Intestinal worms. . .I nearly passed out

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lived in Central America from '01-'03. Never been regular since. Seriously considering buying some of that herbal wormwood stuff!

Try PinX first. It's over the counter and you only need one dose.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Please, please, please say that the yeast infection is not related. OP, please say that they can't get in your cooter. And thanks for sharing your test results!


Laughing. OP here. No, they don't get into your vagina. BUT, your entire digestive system gets out of control, and normal good bacteria in your gut is no match for those sneaky bastards. I am on Cultrelle (over the counter, approved by doctor), and three other medications. I should be more informed, and know the names of each, but I am whip tired, and am not going to go look them up right now.

No pinworms do get into the vagina. This is very common with childern. You can look it up.

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Anonymous wrote:The mouth thing cannot be true. Can a medical professional weigh in please and hopefully debunk. I would have PTSD for sure.

Professor of Helminthology here. The mouth thing is unfortunately very real. It happens most frequently in your sleep, within a few hours of taking the medication.
We usually recommend your spouse stay awake next to you with a pair of chopsticks to grab the worm and pull it out, in case it changes its mind. Please don't use tweezers, as this can bisect the worm, making it very hard, and unpleasant, to remove the rest of the beast.

The mouth is actually not the worst-case scenario: occasionally they will try to emerge from a man's penis, a singularly unpleasant experience given their barbs.

I'm thankful I'm single because I'm pretty sure there is no one or thing on this planet I could love enough to 1. Do this for. EVER and 2. Get over it enough to EVER kiss/have sex with someone who I chopsticked an intestinal worm out of their sleeping mouth.

PP, you have me roaring with laughter

[Anonymous]

I tried reading this whole thread, but it is making me ill. Can someone summarize it? Do you need to do anything about "intestinal worms" if you have no symptoms (like my family). What about if your butt itches like crazy (like me). Thanks

[Anonymous]

Ascariasis:

Two things to keep in mind: Latin Americans are carriers and we are bringing illegals in in record numbers

They don't always flush toilet paper and an increasing number of businesses are putting trash cans in restrooms. (Whole Foods in Vienna, I'm looking at you! ).

Do the math....

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Ascariasis:

Two things to keep in mind: Latin Americans are carriers and we are bringing illegals in in record numbers

They don't always flush toilet paper and an increasing number of businesses are putting trash cans in restrooms. (Whole Foods in Vienna, I'm looking at you! ).

Do the math....

Wrong round worms have have been with us a long time. They took sewage samples back in the 1970's to determine the level of infection in the U.S. population. Yes there were round worm in the general population.

Now these immigrants were really dirty, but you know they were white and that does not fit your world view.

While digging up the bones of Richard III, who was born in 1452 and ruled England from 1483 to 1485, scientists took soil samples from within the grave. They then looked for evidence of parasites in order to better understand his health and diet. Within the soil where the king's pelvis once rested, they found a large number of ancient eggs from roundworms (Ascaris lumbricoides). As a control, they also took a soil sample from inside Richard III's skull and from the grave outside the bounds of the body. They found no eggs in the skull sample, and only a small number — 15 times fewer eggs — in that soil, suggesting a background level of contamination from sewage, said Piers Mitchell, a physician and biological anthropologist at the University of Cambridge. [Photos: the Search for Richard III's Grave]

http://www.livescience.com/39392-king-richard-iii-roundworm-infection.html

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Ascariasis:

Two things to keep in mind: Latin Americans are carriers and we are bringing illegals in in record numbers

They don't always flush toilet paper and an increasing number of businesses are putting trash cans in restrooms. (Whole Foods in Vienna, I'm looking at you! ).

Do the math....

Wrong round worms have have been with us a long time. They took sewage samples back in the 1970's to determine the level of infection in the U.S. population. Yes there were round worm in the general population.

Now these immigrants were really dirty, but you know they were white and that does not fit your world view.

While digging up the bones of Richard III, who was born in 1452 and ruled England from 1483 to 1485, scientists took soil samples from within the grave. They then looked for evidence of parasites in order to better understand his health and diet. Within the soil where the king's pelvis once rested, they found a large number of ancient eggs from roundworms (Ascaris lumbricoides). As a control, they also took a soil sample from inside Richard III's skull and from the grave outside the bounds of the body. They found no eggs in the skull sample, and only a small number — 15 times fewer eggs — in that soil, suggesting a background level of contamination from sewage, said Piers Mitchell, a physician and biological anthropologist at the University of Cambridge. [Photos: the Search for Richard III's Grave]

http://www.livescience.com/39392-king-richard-iii-roundworm-infection.html

I guess there was modern facilities back in 1450s England. Good to know!

Note the sewage issues. Who do you think has a more modern sewage system - the US or the parts of Latin America where these illegal immigrants are coming from?

Hint: they don't flush toilet paper. Sewage system can't handle it.

So it doesn't matter how long they've been here. What matters is whether or not we are importing people with infestation and poor bathroom sanitation habits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Although gross, pin worms are very common. Kind of like lice, kids give them to each other. Glad that you are getting rid of them!

My neighbor's kid had pinworms, and she gave them to my DD. We saw them in her poop, little thread-like white things, wiggling in the water. She took pinworm meds for a few days, and all were gone. It wasn't a big deal, at least in my DD's case. I wouldn't have known she had them, except she looked at her poop and called me in to look at it. When I told the neighbor, she told me her DD had them too. Geeze, I wish she'd told me sooner, before DD played with her DD at her not terribly clean house! But pinworms are spread easily, according to our MD, by incompletely washed hands, for example. Gross, but not terribly harmful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I closed my eyes to scroll past whatever image was posted above. I don't want to see it.
How long are these worms coming out of people's mouths?

I remember having pinworm as a kid, and my mom would take it out of my butthole with tweezers & a q-tip
I hear people talk about cleaning every square inch of your house-- we never did that. Just wash the sheets. I never even took medicine.

Quesion: I feel like taking a de-worming thing like OP just in case. Is there harm in that?

Our doctor told the entire family to take meds, wash the sheets, vacuum, and that was the end of it. It's possible we're all infested with pinworms, but not many of them. I've never seen any white threads in my poop since then, and it was at least 10 years ago when DD got pinworms. The doc said it was no big deal, very common in young kids, just take the pills, everybody, and it's done.

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Anonymous wrote:So 8 year-old DD scratches her butt a lot.

Let's say I give her pills to de-worm, she poops in the toilet and sees what OP sees.

How the hell would an eight year-old react to that?!?! My guess is tht the therapy bills would be astronomical.

Not trying to be snarky, but it would suck for her to go untreated. Pinworms are pretty harmless, but can throw off absorption of nutrients, cause discomfort, and irritability in kids. My son was being a little asshole, and sure enough, he had them.

Oh, of course I would treat it! I was just thinking if she saw a toilet full of worms it would scar her for life.

But believe you me, I would treat them!

If she's scratching her anal area a lot, you need to treat them asap. Why would you delay? The medicine is OTC.

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Anonymous wrote:
Please, please, please say that the yeast infection is not related. OP, please say that they can't get in your cooter. And thanks for sharing your test results!

Laughing. OP here. No, they don't get into your vagina. BUT, your entire digestive system gets out of control, and normal good bacteria in your gut is no match for those sneaky bastards. I am on Cultrelle (over the counter, approved by doctor), and three other medications. I should be more informed, and know the names of each, but I am whip tired, and am not going to go look them up right now.

OP please share the names of the other medications you are taking.

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Anonymous wrote:
Please, please, please say that the yeast infection is not related. OP, please say that they can't get in your cooter. And thanks for sharing your test results!

Laughing. OP here. No, they don't get into your vagina. BUT, your entire digestive system gets out of control, and normal good bacteria in your gut is no match for those sneaky bastards. I am on Cultrelle (over the counter, approved by doctor), and three other medications. I should be more informed, and know the names of each, but I am whip tired, and am not going to go look them up right now.

So Cultrelle is just a probiotic. Do you have to take any of these pin-x type things as well?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I tried reading this whole thread, but it is making me ill. Can someone summarize it? Do you need to do anything about "intestinal worms" if you have no symptoms (like my family). What about if your butt itches like crazy (like me). Thanks

Ok, PP, fantastically itchy butt fellow sufferer here... I stopped using wipes on advice from another thread (gotta love DCUM) I stopped using wipes altogether. Just plain TP or on occasion TP dampened with water. Relief! I must have an allergic reaction to the wipes. This has been going on for years! So glad I figured it out. Give it a try.

[Anonymous]

I had worms as a kid in a 3rd would country. I'm fine

[Anonymous]

I am never eating again.