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OMG...i just changed dcg's diaper and she has TAPEWORMS...wtf do i do?!!?!?!?
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Call DCPs and tell them what you think, see. Save the poop for them to show the doctor.
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I have no experience with tapeworms but would think you should probably save the diaper b/c her mom will have to take it to the doctor. I would definitely call mom asap to pick her up and do a super deep clean after she's picked up. Uck!!Comment
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Put the diaper in a ziplock bag and zip it then another ziplock bag. Call mom ASAP and yes do not allow child back into care until clearance note from doctor! Call your doctor and get your kids checked! And clean clean clean!
I am so sorry you are going through this! *Big Hugs*Comment
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SO GROSS! Mom is on the way, I lost my breakfast over this one....Comment
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So are you saying that tapeworms are good for weight loss? :
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I had a kid once who had one...got it from eating fish his mom said. It was gross and he did get antibiotics and was okay but it was gross because I had never seen one before and wondered WTF too! Hang in there and just follow all the cleaning procedures and such and you should be fine except for the random gagging now and then....eeewwww!
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her mom is a nurse and she was like "i know it's super gross, and she probably got it from playing with my parents new puppies, i'll take her to the doctor, get medicine, and keep her home tomorrow and it should pass over the weekend" i was like ok, that's fine, just bring me a note from the dr saying what you just told me and we're all good....
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Ewwww.....
how does it spread? How do you know only from looking at the poop? So an older kid could have it and you wouldn't know because they dont' get you to clean their butt?Comment
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I used to be an OB nurse and never dealt with tapeworms before, but I'm pretty sure it is spread by actual contact with the poop. So as long as you wash your hands you're fine, but I know some babies are known to put their hands in their diapers and then touch things. So to be safe I'd wash EVERYTHING. It's probably the nurse in me, but I have all my kids wash their hands when they get here, and I wipe the younger ones hands with a baby wipe. You never know how clean dcp's keep their home. or?Comment
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little segaments break off the worm and come out in the poop and they look like grains of rice, the actual worm attaches to wall of your intestine and could grow up to 20 feet long and could be in there for YEARS before you even know it!Comment
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that!
yuck! Kids can get them from fleas too. So can animals. My cat had tapeworms once...
(gross...don't read while eating...we need a spoiler box,)...
he got them from having fleas and I figured out the tapeworm by watching a segment wiggle its way out of his butt (ON MY BED!) and while trying not to throw up, called the vet. The segment look like little grains of rice...except they move...the fleas were SO BAD in our apartment at the time. We had just moved in a few months before and apparently the infestation was there but dormant when we moved in because we certainly didn't bring it with us.Hee hee! Look, I have a signature!Comment
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