#170339
So about a year ago I noticed I had a really itchy anus. After going to the bathroom I could look on the paper and see dozens of small (~1cm long) black or blue colored 'squiggly' things. I have never seen a single one move. I took a dose of medication you can just get over the counter at a pharmacy and the problem went away.
3 months ago the exact same symptoms came back. I took a dose of combantrin chocolate squares, followed by a second 2 weeks later, but this didn't have any effect. I visited my doctor who told my to try Vermox because it has a different ingredient. The Vermox worked for a week at which point the symptoms came back again. I took another dose as soon as the symptoms came back but again after a week it was as if I hadn't taken anything. I tried Vermox weekly for a month in total and when that didn't work I went back to my doctor who got me to do a stool test.
Of course the stool test came back saying nothing was wrong so I was given another sample cup to use and told to take the sample when the symptoms were really bad.
Two weeks ago I started eating pineapple and pumpkin seeds daily. After a week of this symptoms had improved greatly but weren't quite gone so i took another dose of vermox. Last week I was completely symptom free but just over the past couple of days the symptoms have returned.
Throughout this ordeal I have been showering twice a day, changing my towel and sheets every few days and vacuuming everything I come into contact with on a regular basis. My family have had several doses of both types of medication but they are not showing any symptoms at all. We haven't had a pet in the house for 2 months now.
The symptoms aren't bad enough yet to do the second stool test but I was hoping someone might have some other suggestions? I have been working under the assumption that they are thread-worms but thread-worms are described as white whilst what I was seeing is black or very dark blue. I also have never seen one move. I thought that if it were another type of worm the combantrin would have taken care of it but if anyone has any other suggestions on what this could be I would love to hear them.
Thanks in advance.