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my daughter has a lot of worms in her stool, I gave her ovex on tues morn but today (fri) i noticed that there are quite a few worms still wiggling away when she goes to the toilet. is this normal? there are also what looks like dead ones. How long does ovex take to work?
Hi. Thanks for your query. Noted the history and understood your concerns. Since it is confirmed that your daughter has lots of worms in stool, it is important that a proper stool test for three consecutive days will help to know the causative worms so that an appropriate repeat treatment with different medicines working against intestinal worms will help for the cure. At the same time preventive measure need to be taken to avoid recurrence in the following way. Cleaning of hands with soap and water after every bathroom visit. Paring the nails. No outside foods at all. Treatment of all the family members. Repeat dosages at an appropriate time.
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What Causes Lots Of Worms In Stool?
Hi. Thanks for your query. Noted the history and understood your concerns. Since it is confirmed that your daughter has lots of worms in stool, it is important that a proper stool test for three consecutive days will help to know the causative worms so that an appropriate repeat treatment with different medicines working against intestinal worms will help for the cure. At the same time preventive measure need to be taken to avoid recurrence in the following way. Cleaning of hands with soap and water after every bathroom visit. Paring the nails. No outside foods at all. Treatment of all the family members. Repeat dosages at an appropriate time.