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"   Question My child has worms. Please could you tell me the best form of treatment?   Answer You should go and see your GP \u2013 there are two or three effective and simple medical treatments. Also bear in mind the life cycle of the worm: the female worm lays her eggs at the anus at night - this causes itching.  When scratched, the eggs are transferred to the fingers and then to the mouth, where the reinfection takes place.  The normal bedtime bath actually encourages the female worm to lay her eggs. A morning bath rather than an evening one will wash away the eggs.  The fingernails should be kept short and the child\u2019s fingers should be scrubbed with a nailbrush before every meal and after using the toilet. Yours sincerely Dr Bob Leckridge, GP  Other Q&amp;amp;amp;As Alternative remedies for colds Are my daughters giving each other thrush in the bath? Childhood pneumonia Childhood shingles Children and meningococcal septicaemia Dealing with threadworm in children under two Does my child have thrush? Does my daughter have oral thrush? Does my daughter have vaginitis? Does my daughter need antibiotics for scarlet fever? Glandular fever and Coxsackie virus at the same time Has E. coli urinary tract infection scarred my daughter&amp;#039;s kidneys? How did my grandson catch E. coli? How likely is it that my children have caught scabies from my niece? Is my little girl suffering from thrush? Lack of appetite after meningitis My eight-year-old daughter has vulval vaginitis My daughter has been diagnosed with shingles My daughter keeps getting coughs My daughter keeps getting urinary tract infections My son&amp;#039;s cold isn&amp;#039;t getting better My son has had five pneumonias My son keeps getting threadworm My son&amp;#039;s ringworm won&amp;#039;t go away No relief from threadworm Scalp ringworm Slap cheek disease Slapped cheek syndrome Tell me about pneumonia in children What is Cryptosporidium? What is scarlet fever? What is slapped cheek disease? What is Staph. saprophyticus?  Last updated 27.05.2014 "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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