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Children can become infected with worms more quickly than adults because they play outside on the ground, put sand in their mouths and have close contact with other children.<\/p>\n
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Typical signs of worm infestation are pain and severe itching in the bottom, especially around the anus, abdominal pain, nausea, pallor and sleep disturbances. Visible worms or parts of worms may be found on examination of the faeces. Girls may also experience severe itching in the vaginal area. As the threadworms crawl out of the anus late in the evening and at night, it is possible to examine the child's bottom at this time and determine whether worms are visible.
Threadworms are small, white, thread-like worms between 5mm and 2cm long.<\/p>\n
Some anthelmintics are available over the counter in pharmacies. To be on the safe side, you should still take your child to the doctor. It makes sense to treat the whole family with the anthelmintic, even if no one else shows symptoms.<\/p>\n
A drink made from wild garlic helps as a supportive measure. To do this, squeeze the bulbs of the wild garlic plant and soak them in milk. Drink the drink in sips over the course of a day.<\/p>\n
Foods that promote digestion help to remove dead worms and worm eggs remaining in the intestine from the body. However, no laxatives should be taken. Instead, give the child fibre-rich foods and plenty to drink.<\/p>\n
Preventive measures against worm infestation and reinfection<\/strong><\/p>\n Careful hygiene is the be-all and end-all against worms. Bed linen must be changed and boiled before and after worm treatment. Nails should be cut short and hands should be washed regularly, especially before eating. Give the infected child their own towel to dry off.<\/p>\n It is essential to wash your hands thoroughly after handling animals.<\/p>\n Treat all pets regularly with a dewormer.<\/p>\n Playgrounds soiled with cat or dog faeces should be avoided.<\/p>\n Wash toys with hot water and washing-up liquid, especially soft toys.<\/p>\n Fruit or mushrooms that you have picked yourself from the forest should only be washed thoroughly and preferably eaten cooked, as they may contain eggs of the life-threatening fox tapeworm.<\/p>\n Do not eat raw meat. This also applies to raw fish, crabs, snails or mussels, as they can be infested with tapeworms, which can grow up to ten metres long in the intestine.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Children can become infected with worms more quickly than adults because they play outside on the ground, put sand in their mouths and have close contact with other children.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_thumbnail_id":["4044"],"_fgj2wp_old_id":["3116"],"rank_math_analytic_object_id":["1143"],"rank_math_focus_keyword":["fadenw\u00fcrmer bei kindern"],"rank_math_internal_links_processed":["1"],"_trp_automatically_translated_slug_en_GB":["threadworms-in-children"]},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gesundheit","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Put on fresh underwear in the morning and evening. The anthelmintic only kills the worms, but not the worm eggs. It is therefore essential to remove any remaining worm eggs so that no worms hatch. If necessary, administer the anthelmintic again two weeks after the first worm treatment.<\/p>\n