Intestinal worms. . .I nearly passed out

[Anonymous]

I'm bumping this for two reasons: 1. I have a child with an itchy butt and am looking for relief while the pinworm medicine works and 2 IT is FUNNY AS HELL...gross though, but funny gross.

Found some useful stuff in the thread too.

[Anonymous]

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

This is very real. My grandmother had a worm crawl out of her mouth and get stuck between her teeth, We pulled it out because it was pretty skinny and we thought it was a thread., No it was round worm. She did not even take any meds. She was that infested. This was a rural area in India.

https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?ContentTypeID=160&ContentID=54

URMC / Encyclopedia / Roundworm Infection in Children

Key points about roundworm infection in children

Roundworm infection is a type of parasitic illness. It’s caused by the roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides.

Roundworm eggs live in the soil and in contaminated feces. The eggs can get into the body through the mouth. The infection can then spread from person to person via infected feces.

Symptoms may include worms in a bowel movement or coming from the nose or mouth, vomiting, and stomach pain.

In most cases, roundworms can be easily treated by taking a medicine that kills the worms in about 3 days.

After treatment, infection can happen again. This is common in areas where roundworm infection is widespread. Take steps to prevent a repeat roundworm infection.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had pinworms in middle school. I remember going to the doctor and talong medicine. Must have used the bathroom and of course flushed. This was before I left on vacation. Came back from vacation and opened the lid to the toilet. OMG. Hundreds of worms. Most disgusting thing you've ever seen. Never flushed so fast in my life.

This happened to me in Arlington last summer. My kids still talk about it.

[Anonymous]

There are also cases of eye worms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Something like 25% of Americans have a low-grade pin worm infection at any given time.
I have 2 elementary aged kids and at least twice a school year we get a letter from the school nurse about a case or outbreak in the school.
And this is an elementary of million dollar+ homes. (just to illustrate that pin worms are found endemic in ANY population).

I used to teach kindergarten. Most kids were from high income families, but most of them didn't know how to wash their hands properly.

[Anonymous]

I posted on this thread a couple of years ago. I struggled reallly badly with this. Nothing worked. Doctors thought I was crazy. I came up with a simple solution. I used simple miccelear water makeup remover wipes on my butt every morning when I woke up. I figured if they could clean Waterproof mascara off then they could clean sticky pinworm eggs off too. Has to be miccelear water wipes bc won’t irritate You butt further. It took a while to work, but it finally did. No meds totally got the job done for me. No explanation for why meds didn’t work.

[Anonymous]

Bump....one of my favorite threads

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bump....one of my favorite threads

I thought the lost tampon thread was going to prompt someone to bump this. I still have nightmares about this thread but also good memories.

[Anonymous]

Meh, they're pinworms. You won't die. Very common and easily treated. They are active at night, so disrupted sleep in a child is your first clue!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Something like 25% of Americans have a low-grade pin worm infection at any given time.
I have 2 elementary aged kids and at least twice a school year we get a letter from the school nurse about a case or outbreak in the school.
And this is an elementary of million dollar+ homes. (just to illustrate that pin worms are found endemic in ANY population).

I used to teach kindergarten. Most kids were from high income families, but most of them didn't know how to wash their hands properly.

Sad how most parents seem too busy to instill basic hygiene habits.

[Anonymous]

OMG I lost sleep over this horrifying thread back on 2015 and now just seeing it revived has brought back the old trauma.

[Anonymous]

Great, now my butt itches.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You know I am not going to be able to resist clicking that link. It's almost like the link to the blackhead that got pulled out that was the size of a piece of cauliflower....

I must be weird because both this and the chopstick pulling out the worm thing would feel very satisfying to me 🤣🤣🤣

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

What the freakin what? Stay awake with chopsticks you say?!!

[Anonymous]

So if you are infested, even infested a little, would your poop show evidence without the medicine?