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Showing posts with label Worms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Worms. Show all posts
Thursday, May 24, 2018
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Kristen Bell: I Had Anal Worms and So Can You
Children — you might think of them as adorable delights or as expensive germ factories. But did you know that they also play a major role in the life cycle of certain parasites?
Kristen Bell, the delightful star of The Good Place and Veronica Mars, knows this. Because as she tells Joel McHale on his Netflix show, she had a nasty infestation of anal worms.
And, as she explains in the video below, she got them from her kids.
Kristen Bell, the beloved actress who is also a mom, segues from a joke into an important lesson while speaking on Joel McHale"s Netflix show.
"I did have anal worms two weeks ago."
Yes, that"s a real thing. It"s not a sex toy or the world"s worst gummy snack.
“I swear to God. They’re called pinworms."
That should be a familiar name for many parents in the developed world. Kristen describes how she dealt with them.
"You take a chalky substitute — you take an over the counter …"
As naturally happens in conversations, she"s cut off before explaining that people take a simple over the counter compound, either albendazole or mebendazole.
(It"s not really chalky — more like cardboard mixed with sawdust? I never had the worms but i did take the pills as a preventative measure as a child. It"s not a taste that one forgets)
"My kids have them. You never got them, when your kids were … ?"
He apparently did not, but asks Kristen if they were painful (as many parasites can cause pain).
"No but it was very itchy."
Symptoms generally include anal itching. And exposure to this parasite can be a natural product of being a parent.
"But your kids get "em, and … I"m not here to talk about pinworms but I will."
She says that it sometimes goes unnoticed in adults.
"50% of people over 15 don"t experience symptoms. Which is the itch."
"Your kids get them because they put their hands in their mouth and they lay eggs."
That is horrifying on multiple levels.
(Note, children who are very particular about cleanliness or tactile sensations may be less likely to get pinworms)
Kristen talks like an expert because learned about all of this the hard way.
"And I noticed at our preschool, all of the carpets were gone. And I was like "this is an interesting development; where are the carpets?""
That"s a great question.
"And they were like, "oh, we"re having them cleaned." And I was like, "okay, why?""
Also a great question.
"And they said, "oh, we had a pinworm case." And I of course immediately googled it."
Kristen Bell educated herself not a moment too soon.
"And it"s like so, so contagious. And I noticed that my three-year-old was [scratching her butt] for like a week."
The eggs actually incubate for weeks, making the pinworms extra difficult to eradicate. Also, the medication only kills adult worms — not the eggs. So you"re often looking at multiple doses.
"You have to monitor it and look in their poop and when you wipe their butt."
This is how you determine if they actually have pinworms.
“Sure enough I wiped and saw a little white worm."
Well, that"s all gross, and I think that I"ll just wear a HAZMAT suit the next time that I go to any place that children frequent.
The good news, at least, is that pinworms are only transferred through humans!
Monday, July 10, 2017
Patton Oswalt and Meredith Salenger Slam "Bitter Grub Worms," Gush Over Engagement
Patton Oswalt and Meredith Salenger aren’t about the let the stupid, insensitive, ignorant, angry and mean trolls on the Internet ruin their engagement.
Or, to use the comedian’s language, they aren’t about to let a bunch of “bitter grub words” affect their happiness these days.
Last week, Oswalt announced that he and Salenger were engaged, following a few months of dating.
The news came as a surprise to many, considering the stars had only just revealed their romance to the public by walking the red carpet of the Baby Driver premiere in Los Angeles.
It also came as a surprise because Oswalt tragically lost his wife, Michelle McNamara, last April.
At the age of 46, she died of an accidental prescription drug overdose, leaving Oswalt alone to raise their eight-year old daughter.
On many occasions since, Oswalt wrote gut-wrenching posts about his grief and pain and overall mental state; these posts were as raw and candid as it can get.
But Oswalt has managed to expand his heart and is willing to love once again, a development that is great for the mental health of the star and for the long-term well-being of his child.
However, it’s apparently unacceptable to idiots on the Internet who have managed to take Oswalt to task for daring to get engaged so soon after the death of his wife.
In a subsequent Facebook post, Oswalt doesn’t bother to engage these trolls on their immature level.
But it does acknowledge their criticism, while linking to a recent article by a widower who Oswalt says sums up his situation in perfect, heartwarming, emotional fashion.
“This is so amazing. And SO well-written,” Oswalt wrote of a post by a blogger named Erica Roman, adding:
“I expected some bitter grub worms to weigh in (anonymously, always always always) with their much-needed opinions when I announced my engagement last week.
“And I decided to ignore them.”
Concluded Oswalt, along with a link to the article in question:
But yeah, I felt this rage. And Erica articulated it better than I could have ever hoped. So there you go. Thank you, Erica.
Roman, who became a widow at the age of 27, blasted Oswalt’s critics in her viral post.
“You aren’t entitled to an opinion,” she says, explaining:
“You don’t get to comment on the choices of a widower while you sit happily next to your own living spouse. You didn’t have to stand and watch your mundane morning turn into your absolute worst nightmare.
“Go back to scrolling Facebook and keep your ignorance to yourself.”
As Oswalt notes: perfect.
Salenger, meanwhile, acknowledged that most people have been “lovely” to her and her famous fiance, but also linked to Roman’s article and wrote the following:
“I am grateful to be the one who helps him climb out of the depths of grief and find some joy again. And most of all… Alice is happy and feels loved,” wrote the actress, concluding:
“I have waited 47 years to find true love. Creating our family unit while honoring the brilliant gift Michelle has given me will be my life’s goal and happiness.
“I am deeply in love with both Patton and Alice and very much looking forward to a beautiful happy life having adventures together.”
Salenger is a Harvard-educated actress who starred in Disney’s The Journey of Natty Gan at the age of 15.
She has an array of television and movies credits on her resume, including Hollywood Heights, Lake Placid; and she has done voiceover work for cartoons such as Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
(Oswalt may be the universe’s foremost authority on all things Star Wars.)
We wish this couple nothing but the absolute best.
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