apparently it's common in Mexico to do this yearly as a de-wormer. Ordered the dried version on amazon for £2.50 and have been drinking it for around 2 weeks now. Don't want to jinx it and say I'm cured but have had basically no symptoms since. What I do is use 1/2 a teaspoon and mix with boiling hot water, drink every night before bed and first thing in the morning. Also this is a bit disgusting but I shower x2 a day and wash my anus with a clean toothbrush (you can put some liquid eg anti bacterial on the toothbrush too) which I scrub clean after use, if you can try and get the toothbrush head up the anus and carefully pull it out. It's my own theory but I think this helps get rid of the eggs. Also eat pumpkin seeds, garlic and carrots - I'm gonna do a course of ovex to fully clear them. This has helped me and hopefully I'm on the way to being free of them
Anna196444 ly71724
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ervinas09292 Anna196444
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.....im a 14 year old kid in the uk......and i was reading the discussion that u we’re having and I dont feel any better then I did20 minutes ago. I believe I have had this for an about 6 months but I have never actually noticed until yesterday when I noticed a Bunch of white thing swimming in the toilet.... I have often had times when I was itchy but now that I look back I think it was the worms.
yesteday when I found out I told them (my parents) straight away and they told me to eat some garlic....so I went downstairs to the kitchen and I took a onion and started eating that 😂..of course not until the morning did I know that garlic and flipping onion where different things.....THEY LOOK THE SAME!!! I have put a bit of research into this thing and I believe I have ‘pinworms’
I’m not sure what medications I should take but I don’t think my parents are taking this as seriously as they should. My question isn’t when did it start for you and how is it going now.....you know...if your actually still active in this site.
thank you.
Anna196444 ervinas09292
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Natalie7713 Anna196444
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Hello all, I've read threw most of the tread and I like most of you have pinworms but my husband and kids do not show any signs. I wanted to share with you all that I have been symptom free for two years... until last week!
I've had lots of success getting rid of them by breaking the cycle.... I am confident that I will get rid of them again. I first take Pyrantel Pamoate suspension (from amazon) this does not kill them.. just paralyzes them so thry stop moving. Then I take Quest Plus gel (moxidectin/praziquantel) horse demormer I get from the local feed store. It kills the adult worms and the larval stages. I also take to little tolet paper with Vaseline and plug up my anus and then I take a clump of tolet paper with JR Watkins menthol camphor cough suppressant (from amazon) and stick that in my vagina opening. This completely breaks their cycle and doesn't allow them out to lay any eggs. This process takes time... a few weeks... but they need oxygen to lay the eggs and continue the cycling. I am confident that I will kill them like before.
laura27275 Natalie7713
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Had you suffered the pinworms long term before you found these methods?
Natalie7713 laura27275
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I first got them two years ago and they nearly made me go mad! I would stay up alll night long since I wasn't sleeping. I can feel them moving down towards my anus to lay her eggs and my vagina was infected also. They would leave streaks of blood behind on my anus. I became very unformed about treatments and studies there cycle and after months of trying new things and protocols finally "plugging up" opening because they look for oxengy to lay the eggs in... worked. I have been completely symptom free for over 2 years until last week and every one of my symptoms from them are back.
laura27275 Natalie7713
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How frequently do you take the medications during treatment?
Also do you keep your areas plugged up constantly for the treatment or only at night?
Thanks
olivia82513 Natalie7713
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laura27275 olivia82513
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Hi Olivia82513
Your story is very similar to mine. It's so odd how the time between seeing them can be so varied. I'm absolutely baffled by it.
What methods have you tried to eliminate them?
I'm launching a full on attack, I've changed my diet, still using ovex , clearing my bowels with a laxative used for colonoscopy prep, blocking them in day and night with cotton wool covered in Vicks vapour rub, I just feel I can't give up.
It's so frustrating x
Natalie7713 laura27275
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** LONG POST WARNING** LOL
I have had to change the meds and do things completely different this time... I have them under control now and am able to sleep at night but I am battling to get rid of them completely. I am using Valbazen (aka albendazole) It is a broad-spectrum dewormer for cattle, sheep and goats and it was expensive! ($55 bottle) I am using 3.5 ml twice a day for a week (then week off) you have to take it with 40 grams of fat in order for proper absorption... this step is important or you are just waiting your money & flushing dewormer out. I take it in hot chocolate mix with 1/2 cup of heavy whipping cream & 1/2 cup of milk. I also take Ivermectin paste (this was cheap 2.99) I have studied AGAIN the life cycle and can save you the time/energy. 1) Females travel to the rectum to lay eggs then she DIES (I take great comfort in this...lol) 2) Layed eggs take 6 hours to hatch. 3) Swallowed eggs hatch in the digestive track & hatched eggs on the skin surface will make their way to the nearest opening (anus or vagina) 4) Hatched eggs in the digestive track live in the small intestine THEN when adults migrate to the large intestine and attach to your intestinal walls. 5) Adults live in the large intestine (also known as colon) and maybe consume fecal matter as food. 6) They reproduce threw sexual contact laying 10,000 - 15,000 eggs. 7) Complete time from larvae to adult is about a month.
The meds have been quick and easy to get at my local feed store BUT they are hard on our kidneys the absolute best way I have found to kill them "naturally" with no side effects is with a enema... yes, I know... but when you study the life cycle inside our body you can see they are in the intestinal track and a sea salt enema flush and making sure the nearest openings (anus & vagina) are closed up....will in fact....kill them! Outside the body, the eggs can remain alive and able to cause infection for two to three weeks so I will keep this regiment going for the next month.
Natalie7713 olivia82513
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** LONG POST WARNING** LOL
I have had to change the meds and do things completely different this time... I have them under control now and am able to sleep at night but I am battling to get rid of them completely. I am using Valbazen (aka albendazole) It is a broad-spectrum dewormer for cattle, sheep and goats and it was expensive! ($55 bottle) I am using 3.5 ml twice a day for a week (then week off) you have to take it with 40 grams of fat in order for proper absorption... this step is important or you are just waiting your money & flushing dewormer out. I take it in hot chocolate mix with 1/2 cup of heavy whipping cream & 1/2 cup of milk. I also take Ivermectin paste (this was cheap 2.99) I have studied AGAIN the life cycle and can save you the time/energy. 1) Females travel to the rectum to lay eggs then she DIES (I take great comfort in this...lol) 2) Layed eggs take 6 hours to hatch. 3) Swallowed eggs hatch in the digestive track & hatched eggs on the skin surface will make their way to the nearest opening (anus or vagina) 4) Hatched eggs in the digestive track live in the small intestine THEN when adults migrate to the large intestine and attach to your intestinal walls. 5) Adults live in the large intestine (also known as colon) and maybe consume fecal matter as food. 6) They reproduce threw sexual contact laying 10,000 - 15,000 eggs. 7) Complete time from larvae to adult is about a month.
The meds have been quick and easy to get at my local feed store BUT they are hard on our kidneys the absolute best way I have found to kill them "naturally" with no side effects is with a enema... yes, I know... but when you study the life cycle inside our body you can see they are in the intestinal track and a sea salt enema flush and making sure the nearest openings (anus & vagina) are closed up....will in fact....kill them! Outside the body, the eggs can remain alive and able to cause infection for two to three weeks so I will keep this regiment going for the next month.
c35177 Natalie7713
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Natalie7713 c35177
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Hello c35177, yes! I am happy to report that I am worm free but not because of any regiment mentioned aboove. I take a tablespoon on baking soda twice a day (changes the pH balance in the body to alkaline thus killing all parasites and disease) and I rub Derman antifungal cream on my anus. I use this brand in particular because it has certain ingredients not found in other antifungal creams. I got mine at Walmart for a few bucks. If I had to redo the whole process I would of only taken one round once a week of the Valbazen then stopped because it was very hard on my kidneys. I haven't felt/seen any worm sensations in over two weeks. I would recommend baking soda, drink lemon water, do enima flushes and rub Derman cream on & around anus.... please take any heavy medication regimen with caution as they seemed to do more harm than good with me.
c35177 Natalie7713
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Hi Natalie7713, thank you for the update. That is great you are worm free - well done! I have had them for about 6 months. Initially a dose of mebandazole would clear the symptoms but then they would come back. But I have had them continuously for the past 6 weeks, despite taking mebandozole at a double dose for 7 days straight, then the same thing on albendazole - which was what my doctor prescribed. 800 mg per day, and still they never went. I am now terrified I have a drug resistant strain of worms which will migrate everywhere and infest my whole body. I think they may have migrated to the vagina. I am now trying the epazote tea, I have been drinking lemon water as you suggested and will try the other things. I live in the uk so don't know what derman cream is - does that kill the eggs or just catch them so it is easier to remove? I have been using vaseline. Anyway, I am absolutely terrified. Nothing seems to kill them. Thank you again for your advice, and I really hope that you stay worm free for good.
juju10 Natalie7713
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woah natalie go you!! I just took a worm pill that says KILLS WORMS at the end of last week so im hopping they stay gone for good as I haven't felt any for a week! but im going to start drinking lemon water and doing the baking soda thing! so happy that they are gone !!
Alexis55 c35177
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Hi Natalie
this is the same battle I have had. Did you find any cure?
thank you