Embarrassed!

[paige23]

So my Ds has gotten bloody threadworms and so have I. 😠
I've been to the docs to get the family some medication. We have to take one lot and a week later another.
The crazy cleaning is starting tomorrow.
I'm just so embarrassed! My OH told his sister who has kid's. And she told him that I shouldn't take him to any baby groups or centres until he is clear in case he gives them to other kids.
I don't know how to feel about what she has said. One part of me thinks she is right but the other doesn't.
We go and do 'activies' at least four times a week. My poor lo will be so fed up if I don't take him out for a few weeks. And quite frankly so will I!
What would you do?

 

[Eryinera]

I would be tempted not to only coz you don't want to pass it to someone else you get yourself clear then end up reaching it! Although they aren't serious or harmful to pregnant women adult's or children it's a lot of hassle as you know when you have got them and I personally wouldn't want to make anyone else have to go through all that rigmarole! Remember someone passed it to you! You could always go out in pram or for woodland walks or for other outside trips that aren't so densely populated with babies and children sharing toys germs and worms! You don't need to be embarrassed it can happen to anyone that's the wonderful joys of having children for you... wait for the chicken pox the head lice the tummy bugs etc etc lol. Good luck getting rid of them!

 

[El1en]

If it was me I wouldn't mix with others until it's cleared. If I got them from someone at a group who knew they had them I'd be unhappy, even though not harmful as you said it is embarrassing and a pain having to go to the Drs etc. as the above poster said its a lovely time of year for pretty walks

As a bit of an exaggeration if you went to the class and passed them on and then so did the next person and the next you'd probably end up spreading around the whole group then catching it again

 

[paige23]

Thank you for replying. I am very tempted not to take him. I would feel awful if we gave them to anyone else!
The only thing is it's his Christmas party next week and I know it takes a few weeks to get rid of them. I really don't want him to miss it.
Just on a side note. If your child got them when they are at school age would they have to stay off school until they were clear then?
And I'm dreading chicken pox Eryinera! Just feels one thing after another with all the illnesses this time of year lol!

 

[*glow*]

Aw I feel for you as they are awful and really upset children sometimes!

I wouldn't take him to playgroups right now but I would scrub his fingers particularly in the morning as I think the initial dose of meds kills the live worms and it's the eggs that stay and get re ingested. Look it up.

You poor lovely, really common but rarely discussed.

(Hugs) x

 

[Phoenix85]

I'd just scrub his fingernails and wash his hands well (and yours) and don't let him put shared toys in his mouth. That's probably how he caught them in the first place.

They can't be caught just by being in contact with an infected person, you have to ingest the eggs, and the eggs live in your gut/bottom, people scratch, the eggs end up under their fingernails, and then are passed on.

Personally I think as long as you are washing your hands and his and cleaning under your fingernails there is very little risk of you passing them on. But that's just my opinion.

 

[Smileygirl]

I have to say I would be very unhappy if I caught this from someone who knew they had it and didn't stay away from playgroups etc. It's a shame for your lo to miss out on the Christmas party, I agree, but you risk passing this on to other poor children and their parents just in time for Christmas! If I knew that a mother was bringing her child along to the Christmas party and they both had threadworms, I would probably choose to stay away myself to avoid catching it...
Hope you feel better soon x

 

[Pumpkin9]

I personally don't see an issue with anyone taking their child to something if they have this - it's not serious and there are other things that people take their children to things with (hand foot and mouth, colds and coughs).

As long as you've washed hands throughly and are careful with supervising play I can't see a problem.

 

[Smileygirl]

The way I see it, if it's something they would have to stay away from nursery with (e.g. Hand, foot and mouth or threadworms), then I wouldn't take them to other toddler groups/classes, but if it's a simple cold/cough, then no reason to keep them away. Hand, foot and mouth is really horrible and can't be likened to a common cold!

 

[El1en]

I just think if I knew other kids there had worms I'd avoid for a while as I wouldn't want to pass anything on and cause hassle for others so close to Christmas. So I guess I wouldn't think it fair on the kids and parents who are clear if they had to avoid the party

 

[Pumpkin9]

The way I see it, if it's something they would have to stay away from nursery with (e.g. Hand, foot and mouth or threadworms), then I wouldn't take them to other toddler groups/classes, but if it's a simple cold/cough, then no reason to keep them away. Hand, foot and mouth is really horrible and can't be likened to a common cold!

I have no experience of other nurseries but the nursery I take my son to allows you to take children that have these conditions, provided they are well enough to attend

 

[Baby2sky]

Same as pumpkin... I wouldn't stop going to places and all the schools I have worked in have never put thread worms on the 'stay away from.school' list.

 

[russellmuscle]

I caught these in primary school one time, dunno if my wee brothers had them first or whatever my mum didnt go into detail. I just remember the sheer horror when I seen them

I didnt stay off school? My mum was instructed not to share linnens, towels etc. She was to wash all that. Keep our hands scrubbed give meds and they cleared up? Obviously

Thankfully this isnt something Ive caught despite J being at nursery since 7m.

I think as long as you are taking the necessary precautions to stop spreading infection, perhaps anti bacterial tubes regularly, hand nail scrubbing esp before play groups whats the difference?

As for infection, its classed as a minor infection as it causes no real damage other than inconvience and embarrassment. I think the meds work quite quickly its just the aftermath of protection and cleaning you need to stop reoccurrence.

Wash all linnen sep with anti bac wash powder and keep up regular extra hygine measures and all should be fine. Someone obviously gave them to your child perhaps knowingly or unknowingly. The amount of things J has caught from children and stopped him from nursery I have never been pissed off with a parent.

Bronchiolisis is a viral infection and once its in a nursery or whatever there is no stopping it so kids attend as normal. Some having no worse symptoms than the common cold. That viral infection also caused Jackson to be hospitalized this time last Dec on oxygen till 1 week before Xmas. Hes got it this year too thankfully managable.. We cant be pissed of at germs? And certainly not parents.

If we were always to avoid germs nurses would be out of a job!!

xxxx

 

[Hoping for no2]

It's not necessary to stay at home if you have threadworms. As long as you have given the medication and are following the hygiene measures. Make sure to wash him in the morning and wear clean clothes and wash hands regularly. My son had these and didn't have to stay off school - our gp told us that up to 40% of preschool and school children have these at any one time, so they are rife. After 48 hours all the adult worms should be dead and therefore not laying anymore eggs. X

 

[paige23]

Thanks for all your replies. We took the medication this time last week and it worked within two or three days. I went crazy cleaning. I washed everything I could and ironed all our bedding after I washed it haha. And I don't iron! Changed the bedding and towels every two days. Washed our bums in the morning etc.
I kept him from groups last week from shear guilt of giving it to someone else. But we went the Christmas party today. Made sure we had a bath clean clothes etc before we went scrubbed our hands haha. I think I need to re dose next week.
It isn't back yet thank God.
Just makes you feel dirty even though I know they are easy to catch. It has made me more aware that I need to be washing his hands more which we do now!
Thanks again for all the replies. Not many people talk about it. But I've found once I talked to people about it more people open up that they have had them too!

 

[Eryinera]

It's one of the weird untalked about things. Ive never had them to be honest I've never even heard of them until your post! I'm glad everything is looking better now and so happy you made it to the party!