[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Pinworms are GROSS! (Page 1 of 3)
Posted: 8/3/2006 10:26:30 AM EDT
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from WebMD: Diagnosis is relatively simple. At night, after the child has been asleep for about an hour, parents should turn him or her over and, using a flashlight, look carefully at the rectal area. Live, threadlike worms may be seen wiggling out of the anus to lay their eggs. Collect the worms and/or eggs by pressing cellophane tape against the anal skin, and, the next day, bring the specimen to the pediatrician for closer inspection. If you don't notice anything at night, check for eggs in the morning. (Although pediatricians can perform this test in their office, the results are more fruitful late at night or first thing in the morning, which is why doctors recommend that parents gather the evidence.) For best results, three separate specimens should be obtained from the child before he or she bathes in the morning. I don't know about you, but hearing the sound of a tape dispenser in the middle of the night is NOT something I want to wake up to... |
IBTMILJ (In Before The Mother-In-Law Joke) |
I once went on a 60 day drug that kills parasites. I pooped out some weirder looking stuff than that. It's been about 8 years since I did that. I probably should de-worm myself again. |
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Keeping yourself, your kids and your bathrooms clean really helps a lot. Regular hand washing is probably the most important. We had them a few times as kids. We were little pigs too. My folks didn't realize it...and they didn't make us stay very clean either. After I grew up and joined up at 17, I only had one case as an adult and I'm sure that was when my kids were little and I slipped up. Nasty buggers... 
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Using what? |
I'm no expert here, but aren't some parasites actually good for you? |
By definition, then they are not parasites--they are "symbiotic." |
meh... nothing that a propane torch wouldn't cure. |
How the hell could someone not know something that big was in their ass?!??!??! |
Don't worry--she doesn't need to use tape. That is only for diagnosis. You can skip straight to the cure--she will need a bright flashlight and an ice pic. She'll figure out the rest. Good luck! 
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Some herbal thing. I can't remember the name. |
I sure as hell hope that's a magnified view and not lifesize! 
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Yes but how would your body distingush the two? I imagine that whatever mjohn3006 did killed whatever was in there rather indiscrminantly, no? |
| My kids were very skinny growing up. Its genetics, they always had plenty to eat - in fact they have always been hearty eaters as well. One day in the check out line waiting my turn a woman says to me "Your son is very skinny." I look down at him and say "Yea, I know, I think he has worms." [my typical response]. She says to me [straight faced] 'You know you can take a strip of tape and tape it to his rectum at night to be sure." I looked up at her and had to stifle a laugh. She was dead serious. I was like "He's fine. He's skinny, I was skinny at his age. He'll be fine" shaking my head. |
Helifino--I don't know what's up his ass or what he took. I was only trying to clarify the terms. 
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Well the herbal thing was a reducer, not a "cure". I think it said to go through it every couple years because after you get rid of them, most come back eventually. After a couple weeks of pooping various worms I felt better and ate less. And when I say pooping worms I do not mean every crap was a wiggeling mass of snakes in the crapper. Just every couple days, poop would have a couple dead worms in it. |
How is that? Just curious as to how the two correlate. And, if there were THAT many in there, how did you know in the first place? This thread is the exact reason why I cringe when I see any pork with a pink center in it
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No. I did not dig through my poop. Just what I could see on the surface. |
It's safer today than in the past but you should NEVER eat under-cooked pork. The "worms" you get from pork do not live in the intestinal tract--they take up residence in your muscles and cannot be cured. It's almost as bad as blastomycosis. Seriously--google it.  ETA: It turns out it can be treated today. Still bad stuff though. |
Well before I went on it, and one of the reasons, was my legs and feet would get creepy crawly feelings. Expecially my feet. It felt like I had things cawling around under my skin. They went away afetr the treatment. As for eating less, I guess you could say my mouth had less mouths to feed.
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He taped his own asshole shut.  |
I wonder if that is what I had. See my creepy crawling feeling post a few posts up. |
Its almost impossible to undercook pork. The internal temp necessary to kill all the nasty's is really low. Like 165 degrees Farenheit or something. |
Stick a bug bomb up there? |
Put some marinara sauce on that... |
Are you serious? That was a living thing?
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