How common are pinworms?

amother

↑ RosePink

Mon, Oct 28 2024, 1:26 pm

amother Plum wrote:

Of course we wash our hands! And have soap! But I should watch that judgement. U think ur kids are washing their hands so perfectly in school when ur not there I have a bridge to sell you ive worked as a therapist in many schools and past the small preschool age when the Morah’s are really supervising, prob majority of the kids don’t properly wash their hands if at all. The boys especially I. Like first grade when they go themselves to the bathroom? Forget it.

1 - I was VERY clear that this is not the case most of the time, just that I see it on this site often.
2 - Then this does not apply to you.
3 - You must be new on this site if you believe everyone washes their hands, and I'm saying at home. At least once a year on this site there are a few threads with polls asking just this, and people freely say they do not have soap in their bathrooms, or they don't think you have to wash your hands.

amother

↑ Plum ↓

Mon, Oct 28 2024, 1:32 pm

amother RosePink wrote:

I’m on here since 2012 lol.
What do u mean people don’t have soap in their house? I’ve never seen anyone say that. How do you not have soap in a bathroom?? In the kitchen??

amother

↑ Forestgreen

Mon, Oct 28 2024, 1:36 pm

amother IndianRed wrote:

which soap is good to keep in the bathroom?

I once heard an arguement against anti bacterial soap and I dont remeber the reason behind it?

what is sanitzer? how is it diff? it was used during covid...

I am clueless...

Regular hand soap should be kept by all sinks.
Sanitizers are great for one offs but not daily use unless during a pandemic or when around very sick people as its not good for the skin, soap is just as effective.

I haven't heard anything against anti bacterial so I cant help on that

Rabbit613 ↓

Mon, Oct 28 2024, 2:05 pm

I think it's a genetic thing. Some kids get and others don't. B"h I never had to deal with pinworm even though I'm the messy type. I let my kids play in the mud, dirt and with stray cats.
I don't get around to washing linens very often.
On the other hand, I have a relative that is so into cleanliness. Her house is spotless, the kids only play in clean places and she is constantly washing their hands. Her kids have pinworm very often.
I wonder why some kids are more sensitive to catching it.

amother

↑ IndianRed ↓

Mon, Oct 28 2024, 2:31 pm

Rabbit613 wrote:

some kids have it but dont have symptoms.

amother

↑ Charcoal ↓

Mon, Oct 28 2024, 2:33 pm

Rabbit613 wrote:

Not genetic but definitely related to gut health

amother

Slategray ↓

Mon, Oct 28 2024, 6:51 pm

I have 4 kids and one of them have pretty often. It's clearly coming from sugar. (sippies nosh is the worst) My doctor recommended a medication that u take twice and gets rid of pinworms for long term.

amother

↑ Periwinkle

Mon, Oct 28 2024, 6:54 pm

amother Slategray wrote:

Doesn’t always work speaking from experience

amother

Stone

Mon, Oct 28 2024, 6:54 pm

I'm not surprised to see this question now after simchas torah with all the junk the kids ate. In my experience certain candies such as winkies cause it to come out. Also sugar in general. Doctors say there's no proof to this theory but Jewish mothers have seen this time and again.

amother

↑ Linen ↓

Mon, Oct 28 2024, 6:57 pm

amother Slategray wrote:

It does not come from sugar. It comes from ingesting pinworm eggs. If you understand the life cycle and methods of transmission, you have a better chance of getting rid of them.

amother

↑ Charcoal ↓

Mon, Oct 28 2024, 7:16 pm

amother Linen wrote:

It does not come from sugar. It comes from ingesting pinworm eggs. If you understand the life cycle and methods of transmission, you have a better chance of getting rid of them.

This is the classic microbe vs terrain argument and as always the answer is its both. Nobody thinks the sugar itself gives rise to pinworms. But sugar makes the gut a very hospitable place for pinworms to propagate. All kids ingest pinworms eggs at some point or another but not all kids become infected/infested. Terrain matters.

amother

Sienna ↓

Mon, Oct 28 2024, 7:24 pm

Def related to gut health. Winkies and sippies are notorious for helping the pinworms multiply and get jumpy on a sugar high.

I recently heard of a really good trick and bh bh bh so far it has really worked.

You boil up a bunch of garlic cloves, let it boil for a 2-3 few min. Add to a bath and let kid soak for at least 20 min. But not much longer.
Repeat for at least 3 days in a row.

After trying EVEYTHING including meds, this is what got rid of it the fastest and the longest between infection/infestation.
It's usually one kid in my house that brings it home and within 2 weeks of her complaining, some of my other kids are complaining too. It's always the same few kids. But it always starts with the one.
And she's a thumb sucker.... thumb sucker's are pinworm magnets. (I haven't found "the" trick for that yet. I'm open to suggestions.)

amother

Zinnia ↓

Mon, Oct 28 2024, 7:29 pm

I have also never heard of it except on this site. I have 5 kids and ba"H have never dealt with this. I have never met anyone who has discussed this happening to their kids, and I have never had a pediatrician in my almost 20 years of rasing kids ever mention this to me (having brought in multiple children for rashes and sleeping issues...)

amother

↑ Ginger ↓

Mon, Oct 28 2024, 7:30 pm

amother IndianRed wrote:

some kids have it but dont have symptoms.

[b]MOST kids have it. The ones that think they don’t have it just don’t have symptoms.
The ones that think their kids don’t have it or never had it are just burying their heads in the sand.

amother

↑ Lavender ↓

Mon, Oct 28 2024, 7:48 pm

amother Sienna wrote:

. You can also stick whole peel garlic in everyone's underpants! Make sure snug panties-which are good for trying to contain worms and eggs too
..wash wash wash . People prone need frequent linen and pj washing always not just during outbreak
...ya thumbsuckers are pits. We have cracked a few of those hard nuts but a few more to go bh LOL

nynative

Mon, Oct 28 2024, 8:13 pm

amother Zinnia wrote:

Perhaps you never heard of it because women are reluctant to share that it is in their homes lest others think of them as dirty and having poor hygiene.