Treating Worms

What are Threadworms? Threadworms measure up to half an inch in length and look like threads of cotton. They can be seen, often moving, in stools. They are highly contagious and eggs can remain viable outside the body for several weeks. Children often pick up the eggs by sharing toys, food, school books and even pencils and get infected when the eggs are treansferred to their mouths. The most common symptoms is severe itching around the anus, particularly at night.

Treatments for Threadworms Threadworms are usually treated with piperazine such as Pripsen Piperazine Phosphate or mebendazole in products such as Ovex and Pripsen Mebendazole In addition to the treatment for the worms themselves, it is possible to directly treat the anal itching, which is one of the most unpleasant symptoms.

Medication Dosage Piperazine is available in granules, taken in two doses separated by a fortnight to ensure all worms are expelled. Mebendazole is available as banana-flavoured suspension, or tablet and is given as a one-off, single dose tablet which should kill all worms. Re-infection is unlikely if hygiene rules are followed. A follow-up dose can be taken 14 days later if re-infection occurs. Treatments for anal itching generally come in cream form. These creams won't kill the worms themselves so must be used in conjunction with Piperazine or Mebendazole.

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