How can I tell if my child has threadworms?
Threadworms look like thin, white, cotton threads. Sometimes you can see them in faeces (stools or motions) in the toilet. If you cannot see threadworms in the faeces, but suspect your child has threadworms (if they have an itchy bottom), try looking at the child's anus. You can do this with a torch in the late evening after the child has gone to sleep. Part the child's buttocks and look at the opening of the anus. If the child has threadworms you can often see one or two coming out of the anus. Do not be alarmed! Ask a pharmacist for advice on treatment in the next day or so.
Your doctor may ask you to do a 'sticky tape test' to confirm the presence of threadworms. To do this you press some clear see-through tape onto the skin around the anus first thing in the morning, before wiping or bathing. You then place the tape on a glass slide or put it in a specimen container. The tape is then sent to the 'lab' to be looked at under a microscope to see if any threadworm eggs are stuck to the tape.
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Scarlett, 5 months
? Do They Just Desolve the worms? or do you have to pee them all out? or what? and do worms keep you from Pooping? I Have had them for a few days and i havent pooped in like 2 days?!
Report this commentS.B, 5 months
I am only 12, turning 13 and i have these worms, i know i have had them before because when i was 7 i remember looking at my fecies and little worm wiggleing around, i didnt care because i didnt know what they were, and about 8 days ago my bumstarted to itch alot agian so i just changed my undies and it stoped, but it came back the next night, so i changed them agian, and it keeps coming out, i started crying i was so scared, and i dont want to tell my parents, can i get rid of the worms with out the medicen?
Report this commentE.m, 8 months
I have checked and I have them . My bum has been itchy fir 1.5 years I'm too scared to tell anyone because I am embaraseed. I know this is stupid but I just am scared. Can you get any treatment without subscription that I could sneak out to buy if so how much woud it cost?
Report this comments.a, about 1 year
i think i have worms. what should i do? everynight i am left with this constant itchyness. in the morning my bum is sore, i sleep with a pillow around my legs to prevent anymore ittching. this morning i woke up to find that there was something white gooey and long in my pants. i dont want to tell my mum, iscase she looks. what would be even worse is if a docter would look there. i read in a artical that you lose your apitite.and thats what happening to me. i am not eating enough and i am losing wieght! i really want this to stop. i no if i dont tell anyone i have got to check for my self, but i am scared with the results i might find. please, i really need some advice from people who can relate to me.
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Harry, 15 days
I have these things i think, but im too scared to tell anyone is there anything i can do without buying medicine
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