Nov 14, 2024 · Large numbers of threadworms may possibly cause mild tummy (abdominal) pains and make a child irritable. In girls, threadworms can wander forwards and lay their eggs in the vagina or urethra (the tube through which you pass urine). Rarely, threadworms can cause other problems such as loss of appetite and weight loss. Threadworms treatment

Dec 1, 2023 · Threadworms (pinworms) are tiny worms in your poo. They're common in children and spread easily. You can treat them without seeing a GP. Check if it's threadworms. You can spot threadworms in your poo. They look like pieces of white thread. You might also see them around your child's bottom (anus).

May 30, 2019 · Threadworms are thin, cotton-like worms usually between 2 and 12 mm in length. You may notice them in your or your child's poo after a bowel movement. However, sometimes the only symptom of an infection is itching around the back passage (anus) which occurs more frequently at night. If you suspect you or your child are suffering from ...

Jul 22, 2021 · Female threadworms lay an average of 11,000 tiny eggs, which are invisible to the naked eye. She lays these eggs outside the anus, or, in girls, around the vagina and urethra. Eggs are usually laid at night whilst the child sleeps. The eggs are accompanied by an irritant mucus, which causes intense pruritus and scratching.

find a large worm, a piece of worm or worm eggs in your poo; have a red, itchy worm-shaped rash on your skin; have sickness, diarrhoea or a stomach ache for longer than 2 weeks

Sep 9, 2024 · Worms are parasites that enter the body and are able to live and feed off the person they have entered. The most common worm infection in the UK is threadworms. Medicines to treat worms are sometimes called anthelmintics. Mebendazole (trade names Vermox®, Ovex®) is the most commonly prescribed medicine for worms in the UK.

Jun 23, 2011 · 6 months ago I suddenly realised that my children and I were infested with threadworms and had been for at least a year prior to that. It has caused me intermittent, unexplained diarrhoea attacks and obviously itchiness. I had put the latter down to thrush as I obviously had them in my vagina.

Mar 25, 2023 · Threadworms, hookworms and whipworms are all types of roundworm. Threadworms are a relatively common type of roundworm and can be easily passed from one person to another, but they do not usually cause serious problems. They live inside the bowel for a short time - adult threadworms do not live for longer than six weeks.

Mebendazole - Brand names: Ovex, Vermox. Find out how mebendazole treats threadworms, roundworms and other worm infections, and how to take it.

Jun 13, 2015 · I first got threadworms two years ago from my boyfriend. He woke up one night complaining about an itchy bum, and asked if I'd ever had the same problem. I said I hadn't, but a few weeks later, I also started feeling a tickling in my anus in the evenings. I looked it up online and discovered that threadworms were the most likely explanation.